“I don’t want to have anything to do with someone like Spencer, and that doesn’t change the fact that I love Arthur,” Lucia said, now unconcerned.
“If you must stop me, I can only spend my life confessing to you, but I will never submit to it again.”
“Lucia, are you renouncing me?!” Esmae’s heart palpitated at Lucia’s words, but when she heard them, her temper was piqued by the rebellious nature of her words.
“Auntie, thank you for taking care of me,” Lucia said, gritting her teeth and hanging up quickly.
She didn’t want to wait any longer!
She looked at the time on her phone. It was 8:20 p. m. , so it was best to wait until later in the night to leave. After making up her mind, Lucia found Jack and the others and told them her plan.
“After midnight, we’ll get out of here.” Lucia’s eyes were firm.
“You’ve finally made up your mind!” Victor was so excited about Lucia’s decision that he said, “I told you not to worry about it!”
“All right, shut up.” Nick was more sensitive. He saw Lucia’s strange look and told Victor to shut up.
“What? I can’t talk?!” Victor asked, raising an eyebrow.
Jack sighed, pushed Victor away, and asked Lucia, “Lucia, did you have an argument with Ms. Wilson?”
Why else would Lucia, who had always respected Esmae, leave now against her will?
Lucia lowered her eyes, pursed her lips, and said nothing.
Victor noticed that something was wrong with her, too, and his cheerful look vanished. “Lucia,” he asked worriedly, “Is that so?”
“Yes, I’ve decided to follow my heart and not worry about anything else. Therefore, I need you to be as determined as I am to leave this hellish place!” Lucia lifted her gaze and said with a burning one.
A few words from Lucia piqued their moods.
“Well said!” Victor immediately praised, “People should live their lives according to their hearts. Lucia, don’t worry. We are all your strong backing. After midnight, we will leave!”
When Gene saw that Lucia had made up her mind, he secretly made up his mind too. Tonight, no mistakes!
Meanwhile, back in Chicago, Esmae was pacing back and forth in her study, restless after Lucia hung up on her.
“Esmae, what’s wrong?” Chris saw his wife like this when he passed the study, so he came in and asked her.
“Lucia just called,” Esmae confided to her husband as she struggled to resolve her frustration. “She’s upset with how I’m handling Spencer, and she wants to cut me off!”
Chris scowled, and though his wife looked sad and aggrieved, so he took a fair stand and said,
“I don’t think you handled it well either. Why not let Lucia go free?”
When Esmae heard that, she froze and stared at him for a few seconds, saying,
“What’s wrong with the way I handled it? I got my clients back. I shut down Amasun Group’s entire operation, and then I’m gonna go after Spencer, and I’m gonna keep him out of the family business. What more does she want? For me to let her be with Arthur?! What Spencer has done is disgusting, but it has nothing to do with his engagement to Lucia!”
Among Esmae’s complaints, there was the complaint against Chris who spoke for Lucia.
“Since you know that Spencer is an abomination, you should cut him off from Lucia. Everyone knows that he has betrayed you. Do you still have any hope for his relationship with Lucia?!”
Chris, too, could not agree with his wife’s decision.
Esmae stared at Chris and was absolutely certain that he was leaning towards Lucia. Lowering her eyes, she said coldly,
“No matter how bad Spencer is, at least he can stop Lucia and Arthur’s relationship. For this reason alone, I won’t put pressure on him about the engagement. You don’t have to say anything. I know that you’ve never agreed with my actions. You even hope that Lucia can be with Arthur as soon as possible, right?”
“Esmae!” Chris got a little angry and said, “When have I ever interfered with your methods? It’s just that now you’re not thinking straight, and you’d rather keep Lucia with someone like that for the sake of your own hatred. Have you considered Lucia’s feelings? What wouldn’t a guy like Spencer do for profit? You’ve blocked all the doors of the Amasun Group. You think he won’t give Lucia a hard time?”
“I don’t care,” said Esmae petulantly. “She can’t be with Arthur, anyway!”
Chris had always known that Esmae was stubborn, but now even he couldn’t stand it.
“Get out of here,” Esmae said with a cold look in her eyes and pushed him away from the study. “I know what I’m doing.”
Pushed out of the study, Chris closed the door without hesitation. He was worried and just wanted his wife to stop acting out.
But… Chris didn’t know that as soon as he left, Esmae called Spencer.
When Spencer got the call from Esmae, he panicked, thinking she was blaming him for Louis, but instead of talking about it, she told him that Lucia had decided to disown her. Arthur and she were getting back together anyway.
“Ms. Wilson, are you sure that Lucia really has this kind of idea?” Spencer raised his eyebrows, unable to believe that the most powerful leverage against Lucia was no longer available.
“Sure,” said Esmae in a long, cold voice. “She’s probably planning to leave right now, so be prepared, but don’t hurt them.”
Esmae knew Spencer was bad, but she still believed he would never hurt Lucia.
“Of course,” Spencer said happily, “I would never hurt her, but I would never let her go and live with Arthur!”
That was the attitude Esmae wanted from Spencer, and when she told him what had happened, she added coldly,
“Also, I’ll talk to you about the Louis Group when you’ve given up on Lucia leaving.”
“Ms. Wilson…” Spencer was about to explain something when Esmae hung up the phone. Although he was a little disappointed and lost the chance to explain, Esmae’s message came just in time!