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“I have sent the reporters away. Seems like they’d rather get on your wrong side than make themselves my enemy,” Jeremy explained with a smirk.
“Why? Why did you do so?” Anger rose in Javier, and his ears rang. “Did that Taylor bitch ask you to do this? Are you seriously destroying your family’s reputation for her? She’s fooling you!”
Jeremy’s expression hardened. A storm brewed in his eyes. “Everything I do is of my free will. Lyse has nothing to do with you. I won’t let you insult my future wife.”
Javier’s eyes wavered in surprise. Hearing that, Rory and the hotel manager fell silent.
Jeremy added, “Even if she was fooling me, there’s nothing wrong with wanting to keep my lover happy.”
“You nutcase! You’re sick in the mind!” As the leader of the Walsh Group, Javier had resorted to hurling tasteless insults in retaliation.
“I’m still better than you. You do not know right from wrong; you’re defending a criminal,” snapped Jeremy, looking unfazed.
Javier lost his cool. He furiously stomped on the ground and punched in the air. “As the chairman of the Walsh Group, everything I do is for the benefit of my company and my family! You don’t understand why I’m doing this because you’re a selfish and hopeless lovefool!”
Jeremy wore an icy look. He’d rather have never been born before than find out that his poor mother had entrusted her happiness to such a heartless and sanctimonious jerk.
“See you at 9:00 am tomorrow in court,” Jeremy hissed and marched past Javier. “You and Simon Lynch should put your best move ahead. No matter what you do, the outcome will not change. You will witness Sophia Kirkman receiving the harshest sentence.”
In the parking garage, Alyssa once again hacked into the hotel’s surveillance system and watched the confrontation unfold between Jeremy and Javier. She appreciated Jeremy for defending her without hesitation when Javier insulted her, but she worried that the worsening father-son relationship might threaten Jeremy’s power in the Walsh Group.
Newton doted on Jeremy very much, but he didn’t have much say in the company’s affairs at his age. Jeremy repeatedly assured her that he couldn’t care less about giving up on his influence and status, but she couldn’t possibly watch as he lost everything just to be with her. She would be very guilty if that happened.
She heard a tap on the window. Her eyes widened as she hurriedly shut her laptop before turning around.
She found Jeremy standing out there with two cups of coffee in his hand and a doting look in his eyes.
She quickly opened the door for him. He joined her in the car and handed her a cup of hot coffee.
“Were you peeping again?” Jeremy questioned.
Alyssa pursed her lips and gripped her coffee cup. “Yeah. I didn’t want you bullied.”
“How did I do? Was I cool?” He placed a hand on her head and slid his fingers between her hair.
She inched closer and kissed him on the cheek. “Yeah, you were incredibly cool.”
He wrapped his arm around her waist, and his hot breath tickled the tip of her nose. He said, “You deserve the credit for what happened today. Had you not pressured the media with KS Group’s power, I couldn’t have successfully kept every single Solana City media out of the press conference.
“Javier Walsh hated that I disrupted his plans, but he hated the humiliation more.”
After some thinking, Alyssa gently advised him, “Jeremy, promise me that you won’t go against your dad after the Sophia Kirkman case. Alright?”
“Why? Feeling bad for me?” He lifted her chin with a grin.
“I’m serious.”
“Once Sophia Kirkman receives her payback, I promise not to get into trouble with Javier Walsh as long as he doesn’t unfairly target you and your family.”
His ringing phone interrupted their conversation. He glanced at the screen. The look in his eyes softened, but he seemed troubled. “Lyse, it’s Grandpa. He wants to see us.”
The two of them felt worried on their way to Crescent Bay. Knowing that Newton doted on them, they wondered if he had summoned them to the villa because he had learned about how Jeremy messed up
Javier’s press conference. Did Javier complain to Newton? Was Newton going to hold them responsible?
After all, Newton wouldn’t want to see Walsh Group¡ªhis legacy¡ªgo down.
At the thought, Alyssa had an idea. When she entered the villa, she immediately ran toward Newton and hugged him. “Grandpa, I missed you!”
“Haha! Oh, my dear granddaughter! I missed you too!” It had been a while since Newton felt such joy.
Only Jeremy raised a brow at Newton’s way of addressing Alyssa. She was technically his granddaughterin-law.
