Kayden looked grim after hearing the whole story. After thinking for a moment on the sofa, Kayden told the butler, “Call Ryder to come here immediately, no matter what business he has at hand.”
‘As for Marina, it is best for the Langdon family that she will never come back again.
I am fed up with her folly and won’t forgive her over and over again.
After all these years, she brought the Langdon family only Nicole and no boys.’ Kayden thought.
…
In the hospital, silence pervaded between Marina and Ryder. Wordless, Ryder casually sat on the sofa not far away from the sickbed and had no intention of leaving.
‘As the president of the Langdon Group, shouldn’t Ryder be busy?’ Marina wondered.
“Boss, there came a call. Mr. Langdon wants to see you at the Langdon’s.”
Kenny, who had received a call from the butler, had to disturb the couple.
“Now?”
Ryder looked down at his watch, and it was late. Usually, Kayden was ready to turn in at this hour, so Ryder was curious about the reason for this call.
“Yes. Mr. Langdon stressed that you must go even if you had important business at hand.”
Kenny wiped the cold sweat away and thought, ‘Mr. Langdon must have something urgent to talk with Boss.’
“Alright.”
Ryder stood up, walked to the bed, and rubbed the head of his daughter tenderly.
“You may leave now.”
Leaning against a pillow, Marina felt happy. ‘Finally, this jerk is leaving. The atmosphere in the ward will be lively again!’ Marina thought.
“Nicole will stay here with you tonight. I will come tomorrow.”
This decision from Ryder depressed Marina. ‘What is he coming for?’ Marina wondered.
“Why don’t you focus on your work? I can go home tomorrow if everything is fine.”
Marina lowered her eyes and prayed in her heart, ‘Please don’t come here again! No!’
“If I don’t come, do you intend to call your gigolo to pick you up?”
Ryder sounded hoarse and cold. Marina couldn’t help trembling and then yielded.
The obedience shown by Marina pleased Ryder, and he couldn’t help smiling. Outside the ward, Ryder looked bad.
“Go ahead. Why did the old man call me home suddenly?”
In the car, Ryder lit a cigarette casually. Back in the ward, he had resisted the impulse to smoke.
Ryder flicked the cigarette ash gracefully with his slender finger and asked, “Did the servants call?”
More than one spy was working for Ryder in the Langdon family. It was late at night, so Ryder knew this sudden call wouldn’t be a good thing.
“Boss, Mike ran into Mrs. Langdon at the mall today, and something unpleasant happened. Bailey heard the whole story and told Mr. Langdon.”
Clever and sensible, Kenny didn’t repeat the unpleasant part, which Ryder had known.
No man would be glad to be a cuckold.
Ryder looked calm but smoked faster than before.
Bailey told on Marina, so Kayden called Ryder to go home. ‘He must be in a rage now.’ Ryder thought.
“Boss…”
As an assistant, Kenny took orders from Ryder. Kenny knew that his boss was a genius, whose personal wealth was much more than the wealth of the Langdon Group. Therefore, Kayden couldn’t threaten Ryder with the Langdon Group.
“Go to the Langdon’s now. Let’s see what they want.”
The video conference was canceled. Bored, Ryder dozed in the car. When Ryder woke up, the car stopped at Langdon’s.
The hall was ablaze with lights, and all Langdons were there. Kayden sat in the center with a flushed face.
“Good evening! I’m back.”
Ryder sat on a sofa and asked casually, “What was the call for? Is this a family meeting?”
Claudia winked at Ryder, but Ryder ignored her.
Ryder didn’t give a damn about how the Langdon family felt.
Ryder made light of the wealth of the Langdon family but didn’t want to benefit his siblings. As an illegitimate child, Ryder thought that he deserved some compensation for his unhappy childhood. Meanwhile, slaving for the Langdon family wasn’t part of his plan.
“Ryder, your woman blackened the name of the Langdon family!”
Gage was waiting for a good show. In fact, he felt great when he heard the farce.
After all, no man enjoyed being a cuckold. Now, Gage looked at Ryder as if Ryder was a cuckold.
“What?”
Ryder asked candidly, “Can Marina represent the Langdon family now? Isn’t it you who idle around and disgrace the Langdon family?”
It was known to the high-society circle that Gage was a black sheep who knew nothing but gambling.
Gage flew into a rage and pointed at Ryder, “You … You…”
“Shut up!”
Kayden shot a disappointing glance at Gage. Kayden wouldn’t leave his family business to an illegitimate child only if Gage was capable.
“Ryder, Marina threatened to keep a gigolo. What are you going to do?”
The shrewd Kayden asked Ryder directly.
No man could accept the fate of being a cuckold submissively.
At first, Kayden thought that Marina was controllable. That was why he sent Marina to Ryder and turned a blind eye to the farces she had caused.
However, it turned out that Marina was uncontrollable, cared about only herself, and ignored the hints from Kayden many times.
Kayden thought it unnecessary to keep such a useless pawn in the Langdon family.
“Dad, it isn’t a fact yet since you called it a threat.”
Ryder didn’t mind this threat as long as it wouldn’t come true.
“What did you say?”
Bailey doubted what she had heard. ‘There must be something wrong with Ryder, or a man won’t swallow this insult.’ Bailey thought.
“Bailey, is your hearing so poor? Didn’t I make myself clear?”
Ryder yawned languorously. “If there’s nothing else, I would like to turn in first.”
‘It is ridiculous to discuss my domestic affairs at this late hour with these gossipers.’ Ryder thought.
“Stop right there!”
The indifference shown by Ryder infuriated Kayden. Kayden stood up and rapped the floor with his walking stick. “I don’t care about what you think of this farce, but the Langdon family will protect its good name. Divorce, you two!”
That was what the Langdon family wanted.
“Grandfather?”
This development took Claudia by surprise and upset her.
In the past, Kayden never made his position known and then reduced the trouble to the minimum.
“The good name of the Langdon family?”
Ryder chuckled at the brazenness shown by Kayden. ‘Do all decent families have an illegitimate child like me? Do they abandon their illegitimate child and later take him in to take advantage of his talents?’ Ryder wondered.
In a word, Ryder didn’t agree that the Langdon family had a good reputation.