“What did you say? You’ve gone too far!” How much did Thomas look down on her to say that she didn’t even deserve to be a servant?
No one had ever looked down on Evelyn like this in her life, so she grabbed the cup and threw it at Thomas.
The water in the cup spilt all over Thomas’ body, but he still sat still and looked at Evelyn indifferently.
The cup rolled to the ground after it landed on Thomas, so the waitress came in immediately after she heard the sound of broken glass. She was a little surprised when she saw the situation inside. “Sir, do you need any help?”
“Get lost!” Evelyn yelled angrily.
The waitress then closed the door and went out. Thomas’ gaze was cold and he looked at Evelyn emotionlessly while she was livid. “How can you say something so degrading to me?! Thomas, you’ve gone too far!”
Thomas looked at how exasperated Evelyn was without any reaction as if he was a mere outsider. Her feelings had nothing to do with him at all.
His attitude towards Evelyn had always been cold and distant.
Since Thomas was a child, he had never taken the initiative to please Evelyn. After all, he was an outsider and Evelyn was the sole daughter of the Gurney family.
Not only that, but Thomas didn’t bother pleasing anyone in the Gurney Family. Evelyn and her brother had tried to prank Thomas before by deliberately taking his tuition fees and refusing to give them to him.
Thomas didn’t question her at all. After they took his tuition fees, he worked on his own and tried to solve the problem by himself.
Her feelings meant absolutely nothing to Thomas because he had never taken her seriously before. Evelyn felt like a fool at this moment.
She suppressed her anger. “Are you going to help me or not?”
“There’s nothing I can do!”
“I’ll find my own way if you refuse to help me. Let me remind you, Thomas, you have to marry me if I can’t find a potential suitor. Even if you don’t like me, I know very well that Grandpa will force you to marry me when the time comes. Do you have a way to deal with it?”
“What do you think?” Thomas asked indifferently.
“You have no choice! You owe the Gurney family and you’ve always been someone who values friendship. You have no way to refuse if Grandpa forces you to do this, so this will affect both of us. You must find a way!”
“I have many solutions to get out of marrying you,” Thomas said lightly. He had called her by her nickname ‘Eve’ previously, but she didn’t realize when he started being so indifferent and distant towards her. He even started calling her ‘Miss Gurney’.
He had gotten bolder! Evelyn had a vicious thought in her mind. She wanted nothing but to take away everything he had and make him live a miserable life.
“Thomas, the Gurney family can make you achieve so much, but they can also take away everything!” Evelyn reminded him.
For the first time, she wanted to take revenge on Thomas. She wondered what he would look like at the brink of desperation.
Would he beg for mercy or would he be willing to do anything for his purpose?
Of course, he would! This was human nature. Thomas was just pretending to not give a damn about this because he wanted to act as if he was better than her.
“Miss Gurney, do you think everything I have now was given to me by the Gurney family?” The sneer on Thomas’ face widened and the sarcasm in his eyes was clear.
Evelyn was furious. “Isn’t that the case?”
“Alright, then.” Thomas looked at Evelyn with pity. “Miss Gurney, is there anything else? I’d better take my leave!”
“I haven’t finished discussing with you yet. Are you really not going to help me? I’m begging you!”
“No!” Thomas shook his head.
“Miss Gurney, there are many outstanding men in this world. If you widen your horizons, you’ll realize that you have many other choices besides William!”
“I would choose someone else if I have a choice, but I don’t!”
“What do you mean?”
“This is my secret, so I can’t tell you about it now. We have lived under the same roof for so many years and I have always treated you like family even though you don’t admit that you are my brother. Can’t you help me because I’m your sister?”
Thomas laughed silently. He had never regarded Evelyn as his sister because he had always known his place. He was an outsider in the Gurney family, so he was always awkwardly sandwiched between the real family members and the servants.
He wasn’t grateful for the Gurney family, but the butler who adopted him. Since the butler was extremely loyal to the Gurney family, he wanted Thomas to feel the same way as well. Besides, Evelyn’s grandfather only took care of Thomas for the sake of formalities.
He would try to advise Evelyn even though she was so detestable for the sake of the butler and Francis.
“Miss Gurney, I don’t care what secrets you have nor am I interested in them. Let me remind you that you shouldn’t provoke William because those who have done so all ended up in a miserable state. Just look at Natasya and Paisley. They used to be obsessed with William and they thought that they deserved him because they were beautiful. You should find out what happened to them in your free time!”
“I’m different from them! One of them is the daughter of an overly arrogant secretary while the other is the exiled daughter of the Anthony family. Why should I compare myself to them?”
“Okay! That’s all I have to say. Goodbye!” Thomas got up and left while Evelyn bit her lip and looked at his back with hatred. How could he even compare Natasha and Paisley to her?
Both of them had never been in a relationship with William before, but she was different. He used to like her so much he treated her so gently, but Valeria took the chance to interfere with their relationship. Evelyn was absolutely confident that she could win back William’s heart!
The Floyd family had finally taken over the construction project. Ornard, who had planned to make a lot of profits, lost more than 20 million dollars after he sold the project.
Ornard had put in a few months of hard work, but he still lost so much money due to the lack of manpower and material resources. He was in a state of dejection after this happened.
However, it was a good thing that his company didn’t need to deal with such a big problem. The price of materials was inflating rapidly, so the Floyd family would definitely suffer an astronomical amount of losses.
Ornard was waiting to see the Floyd family make a fool of themselves. However, the price of materials dropped tremendously three days after the company’s construction was taken over by the Floyd family. It dropped by 30% and was even lower than the original price. Ornard was dumbfounded when he saw this because he thought that the Floyd family would suffer losses after taking over the construction project.
He could’ve made a comeback if he waited another three days, but he lost everything because he was too hasty. Everything had returned to the hands of the Floyd family. Could it be that fate was on their side?
Ornard was so angry that he was about to lose his mind, but he calmed down and thought about it. It was impossible that this was all fated. Could it be that the Floyd family were scheming against him?
If this was true, why didn’t Veronica notice it at all?
Ornard had been relying on Veronica to get rid of the Floyd family all these years. However, she knew nothing about the Floyd family’s schemes against him, which proved that they were deliberately hiding it from her. Could it be that Veronica had been exposed?
Veronica’s call came while Ornard was deep in thought and she said angrily, “Callum wants to file for divorce!”