In the Howard family’s mansion, Lucas reported to Hayden that Gavin had invited Valeria and William to dinner that night. He was infuriated when he heard the news.
“How dare he encourage their relationship! How can he agree to let them be together? What on earth is he thinking? That shameless old man! Does he not care anymore because William has good looks? His granddaughter is not even worthy of my son! I already gave his son my daughter, and now, I have to give him my son too?”
Seeing that Hayden was so angry, Lucas didn’t dare to speak. While Hayden angrily cursed Gavin for being shameless, Lucas served him some tea quietly.
After taking a few sips of tea, he finally calmed down and stopped cursing Gavin.
Lucas took advantage of the silence and said, “Gavin is a wise man. There’s no way he would agree to William and Miss Brown’s relationship this easily. There must be a reason behind this.”
“Are you saying that Gavin is suspecting that William is the president of the Wolf Group, so he agreed to their relationship?” Hayden asked in reply.
He nodded. “That’s the only reason. Otherwise, I don’t see why Gavin and Archer would agree to it.”
“Alright, so they’re all aware of this, and they’re planning on hiding it from me? My son is such an excellent person, so why should I allow the Saunders family to shame him like this?” Hayden was getting angrier by the second as he thought about this.
“Sir, please calm down. If William really is the president of the Wolf Group, then you are probably powerless against him too.”
Lucas’ words made Hayden speechless. If that was William’s true identity, then there was indeed nothing he could do to stop their relationship.
Pretending to be sick, stopping his cash flow, looking for Valeria were all the things Hayden had done in the past to threaten William. However, none of his plans worked. So, what else could he do?
When he realized that he had no way of stopping William, his head started to hurt, and he started cursing Gavin. “That d*mned old man, he’s getting more and more shameless! Even if his whole family is shameless, we can’t be like them! I can’t let William’s reputation be ruined! I have to go talk to Gavin.”
“He probably won’t listen to you.”
“I have to find a way! Wait, what if I was wrong? If William is not the president of the Wolf Group, then this will be easy. I can definitely control him!”
“I’d rather hope that he is the president of the Wolf Group. That is such an impressive position!” Lucas reminded.
“But…” Hayden had hoped that his son would be the president too, but why was the person William loved had to be Valeria? With William’s status, how would he be able to break them apart?
He was very anxious at the moment. As Hayden was busy thinking of a plan, the sound of a car engine came from outside. Who would be here so late at night?
He glanced at Lucas, who quickly went out to welcome the guest. After a short while, hurried footsteps could be heard as Charles came in. He said, “Dad, something big has happened!”
When Hayden saw Charles, he knew that it couldn’t be good news. Needless to say, it must be something to do with William.
He looked at Charles coldly without saying a word. When Charles saw that he didn’t answer, he continued, “The Public Relations Department just called me and said that they found an article online about William and Valeria’s relationship. I checked it and realized that it’s trending right now and the whole internet now knows about it. Dad, what should we do now?”
A hint of coldness flashed through his eyes. “You didn’t do anything?”
“I came here right away. I didn’t have time for anything else…”
His eyes were wide opened. He fiercely interrupted Charles and started scolding him. “Don’t you know how to ask the Public Relations Department to get rid of the news? Is your brain full of sh*t? You come to me every time there’s a problem! You even came in person instead of just giving me a call! You’re so useless!”
Initially, Charles had come here because he had wanted to see Hayden make a fool of himself. He thought that Hayden would be anxious and furious at William. However, he hadn’t expected that Hayden would vent his anger on him.
“You couldn’t handle such a small matter, and you had to come to me to make a decision. It looks like this is the end of your career as the Howard Group’s general manager. Tomorrow, quit your job and scram!”
As he heard this, Charles looked at him in shock. “Dad! You…”
“So? Useless fool. If you wanted to see me or William make a fool of ourselves, you should have the capability first. Listen. I know what you’re thinking and you’ll never get it! Leave right now! Go!”
Charles had wanted to explain himself, but Hayden grabbed something and threw it at him. So, he had no choice but to leave with his head hanging low. When he got back to his car, he cursed angrily.
“That old b*stard! What have I done wrong? How can you be so cruel to me? Why do you dote on that airhead son of yours so much? William’s useless and hopeless! How dare you ask me to step down from the general manager’s position! Are you going to ask William to take my place? Does he even have the capability? You’re a freaking old man, for god’s sake. You can’t bring the Howard Group to your grave. Your life is going to end soon, anyway!”
After Hayden had driven Charles away, he plopped down and panted heavily. “I’m so mad! That b*stard actually came to see me make a fool out of myself! I don’t believe that he has nothing to do with this. He must be the one behind it, and he’s trying to torture William to death!”
Lucas looked at him worriedly. “Sir, it’s best if you calm down. Let’s think about how to settle this matter first.”
Then, Hayden took a deep breath and picked up his phone to make a call. On the other end, Gavin’s voice was filled with drowsiness when he picked up. “What’s wrong? Why are you calling me so late at night?”
“You’re actually sleeping?” He laughed coldly. “Don’t tell me you’re oblivious to something as big as this. Let me ask you, what are you planning to do about it?”
“About what?” Gavin asked in reply.
“Stop playing dumb. I’m asking you about William and Valeria’s relationship. Are you really going to let her marry him?”
“They should have the freedom to love anyone they want, and I can’t stop it, can I?” Gavin replied.
“To hell with having the freedom to love. How can you still think of that after they stirred up such a ruckus? Don’t you feel the slightest bit of shame?” Hayden questioned.
“How could it be so serious? Hayden, you are old. Don’t be so bad-tempered and calm down. We can talk about this peacefully.”
How could he calm down?! “If this matter isn’t settled, I won’t be able to relieve! What do you think we should do? Don’t beat around the bush. I want to listen to your true thoughts! Don’t tell me that you’re going to let things be?”
In the face of Hayden’s continuous questioning, Gavin sighed. “I’m against this too, but it’s useless. There’s nothing I could do. Hayden, we’re getting old, so let’s not get involved in this matter anymore. Let them settle their own mess, okay?”
“Settle their own mess? How?”
“If it really doesn’t work, we can ask Archer to divorce Savannah.” Gavin finally said what he had wanted to say from the start.