“You brat! How dare you speak to your own father like that?” Lance was furious. If it were not for the
crowd of guests, he would have pped some sense into Christopher by now!
Aside from Wyatt Thompson, most of the older folks at the party believed in a strict approach to
teaching.
Top-notch people did not need much guidance, but average folks
needed some rules. Meanwhile, troublemakers need to be seriously
disciplined.
Dealing with his son required even more than that. Christopher
needed to be taught a lesson he would never forget!
“If you showed some respect for my mother, maybe we can still
salvage what’s left of our rtionship. But if you keep this up, I’ve got
harsher words for you,” Christopher said with a smirk.
His smile seemed mocking, yet his gaze was dead serious.
The fake smile made Lance feel uneasy.
At the end of the hallway, the two Iverson men confronted each other
on the terrace.
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The temperature outside couldn’t match the heated tension between
them.
“What do you want?” Lance questioned him, his face as cold as frost.
“I didn’t know the true value of the gift I gave to Madam Celeste. If you think my gift outshone yours and
hurt your pride, then I
apologize,” Christopher said dismissively. “After all, ignorance is
bliss, right?”
“That’s not the issue!” Lance stepped forward, his eyes filled with anger. “Why did you bring her to such
an asion? Are you trying to embarrass me or provoke me intentionally?”
Christopher burst intoughter. “I thought it was something
important, but it turns out to be just this.”
“Christopher!” Lance clenched his fists, his eyes turning red.
“Do you now find my mother repulsive? She’s the one you promised to grow old with, through good
times and tough times.” Christopher’s eyes reddened. “You ignored her for fifteen years in Sentania.
Now
that I’m taking care of her, who are you to call her disgusting? I
haven’t disrespected you, and that’s just me fulfilling my duty as a
son.”
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“You animal!” Lance finally became furious and pped Christopher.
Christopher’s cheek instantly swelled with his father’s handprint. Yet
he still smiled, his eyes almost bloodthirsty. “Dad, you’ve gotten weak
help you stay strong?”
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“Shut up, you animal!” Lance pointed angrily at his defiant son. “Take
your mother and leave now! If you don’t, I’ll send someone to take her
away and send her back to Sentania!”
“How dare you!” Christopher clenched his fists with veins bulging on
his forehead. His fierce side sharply contrasted with his usual
calmness in front of Be. “Tonight, I won’t hesitate to kill anyone
who dares to touch my mother!”
“You!” Lance’s eyes narrowed sharply.
He truly felt a chilling, murderous intenting from his son’s
intense, bloodshot eyes.
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“As long as the Iversons are allowed to be here, my mother has the right to stay too. And tonight, you
saw that both my mother and I are guests of Ms. Be. If you kick my mother out, it’s disrespectful to
Ms. Be. Whatever ns you have won’t work if you offend her.”
Christopher didn’t want more words with this scheming old man and
turned to leave.
“I never betrayed your mother. It was she who destroyed our
marriage, making me look like a bad guy! And because of that, I lost a daughter!”
Lance couldn’t hold back and yelled, “If she didn’t have an affair with some random guy, she wouldn’t
have had a miscarriage! She could
have been the respected Mrs. Iverson, not aughingstock!”
“I believe in my mother’s character. She loved you deeply and would
never want another man.”
Christopher was on the verge of losing control. His shoulders shook, and his hoarse voice expressed
deep anguish and resentment.
“I’ve said it many times before. James, Charles, and Astrid-your most trusted children-conspired
against my mother! Without investigating the truth or listening to my mother’s exnation, you just sent
her away to that dreadful ce. Marrying you was the worst
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thing that happened to my mother!”
“Sparing her and keeping her as Mrs. Iverson was already showing enough respect! I caught them red-
handed with my own eyes! What more does she need to exin?” Lance could not reel back his anger,
and his face turned red.
Recalling the awful incident from years ago, Lance wished he could
strangle Sophie then and there. Now, he still had to deal with this little
troublemaker right in front of him!
“Idiot.” Christopher sneered, muttering under his breath, then turned
away again.
In truth, he had no intention of bringing up this painful matter. Each
recount of his mother’s humiliation reopened old wounds. This time,
it was just an impulsive response.
He had long given up on expecting Lance to realize the truth about his
three scheming children. It didn’t matter to him anymore because all
of them would soon face their downfall.
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