The atmosphere in the office is silent and stiff.
Archie stood in front of the glass window and looked at the street under his feet. His eyes were deep.
He did not get an answer for a long time. He turned his head to look at the man on the black leather chair. His expression was elegant.
“Archie, since you started racing when you were 16 years old, we started our first cooperation. You were provoked by the gangs in the racing field and caused trouble. I see you as my brother. I will block that knife for you. At that time, I really thought of you as my best brother.” Yoseph’s answer seemed to have nothing to do with this topic.
However, Archie thought deeply for a while, and his body slightly stiffened. A chill crawled up his heart.
“That time, you helped me block the knife. I have always felt ashamed and grateful.” When the kindness of the past was brought up again, his hot blood was still filled with youth, and his loyalty was still boiling. However. . .
Yoseph’s eyes flashed with a bright light. He stood up and looked at Archie’s stiff and straight figure. “Archie, I want to ask you for compensation now.”
The tall strong body trembled violently. Archie turned his head around and looked at him with disbelief. The blood color on his incomparably monstrous face faded away.
“What do you want?” If it was money, Archie would give it to him. If it was his life, Archie would not give it to him.
“I want Emma!” Yoseph said it word by word. It was neither light nor heavy.
Archie’s expression turned cold instantly. He stared at Yoseph, as if he did not hear what Yoseph said clearly. He suppressed his anger and asked. “Say it again! What do you want?”
Yoseph thought of the woman who was crying in the park. She looked hurt and lost. It really hurt his heart.
“Archie, didn’t you already suspect it? You asked someone to get the surveillance video of Civada. Didn’t you want to see what happened between Emma and me in Civada?” Yoseph said in a mocking tone.
“When did you like her?” Archie’s expression had turned cold, and his voice was filled with coldness.
“I don’t know. Maybe it was yesterday. Or maybe a little earlier, but have you seen her crying in the rain alone? Have you seen her desperate and helpless expression? Archie, you didn’t. That’s right, I admit that these injuries she suffered were all because she was willing to suffer for you. Her tears also flowed for you, but somehow. . .? my heart aches for her. . . I want to protect her. I don’t want her to cry uncontrollably like a child.” Yoseph questioned her one sentence at a time. It made Archie’s already pale and handsome face look even more pale and colorless.
Was it because he had neglected that woman too much?
Why did Yoseph’s words make him feel so ashamed?
“But you know that she is my wife, and you are my friend, brother.” Although Yoseph’s reason could convince him, there was a bigger truth in front of them.
“Your wife? That was in the past. She is at most your ex-wife now. You just said that you asked about her being the younger daughter of Sandford Family. I know, I knew it long ago. Archie, if it wasn’t for our friendship. . . I would have already put up a fight with you. I wouldn’t have held it in until today.” There was sadness in Yoseph’s tone. There was also self-mockery.
Archie looked at Yoseph’s determined expression. This expression was too familiar to him. But when he saw this expression in the past, it was on the battlefield of the Shang Dynasty.
“Are you really going to take her away from me? Do you know what she means to me? She is my life.” Archie suppressed the anger and pain in his heart and asked Yoseph in a low voice.
Yoseph also froze. He looked at Archie with a sad look. “Archie, you have to remember that Emma is alone. A woman with blood, flesh, and thoughts. Maybe she is not smart enough. Maybe she is a bit stupid, but she has the right to make her own choice. We don’t need to control her anymore, let her make her own choice. We’ll compete fairly, alright?”
Archie was struck by another heavy blow. He used to be arrogant and insufferably arrogant, but his understanding of women was far inferior to Yoseph’s.
He had once regarded that little thing as his private property.
However, he forgot that she was not a thing. She was a person who could think freely.
Yoseph laughed mockingly. “Archie, I am not trying to attack you. I do not have to fight with you for her. I just feel that. . . I also need a fair chance to compete. Yes. . . I admit, she loves you. . . She loves you deeply, but can you give her the happiness she wants? Can you give her the family she desires?”
“Yoseph, do you have to ask when I’m in pain?” Archie’s voice was low and hoarse, and he sneered at himself.
Yoseph’s mouth twitched. “Sorry, I didn’t mean to offend you, but what I said is the truth. You can’t convince your grandfather.”
“Yes, my grandfather’s kindness to me made me unable to disobey his orders, but what about you? Are you sure your family will agree to marry you? Don’t forget, besides your grandfather, you also have your parents.” Archie threw the arrow back onto Yoseph’s body. Sure enough, Yoseph was shocked.
