Veronica thought the butler was joking. “Do you know what you are talking about?”
The latter repeated his words. “Ms. Laban, Mr. Floyd has entrusted me to make sure that you move out of his house immediately!”
“You… you bunch of gits…” Veronica was trembling in anger. This was not how her plans were supposed to unfold at all.
“The Floyd family has gone overboard! How can you do this to a weak girl like me? I won’t move out! I’m the daughter-in-law of the Floyd family. It’s my right to live here!”
The butler sneered as he said, “Mr. and Mrs. Floyd are the owners of this villa. You’re only allowed to live here because they’ve agreed to it. Now that they were unwilling to let you live here, you should have the decency to take the hint! Of course, if you don’t leave, we can ask you to leave, but we won’t be gentle about it! Think about it properly! You only have five minutes. Are you leaving by yourself, or should I help?”
The butler’s logic was perfect. The owners of the villa were Fandrey and Deborah. Veronica was merely Callum’s wife. She was nobody to Frandrey and Deborah, who were the owners of the house. There was no reason for her to stay here.
After getting her mind wrapped around this, she seemed crestfallen and dejected. “Five minutes isn’t enough. I need to pack up!”
All these years, she had bought a lot of valuable jewelry and luxury bags while she was in the Floyd family. These items were worth at least hundreds of millions of dollars. Naturally, she had to bring the jewelry and bags with her.
Upon hearing her words, the butler immediately said, “Ms. Laban, you can take all the things you brought to the Floyd family with you, but you can’t take those that the Floyd family had bought for you. Not a single one.”
“How can you be so shameless?” Veronica flew off the handle as she shouted angrily. “Those things were gifts to me from the Floyd family. Why can’t I take them with me? I’m going to call Callum!”
“Stop what you’re doing! This is Mr. Floyd’s order. I’m just telling you what he said. Get lost from here with the things you brought with you! Don’t even think about taking away any possessions of the Floyd family!”
Veronica was rendered speechless by the butler. She didn’t bring anything with her when she got married last time. Did this mean that she would leave the villa empty-handed?
Veronica was reluctant to give up the fight. She did not believe that Callum and the Floyd family would be so merciless. The butler had to have misunderstood Callum’s words. She hurriedly dialed Callum’s number, but she could not get through.
The butler looked at her with a scornful smile. “Ms. Laban, you don’t have much time. Only two minutes left now. If you don’t leave in two minutes, I’m afraid I’ll have to remove you by force!”
“How can you be so stony-hearted? When I was still in the Floyd family, I had never treated you badly these years, had I?”
The butler sneered and said, “Ms. Laban, let’s be clear about one thing. I’m working for the Floyd family. The Floyd family is the one who paid my salary. You never gave me a penny for my hard work. What did your previous good treatment of me have anything to do with this?”
“I… what I’m saying is, can’t you help me out just a little? Let me talk to Callum on the phone, please?” Veronica said in a pleading tone.
“No! Mr. Floyd won’t pick up your call. Not only that, but all members of the Floyd family won’t pick up your call. Give it up!”
“Can you tell me why Callum treated me like this? I’ll leave once you tell me!” Veronica had to change her strategy when she saw that the butler had stood his ground.
“Ms. Laban, did you not know the reason? I’ll kindly tell you since that’s the case.” The butler’s eyes were full of contempt. “You have been freeloading off the Floyd family for so many years. Don’t you know how much of the Floyd family’s money you’ve spent? Even a dog understands how to be grateful if it’s fed by the Floyd family, right? But what about you? Do you really think that the Floyd family knows nothing about you colluding with Ornard and plotting against them?”
“What? That’s…” Veronica opened her mouth and couldn’t utter the rebuke. Did the Floyd family find out that she and Ornard had schemed against them?
How much did the Floyd family know? Did they know about everything? Or only part of the story?
No matter how much they knew, it was obvious that they would certainly not keep her around since she was an ungrateful traitor.
Veronica felt a wave of helplessness. Meanwhile, the butler’s face turned stern and strict.
“Okay, time’s up! Will you get lost now, or should I ask the bodyguards to see you off?”
How embarrassing would it be once the bodyguards sent her out? She knew that it was futile to turn the tide around, so she went downstairs resentfully with her mobile phone.
She called Ornard once she was outside. “The Floyd family has chased me away! Send someone to pick me up!”
“What on earth happened?” Ornard asked in bewilderment.
“The Floyd family knows that I helped you out last time. I think this is probably the reason Callum divorced me. Now that they have fallen out with me, they chased me away from their villa. I have nowhere to go, so I can only ask you for help.”
“What do they find out?” Ornard asked further.
“I don’t know! Just send someone over to pick me up. We’ll talk later.”
Ornard ended the call with a frown. Aurora, who was next to him, snuggled up to him. “Honey, what went wrong?”
“Veronica is in trouble. She was chased away by the Floyd family, so she has nowhere to stay. I’ll have to bring her back sit that she can stay with us.”
“Huh? That’s too…” Aurora looked genuinely surprised. “How could this be? This means that she is completely useless to us now, right?”
“Indeed. She was no longer useful the day Callum announced the divorce. Things have been hard recently. We have troubles coming at us one after another.” Ornard massaged his forehead in frustration.
“Veronica no longer serves a prupose. What’s your plan for her?” Aurora inquired tentatively.
“Let’s fetch her back first. Things are still muddy now. We have to figure out the situation before we take action.”
“I don’t think it’s a good idea to bring Veronica here.” Aurora observed Ornard’s face carefully. “That woman is a despicable vermin. If she finds out about our relationship, she will target me. I don’t mind if she comes after me. More importantly, I’m afraid that she will hurt Santhos. Besides, if she comes back, I can’t meet up with you freely. Why don’t you send her somewhere else? Won’t that be better?”
“Well, I wish I can let her settle down somewhere else too, but doing so will arouse more suspicion from her. After all, an outsider like you can stay in my house with a child. As a member of the Laban family, she should live here all the more, shouldn’t she?”
“But… but she is so cunning and malevolent. I’m extremely concerned that she’ll do harm to Santhos once she finds out about us.”
“I understand what you’re worried about. Don’t worry, nothing like that will happen.” Ornard stroked Aurora’s face and said earnestly, “We’re a family now. You and Santhos are the most important people to me. I’ll keep you safe, but you don’t have to interfere in certain things. I know what I’m doing. I have to take Veronica in this time now that they have chased her away. Not only will I bring her back here, but I’ll also pick her u in person. After all, she knows everything about me and my plans. It’s not yet time to burn the bridge and get rid of her.”
Aurora couldn’t find a reason to refute, so she could only watch helplessly as Ornard went out to pick up Veronica.