Vivian Hawthorne still had tears at the corners of her eyes, "Grandpa, you promised to stand up for me, Vivian."
Old Master Hawthorne nodded, "What Grandpa says counts."
Only then did Vivian reluctantly leave.
After she left, Wyatt Hawthorne felt a sense of doom. He knew the old master wasn't so easily fooled.
"Dad, this whole thing is really the Xavier Family being too exploitative..."
"Enough!"
Old Master Hawthorne snapped, scaring Wyatt into silence.
"Dad, I..."
"Don't think I don't know what you're up to! Jonah Xavier wasn't wrong; the arrangement between Vivian and him was just a wishful plan of yours and his father's. It wasn't officially announced, and the reason the outside world knows is that you leaked it to the media!"
Wyatt's heart was pounding, "Dad, I... I just wanted what's best for Vivian. Jonah Xavier is a young and promising man. I thought he would be a responsible young guy, but I didn't expect..."
