Chapter 103
Rupert had been kneeling for a long time .
His tear â filled and clouded eyes gradually gained clarity as memories flashed through his mind .
Despite pouring out his heartfelt remorse and longing for Elysia , she didnât appear on the screen or in the studio .
Rupert made some calls and found out she wasnât at home , at the company , or anywhere he could think of .
Then it hit him .
â Stellant As Elysiaâs fiance , he must know where she is
The thought struck Rupert like lightning .
He stood up abruptly and strode towards Stellan without c
caring about the numbness in his legs
â Hey ! Sir , what are you doing ? â The security guard at the door sprang into action , long anticipating the moment to put his skills to use .
With a move h
a move honed over a decade of training , he unleashed a flying kick that swept Rupert to the ground in seconds .
As Rupert lay on the floor clutching his injured waist and winced in pain , the studio door were suddenly flung open with a loud bang
Before anyone could see the person storming in , a furious voice rang out .
â Im suing you all for violating our familyâs portrait rights ! â
It was Althea , who had rushed over from her poker game .
There werenât any mentions of hier online , likely because there were very few clips of her mistreating Elysia .
Even if the footage played randomly , it wouldnât necessarily show her harsh side .
Besides , she presumed Rupert and Carllan were both too busy to watch that ridiculous live stream .
As long as they didnât see it , she thought her position wouldnât be threatened .
With this double reassurance , Althea felt at ease and invited a few wealthy ladies over to play cards .
Everything had seemed fine until her friends were suddenly summoned away by their husbands one after another .
Realizing something was amiss , Althea clung to the last remaining friend and pried for information , eventually discovering the shocking truth that the Drayton Group was on the brink of collapse .
â Stop it ! Stellan , stop this live stream now ! Otherwise , youâre declaring war on the Drayton family ! shouted Althea
She didnât see Rupert who was sprawling on the ground .
Instead , she locked her sights on Stellan in the center of the room and furiously
confronted him .
When the viewers saw that a new face had shown up , they started discussing fervently again .
[ Is this woman Rupertâs second wife ! Her sharp demeanor screams t
trouble
[ Hey , you sounded as if you knew face â reading ? This woman is demanding to halt the live stream and claims portrait rights violation .
She even said Stellan is declaring war against the Drayton Group .
Well , the Drayton father and sons are all here , yet sheâs clueless .
How ridiculous ! ]
[ This is so funny .
Bet she doesnât even realize her dear husband is lying on the floor behind her ]
Fenwick , who had just returned to his seat , was the first to react with surprise and asked , â Mom , what are you doing here ? â
Only then did Althea notice Fenwick and Torin seated near Stellan , but she failed to see that Rupert was still lying on the floor .
When she saw the two of them sitting so close to Stellan and clearly siding with him in supporting a live stream that smeared the Drayton Group .
her fury surged to its peak .
She stormed forward and angrily demanded , â You heartless brats ! Donât you know this live stream is harming the Drayton Group ? And yet youâre here watching it so eagerly ?
â Or is it because you know the company will eventually belong to Clellan , so youâre colluding with outsiders to slander us and ruin it since you have it yourselves !
Her words plunged the studio intu stunned silence .
Is this the gentle , kind , and soft â spoken Althea I know ? Rupert wondered .
He seemed to forget his physical pain .
stunned expression turned into uncontrollable rage as Altheaâs final words landed .
He thought , â How dare this wor
woman say such a thing ? How dare she speak this way about my two sons , the ones Iâm most proud of ?
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Summoning all his strength , Rupert managed to get up , though his steps were unsteady , his fury undiminished .
He roared at Althea , â When did I ever say the Drayton Group would go to Coellan ? â
The ambitious Althea could never have predicted that her husband would turn up in the middle of her tirade
Her initial panic and guilt morphed into astonishment as she retorted in outrage .
â But you promised .
Rupen ! You said youâd hand the company to Caellan .
You promised me before ! â
Rupert didnât respond immediately , and netizens quickly began typing [ Say something , Mr.
Drayton
Countless viewers followed suit and wrote the same .
This left a clueless foreigner commenting So in Fuvre , husbands can marry so many wives ? This man must be even more powerful than the chief of our tribe ! Can we invite him to be our new chief ? ) ( IP unknown )
Rupertâs sudden silence made Althea assume he had remembered his promise , so she became even more brazen .
She publicly accused Torin and ) Fenwick , saying .
â Look at these two sons of yours! Theyâre so jealous that theyâve even harmed their own family !
â The Drayton Group has been completely ruined by them ! Even Mrs.
Lewis and Mrs.
Matlock are avoiding me now , and Caellan will definitely get bullied at school .
Rupert , you have to stand up for us ! Boo â hoo â¦
When Althea mentioned â bullied , far away in the Ridgewood Middle School classroom , Caellanâs homeroom teacher turned to glance at the subject of the statement .
Suddenly , she recalled the footage she had seen on the classroom cameras and the times she had been called out by the grade director because of
â Callan , how about I return your glasses ? You can go up and show us whoâs really being bullied , â said Emma .
Unexpectedly , Callan got up , walked straight to her safe , entered the password , and retrieved his glasses .
The fifty phones neatly arranged inside the safe suddenly seemed utterly irrelevant .
â Why are you looking at me like that ? Canât 1 just guess the password ? â Caellan quipped while putting on his glasses , seizing the moment to act
smug .
Certainly , he wouldnât tell the old woman that Ruby had given him the password .
â Dad ! Mom ! â called out Caellan .
Altheaâs attention was immediately drawn to a familiar voice .
To her shock , her sonâs face appeared on the giant screen .
Since Stellan and his team were in the studio , the live broadcastâs studio feed didnât show up on the big screen .
This misled Althea into thinking the live stream only featured Elysiaâs memories .
On â screen , Caellanâs face was battered , but his expression was serious as he declared , Ive not been bullied at school ! Also , I will never compete with Torn for the company ! I donât want a single cent from the Drayton Group â
Althea was completely dumbfounded .
â Wasnât Caellan supposed to be in class ! Why is he on the screen , looking like this ?
And what nonsense is he spouting about not wanting anything from the Drayton Group ! What would happen to me if that were true !
If Torin becomes CEO , heâll definitely kick us out .
All my years of hard work would be for nothing ! But what confused her most was how Caellan suddenly appeared on the screen to say these things .
Whatâs even stranger is why Caellan suddenly appeared on the screen and said this
At the thought of that , Althea was dizzy with panic .
She grabbed Rupertâs arm and asked in a shaky voice , â Can can he hear us ! â
Rupert slowly pulled his arm away .
His eyes were filled with disappointment as he stared at her , the weight of his decision clear .
After a long pause , he finally answered her question with a cold and firm tone , â I never agreed to give the Drayton Group to Caellan .
This company was built by Valerie and me .
Naturally , it belongs to her and my children :
His earlier silence was only because he was lost in thought .
The moment he closed his eyes , memories of Valerie surfaced .
If not for the support of her family back then â¦
Rupert dared not think further .
The more be dwelled on it , the guilter he felt and the stronger his desire to chase Althea out of the Drayton family But for Caellanâs sake , lie couldnât drive his mother away .
â You â¦.
y
you ⦠â Altheaâs eyes widened in disbelief .
Her lips trembled as she struggled to find words , but nothing came out .
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Just then , Torin cut in and answered her question , â There are three cameras here .
That means everything happening in this room is being broadcast live .
And right now , the stream has ten billion viewers .
Does that answer your question .
Althea ? â
He deliberately emphasized the last part , making his disdain crystal clear .
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