Newton had been calling Alyssa his granddaughter in an attempt to match her and Jeremy. Now that the two were dating, Jeremy thought it was time for Newton to change his embarrassing habit.
“Grandpa, I’ll perform a health checkup on you. Then, I’ll make your favorite corn soup. How does that sound?” She went on one knee in front of Newton with a bright smile.
“Okay, make more of that soup. Ben loves it too,” replied Newton as he gently patted her on the head.
“No problem!”
Soon after, Newton fixed a stern glare on Jeremy. Upon seeing that, Alyssa’s heart raced. She had tried her best to cheer Newton up out of fear that he might give Jeremy a hard time. However, Newton still seemed furious at Jeremy over the press conference incident.
“I heard you messed up the press conference. Is that true?”
“Yes, Grandpa,” Jeremy admitted openly without fear.
Frowning, Newton bent over to pick up his left home slipper. Without warning, he hurled it at Jeremy.
Jeremy agilely caught the flying slipper with a frown. He said, “Grandpa, let’s have a civil discussion. You need to take care of your health.”
“You clueless thing!” Newton bellowed at Jeremy.
Alyssa’s chest tightened when she witnessed Newton’s outburst. She was about to speak up for Jeremy when Newton added, “You should have run it through me before carrying it out. How could you act alone? Are you addicted to angering your dad?”
“Grandpa, I¡ª”
“If your dad pulled the same thing on me, I would have been pissed as well. Anyway, I was about to teach him a lesson for not discussing the press conference with me.” Sighing furiously, Newton remarked, “You should have given me a heads up so I could fight with him over hosting the press conference.
“I could have stopped him so you didn’t have to get into an argument with him, killing two birds with one stone. See, you have angered him again. You know he’s petty, and he’ll keep score. Why would you do that?”
“Grandpa, I know you wanted to protect me, but I’m no five-year-old. I’m an adult who could protect you, Lyse, and the company.” Touched by Newton’s sentiments, Jeremy helped him to put on the left slipper. “Please do not worry about me. I can resolve all my problems by myself.
“Now that you’re retired, you should enjoy your retirement. Stop losing sleep over my problems.”
“Sigh. That’s right. I’m a useless old thing now.” Newton let out a long sigh and teared up.
Getting emotional, Jeremy advised, “Grandpa, don’t say that about yourself.”
Alyssa observed the sadness on Newton’s face as though he was saying, “I’d love to protect you, but I know my time is running out. I cannot protect you forever.”
She choked back her tears.
Newton put on a grave expression and asked, “Sophia’s case will be brought to court tomorrow, right?”
Alyssa and Jeremy exchanged looks and nodded.
“Ben, get me the gifts I bought for Alyssa and Jeremy!” Newton raised his voice.
From his tone, he seemed in the pink of health.
“Coming, Mr. Newton!”
Ben appeared with two exquisitely wrapped gift boxes¡ªone for Alyssa and the other for Jeremy.
“Allison, Jeremy, check your gifts out,” Newton urged with a loving smile.
Alyssa happily opened hers and was greeted by a velvety, sleeveless mermaid dress with a realistic embroidery of two butterflies on a flower. The pattern looked like a painting.
“This is the work of Angelo Costa of Vittorino, isn’t it?” She ran her fingers through the meticulous embroidery with excitement.
“He-he! You certainly know your stuff.” Newton gave her a thumbs up and added, “I hope this dress brings you luck tomorrow.”
Jeremy opened his box and found a matching black vest resting in it. Speechless, he mused, “Grandpa, Lyse can wear her dress to court, but how am I supposed to wear this thing?”
Newton retorted, “I never said you should wear it. You’ll only look like a theater actor in it.”
Jeremy was utterly wordless.
“Mr. Jeremy, this is a good luck charm from Mr. Newton. It’s a pair with Ms. Alyssa’s dress,” Ben explained with a warm smile.
Of course, Alyssa and Jeremy appreciated Newton’s sentiments.
“I’m cheering for the both of you in court tomorrow. Break a leg,” said Newton while clasping their hands.
“Thank you, Grandpa…” Alyssa, who was always slick, struggled to find the right words to convey her gratitude as tears welled up.