The Rich and Furious Son-in-law - Chapter 6
Chapter 6: Flattering Themselves Shamelessly
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lumi sighed as Raymond sped off in his car. “I’m afraid Grandma was also behind this. Back then, when I married you, Grandma, uncle, Dad and Mom, and everyone except Grandpa opposed it. Raymond, this despicable character, must have been fanning the flames in front of Grandma, who also has probably been wanting me to give up the position as the company’s president for a long time. Tomorrow, things are going to turn ugly.”
Deep inside, Lumi had been disappointed with the Mears family.
Her family members controlled most of the key departments of the company. Everyone was trying to get something for themselves, thinking of not the company’s but their own interest.
Everyone stepped forward when there were benefits. However, once the company had a crisis, everyone stepped back hurriedly. Some relatives even wanted to sell the company before it went bankrupt.
Lumi had injected all her savings into the company as she tried to turn the company’s crisis around. But these so-called family members were stabbing her in the back.
“If it weren’t for Grandpa’s sake, I would have walked away from this.” Lumi kicked a pebble on the ground with her foot. At this moment, she was no longer a powerful president of a company but a helpless little girl.
Ryan went forward to hold her by her shoulders, feeling sorry for her. “Don’t be afraid. I will be with you.”
“Okay.” Lumi glanced at the shattered gift box on the ground. “We have a minor problem now since Grandma’s gift is broken. If we can’t buy the same one, Raymond is going to make a fuss out of it tomorrow.”
“Don’t worry. Leave it to me. I promise I will leave him speechless tomorrow.”
“You? You have less than two hundred thousand dollars in your debit card.” Lumi looked at him with doubt.
“How can a man say can’t? Trust your husband.”
…
After Ryan sent Lumi home, it was already past six o’clock.
He would meet with the principals of Southwest Contingent at 7.00 p.m. Archer Morton had sent the address and room number to his cell phone.
After saying his goodbye to Lumi, he took a cab and headed straight to Hotel Imperial.
In a hurry, he had accidentally run into a young man in the hotel lobby, so he turned around to apologize to the young man.
“Are you blind? Can you afford to repay me if you dirty my suit? Stupid moron!” The man cursed.
Ryan said nothing. When he saw the face of the man and his female companion, he froze.
Kenneth Biden and Lucy Lane?
Both of them were his fellow college students. The thing was, Lucy was previously his girlfriend during college.
During that time, Ryan did not know when his family would lift the ban. So he had planned to lead an ordinary life at first.
But Kenneth, the rich kid, had stolen Lucy from him.
Ryan recognized Kenneth and Lucy, just as they recognized him. “Well, well, well. Isn’t this Ryan, our old classmate? I couldn’t believe that you could also come to this place. Do you know what this place is? The Number One hotel in Saltband City, where a meal costs over ten thousand dollars. Can a waiter like you afford it?”
Kenneth, infamous for his foul mouth, had antagonized many people in the college back then.
And the best part was, there was a feud between Kenneth and Ryan.
Back in the college years, Kenneth had tried to force himself on a girl in a lecture hall. Ryan bumped into the act and kicked Kenneth in the crotch, nearly castrating him.
Hatred had formed between them since then.
Kenneth had tried to antagonize Ryan at every turn. After stealing Ryan’s girlfriend, he seized every opportunity to taunt Ryan.
“Oh, now I remember it. You are here as a waiter, right? You are to serve me later during dinner. Honey, are you okay with that?” While speaking, Kenneth grabbed Lucy’s wasp waist. He drew her closer to him, and even kissed her on cheek.
It was clearly an attempt to show off.
Back then, during the two years Ryan and Lucy were together, he worked his butt off to buy Lucy lipsticks and cellphone. But aside from holding hands, they had never gone beyond that.
But now, she was showing affection to another man in front of him.
However, things were over, and Ryan was not a petty person, nor was he interested in wasting time here with these brain-dead people.
“I have no time for this, Kenneth. I am here for an appointment.” Ryan glanced at them, turning around as he was about to walk to the elevator.
But Lucy stretched her hand in front of Ryan to stop him from leaving. “Having an appointment here? Stop lying, Ryan. I think you still can’t forget me. You are stalking me, right? Let me tell you, perish the thought!”
Ryan could not feel more disgusted at seeing Lucy’s triumphant face now.
‘Stalking her?’
‘Is she mentally sick or something?’
When he fell in love with Lucy in college, he thought she was kind and innocent. But after that, she had turned into a gold digger and become calculative. He was happy that she had broken up with him.
She spoke aloud deliberately to attract attention from those in the lobby.
Everyone started to point their fingers at him.
“This young man is too much by stalking her.”
“They have broken up, yet he still clings to her. He is a d*ckhead.”
…
Kenneth looked triumphant as he held Lucy in his arms. “Give up, Ryan. Lucy is my woman now. I will kill you if you dare to touch her.”
“I feel so safe with you protecting me, Kenneth. Let me reward you tonight; I will be at your mercy and will satisfy you in every way.” Lucy snuggled into Kenneth’s arms. It disgusted Ryan even more.
He almost could not believe that people could keep flattering themselves so shamelessly.
Ryan checked the time. It was only a few minutes before seven o’clock. He had got to hurry.
He walked around Lucy and wanted to leave.
“The truth hurts, eh? You are angry because it is the truth. I’m so glad I broke up with you back then.” Lucy snorted from behind.
“Forget it, Lucy. He is just a pathetic loser. Working as a waiter here must be hard, I guess. As ex-college mates, shall we help him?” While speaking, Kenneth winked at Lucy.
“Yeah, why not?” Lucy quickly agreed.
Kenneth opened his wallet, took out two bills, and threw them to the ground. “Come and polish my shoes, Ryan, and these two hundred dollars will be yours. If you don’t have a rag, just use your clothes.”
Everyone burst into laughter in the lobby.
It was apparent that Kenneth was determined to humiliate him.
He had tolerated it but no longer could now. “Kenneth, Lucy, don’t get overboard. I really have an appointment here; I have no time to mess with you two.”
‘Two hundred dollars?’
‘What an insult!’
His net worth was in the trillions of dollars. Every move of his body was worth several million dollars anytime. Was he short of two hundred dollars?
But Kenneth had no intention to let him go. “Too little? Then I will top up another five hundred dollars.” Kenneth took another five hundred dollars from his wallet and sprinkled it on the ground.
Just as Ryan was about to burst out in anger, Archer Morton, accompanied by the general manager of Hotel Imperial—Simon Dodges, came out of the elevator and walked in their direction.