“Emma is my fiancee, so if I want to marry her it will happen but You are different. You are her nominal brother-in-law. If you are together. . . It will be a huge scandal. It will not only affect your Grafton’s Empire. I’m afraid even the presidential election in a few months will be affected. Dexon really wants to be the president. Will he allow his daughter to ruin the reputation of Sandford Family?” Yoseph’s words pierced straight to the heart. Archie’s face became darker and darker.
“You have decided to stand in Dexon’s team? Is that so?” Archie asked with a cold smile on his face.
“Since I want to marry his daughter, of course I have to stand on his side. What about you? You can’t make up your mind. Who are you going to stand behind?” Yoseph really could not guess what Archie was thinking. He felt that in this political storm, he would become the most important person.
With his rich financial resources and Grafton Family’s influence in the country, he could easily decide the next political leader.
Archie gave a mysterious sneer. “If Sandford Family doesn’t give Emma to me, of course he will lose a good son-in-law.”
Yoseph’s expression changed. “You aren’t planning to use this matter to threaten the Sandford Family, are you?”
Archie smiled coldly. “I will definitely get the woman I want.”
“But you can’t give her the family she wants. You are taking her away like this. Don’t you think you are shameless?” Yoseph was really angry and angrily accused him.
“I will spend my whole life loving her, and I don’t know what I owe her. Other than her, I don’t have any other woman.” Archie’s words were firm and powerful. It sounded like a promise to Yoseph.
“How long do you want her to wait for you? One year, five years, or ten years.” Yoseph mocked.
“No matter how long it takes, I will love her, until the end of my life.” Archie’s eyes were still filled with sadness.
Yoseph knew that Archie could do every word he said. He started to panic.
“You just have to wait. I just want to tell you today that I will also start pursuing her. Perhaps one day, she will fall in love with me?” Yoseph stood up and prepared to leave.
Archie stared at him and said after a long time, “Alright, let’s compete fairly. If you lose, please don’t lose your friendship too.”
“Why are you so sure that I will lose? But you are right. Love and friendship, we have to be clear about it. Actually, no matter whether Emma chooses to follow you or love me, she will be able to obtain happiness in the end. We all sincerely hope that she will be happy, don’t we?” Yoseph really admired Archie’s words.
Archie said somewhat proudly, “You will definitely lose. You can go and chase after her. Just treat it as testing her feelings for me!”
“Archie, you are too confident. You will lose even more miserably.” Yoseph frowned.
“I will not lose unless you do not force her to do something she does not want to do.” Archie’s tone carried a hint of warning.
“Force? Don’t think that I am that shameless. I will respect her, unless she is willing to give it to me. . .”
“She won’t!” This sentence angered Archie. He roared like a wild beast.
Yoseph was slightly stunned and smiled confidently. “That may not be the case. I will go first!”
Archie punched the desk hard. Pain covered his face.
He did not know if it came from his body or from his heart.
After Yoseph walked out of the office, he secretly let out a breath and laid his cards on the table with Archie. He felt much better now.
However, it seemed like Archie was going to go crazy from his anger.
Forget it, just treat it as for himself, and also for that woman.
If Archie knew that he had a rival in love, he would definitely love that stupid woman even more.
Of course, he would not show any mercy. Since he said he wanted to fight, he had to show some sincerity.
What if he won?
Emma was ready to get off work at this moment. She did not know her own fate and would welcome another change.
Thinking about Archie coming over at night, after she got off work, she went to the market and bought some vegetables to go home.
She stood at the door with some vegetables in her hands. She put the vegetables down and put her hands on her waist.
He could see this small house with just one look. Such a small place must be the smallest house Archie had ever lived in.
Ai, it seemed like he would have to suffer the grievance of this Grafton Family’s Great young master.
However, although the house was small, it had everything. Furthermore, Emma was a clever person. After her arrangement, there was a fresh and elegant atmosphere in the small house.
She raised her mouth. If Archie dared to look for her, it must be that Old Master Grafton had already left.
Emma took out the vegetables and washed them. She looked at the time. It was already seven o’clock. Archie still hadn’t come over.
She could only lie on the small sofa and watch TV to pass the time.
In one of the scenes, the male lead was standing in the kitchen and cooking dinner for the female lead.
Emma’s eyes became teary. For some reason, she thought of Archie.