William didn’t think too much, but he was still confused by Valeria’s temper because she still refused to the open the door for him after he had been knocking for a while.
He rubbed his forehead and turned around to see Michael in his living room with a briefcase in his hand.
It seemed that Michael had been watching him for quite a while. William stared at him and asked, “When did you come? Why didn’t you say anything?”
He rubbed his palms together with a cheeky smile, “Well… When I came here, you were in the middle of apologizing, so I couldn’t interrupt you.”
“Get out!” William was embarrassed that Michael had witnessed such a scene and waved his hands to drive him out.
Instead of leaving, Michael went into the study room with his briefcase in his hand, and William followed him in, “Didn’t I tell you to leave? Why is everyone bullying me today?”
“No, I wouldn’t dare!” He smiled and sat down on the sofa, “I have something important to tell you.”
“Okay, hurry up and tell me, then leave!” William was still a little upset.
“Close the door first and come sit beside me.” Michael ordered.
William kicked the door shut and sat down across from him. “What’s so important?”
“My grandfather called to tell me that my dad and your father-in-law have a conflict going on. Did you know about this?”
William nodded, “Yes, my wife already told me about it.”
“Well, the cooperation between the Saunders and the Davis family is not small… It’s worth around ten billion dollars, so we can’t just disregard it, you know? My grandfather wants us to sit down and come to a compromise by talking things out. So, I will make an appointment with my father, and you will do so for your father-in-law. Is that alright?”
“No!” William said while crossing his legs.
“What do you mean? William, I’m not joking here.” Michael was a little anxious.
“And neither am I. Let me ask you, do you know why your father fell out with my Archer?” William retorted.
“I don’t know. My grandfather didn’t tell me the details. Do you know why? Tell me about it.”
“Alright, since it’s come to this, I’ll summarize everything for you. Everything started because your mother called to scold Abbie and ask her to keep her distance from you. Valeria could not bear to see Abbie being scolded like that, so she interrupted their call and scolded Meadow. Then, she fell sick out of anger, and Stanty wants my wife to apologize, otherwise, he would call off the cooperation. Do you think my Archer or wife will apologize to them? Do you think I would bear to see my wife being humiliated like that?”
“That’s… That’s what’s happened?” Michael was stunned.
William added, “By the way, let me tell you something else. Abbie already told my wife that she won’t get involved with you anymore, and she’ll find a husband soon, so that she won’t be humiliated by your mother.”
Michael put on a long face. No wonder Abbie was ignoring his calls and texts for the past few days.
If it was someone else, Michael would try his best to take revenge, but Meadow was his mother. What could he do?
Unable to do anything, he felt hopeless, “My mother, she… she is really good at messing things up! She just wants to see me suffer!”
“So what are you going to do now?” William asked.
Michael was not a fool. On the contrary, he was a clever person, “So, this conflict was caused by my mother? And she wants to use my father to pressure your Archer into apologizing? If my grandpa found out the truth about this, my mother would be in deep trouble!”
William nodded. “Yes, with your grandfather’s hatred towards her, he will definitely make her suffer if he knew the truth. So, you have to think of a way to make your parents reflect on themselves instead. Anyways, I won’t let my wife or father-in-law apologize to anyone in your family. Your mother should reflect on herself since she started this mess!”
Michael knew how William operated. Since William had made his stance clear that there was no compromising on behalf of the Saunders family, Michael had to solve the problem himself.
He picked up his phone in front of William and called his mother. She answered the phone in a soft and weak voice, as if she had just recovered from a serious illness, “Michael!”
“That’s enough. Dad isn’t here, so you can stop acting!” He said bluntly. “I’m calling you to tell you something serious. Listen carefully. The cooperation between the Saunders and the Davis family will be ruined soon. My grandfather asked me to find the Saunders family to be the mediator, but they don’t want to compromise at all. Do you know the consequences?”
“I don’t understand what you are talking about. This has nothing to do with me!” She pretended to be confused.
“You don’t understand? Didn’t you start this mess? Didn’t you ask Dad to ask Valeria to apologize? Let me tell you, my grandfather is not aware of this yet, and he thinks that this was a communication problem between Dad and Archer. If he finds out the truth of what had happened, you know what the consequences are, right?”
Of course, she knew the consequences. She said angrily, “You are my son. Why are you not helping me?”
“Even if I want to, I can’t! This is a billion dollar project. Do you knew the impact it will have on the Davis family if it fails?”
“But I just can’t accept being scolded by Valeria! If she doesn’t apologize, the cooperation can fail for all I care!” Meadow was stubborn.
“Mom, I think you’re misunderstanding something. It’s not about Valeria’s apology anymore. If you and Dad don’t take the initiative to ask Archer for peace, Archer has made it clear that he will cut of all ties with our family!”
“He… Did he really say that?” She panicked, “But they will also suffer a loss, I don’t believe it!”
“I’m being very serious right now. Grandpa asked me to look for Archer just now, but Archer did not want to meet with me and even asked his secretary to chase me away. Do you know the severity of this problem?”
Michael said more forcefully, “If my brothers knew that you have done something like this, they would definitely snitch on you to Grandpa, and everything will be over for you. Think about it!”
The brothers Michael had mentioned were Meadow’s stepsons. She realized the seriousness of the issue and said worriedly, “Michael, what should we do now?”
“Call Archer to apologize!”
“That’s… That’s so embarassing!” She muttered.
“It’s still your decision to make. Anyway, you have to handle this with dad. I don’t have much time left. Grandpa only gave me a few hours, and if Archer refuses to meet in the evening, just wait for what Grandpa will have to say! Haha!”