William’s ears were tingling from Hayden’s loud voice. He placed the phone away from his ears and said, “Dad, let’s talk about it properly. What happened?”
“Don’t play dumb with me. Did you promise to leave Santhos in the Saunders family?”
“Why on earth would i do that?”
“Then why would Raymond post something like this on WhatsApp?”
William looked through Raymond’s WhatsApp Moments in confusion but he didn’t find anything. “Dad, he didn’t post anything, did he?”
“What do you mean he didn’t post anything? Are you working with them to fool me? I’m telling you, none of my grandchildren can be left with them! You have to bring them back to me just like how you bring them to them!”
William frowned as he took Valeria’s phone. Then he looked at Raymond’s WhatsApp Moments. The contents of his Moments that were restricted to him were clearly visible now. 10 minutes ago, Raymond had posted a picture of Cade and Santhos drinking milk respectively in his arms.
“Both of them are cute, smart, and good-looking. It’s really hard to choose between them. Friends, give me a suggestion. Which one of them should I choose to be the heir of the Saunders family? Leave your comment on my WhatsApp Moment. Cade will be option 1 and Santhos will be option 2. Everyone is welcome to vote!”
A group of his friends really cast their votes below the Moment. William saw Richard and Michael in there. One of them chose Cade while the other chose Santhos.
There were already dozens of votes at present. Santhos had more votes than Cade. Raymond even put on airs in the WhatsApp Moment. “Since everyone has chosen Santhos, I’ll choose him as well. Cade is the eldest son, so I’ll need to be respectful to the Howard family. The eldest son shall be left to them.”
William burst into fits of laughter after his extreme rage. “Did he block me from his WhatsApp Moment? He also knows I shouldn’t be reading this, right?”
Valeria also saw Raymond’s WhatsApp Moments, so she stamped her feet in anger. “What is Raymond doing? Is he asking for trouble?”
William knew that Hayden would be mad to see this, so he shouldn’t add fuel to the fire. He winked at Valeria, who took the phone away from him, and said, “Dad, Raymond is kidding. Don’t take it seriously, alright? It’s just a joke. I’ll make him delete it instantly. Rest assured that Cade and Santhos will never stay in the Saunders family every day. I’ll bring them back with me after a few days.”
Hayden couldn’t complain further when he heard Valeria’s voice. “It’s best if Raymond doesn’t make such a joke. I’m going to hit that brat on the head the next time I see him.”
At noon, Archer and Natalie prepared some sumptuous food. During lunch, Valeria complained to Archer and Natalie about how Raymond had angered Hayden because of what he posted on WhatsApp Moments.
Archer and Natalie shot a glance at each other before they looked at William. The latter seemed impassive as he enjoyed his food calmly. Archer cleared his throat and said, “Raymond has gone too far. I’ll talk to him when he comes back.”
Of course, Archer and Natalie liked Cade and Santhos very much. If possible, it would be best for the children to stay.
If there was no other way, keeping just one of them would be an option too. When Valeria saw that Archer was saying those words casually, she was a little upset. “Dad, no point talking about it. You have to be more serious about it.”
Archer let out an awkward smile. “Valeria, I want to be more serious about it too. It’s just that your brother is now an adult, so I can’t hit him, can I? I can only school him verbally at most.”
“Dad, are you siding with Raymond now? He is so arrogant because of your attitude, you know.”
“Valeria, he is right. How can we beat him when he is a grown-up? But I think you can use another method, Archer. For example, freezing his bank card,” William, who had been devouring his food, suddenly said.
“Yes, freeze his card! Cut off his source of money,” Valeria added as well.
“Um… this is not a good idea, isn’t it?” Archer took a glance at Natalie. “I can freeze the card he gets from home, but he is also a working adult. I can’t deny him of his salary, can I?”
“Archer, I’m asking you to freeze his card for his own good. With your support, Raymond will always live a bachelor’s life and refuse to shoulder any responsibilities.”
William continued gradually, “Raymond wants to be single because he is not stressed at all. He has thought about his way out. He can find someone to take over the company, and he can borrow cade or Santhos if he wants to play with children. It’s fine if he is really a celibatarian. But is he really this kind of person? After all, he used to like Abbie very much.”
“That’s right. He is not a true celibatarian. He is someone who likes to find excuses because he doesn’t want to bear responsibility.” Valeria chimed in as well.
“If you continue to let Raymond roam free, he will have nothing to fear as he ignores your feelings and everyone else’s. He will never consider taking up the responsibility of getting married and having children. Do you really want to see him live a lonely life without marriage? Do you want to see him become an irresponsible person?”
Natalie and Archer took a look at each other. Of course, they didn’t want this to happen. It was one thing to want Cade and Santhos to stay, but it was an entirely different matter to see their son staying single and living his whole life alone. They would never allow that to happen.
They could visit their grandson whenever they wanted, but it was a big deal if their son didn’t get married.
William took a sip of the soup slowly. “I can lend a hand and introduce a girlfriend to Raymond. He was not satisfied with the last one, so let’s introduce him to a better girl. I’ll arrange for the meeting tonight.”
After hearing William’s words, Archer and Natalie decided to freeze Raymond’s card and set up a blind date for him. They would not stop until their plan succeeded.
William and Bobby left together after lunch. Halfway through the journey, Raymond gave him a call. “William, how could you be so wicked?”
“What did I do?” William asked in return.
“Isn’t it too shameless for you to persaude my parents to freeze my credit card?”
“What I did is nothing compared to what you did. You’re stealing my son away from me in such a disgusting manner. How can I be nice to you? I’m already being lenient by not asking my men to teach you a lesson,” William said lightly.
“Hey, I haven’t gotten even with you yet when you introduced such a disgusting woman to me during my blind date last time!” Raymond let out a roar angrily.
“Fine, then feel free to settle accounts with me. I’m up to it any time!” An overseas call came in while William was speaking. He hung up on Raymond straight away.
Raymond was so angry that he kept stomping his feet. He was just scolded by Hayden over the phone. Before he could recover from the scolding, his card was frozen. Even his salary was stopped as well. Gavin, who used to support him, changed his mind and said that the usage of his card would be restored once he found a girlfriend.
Raymond was extremely upset. Meanwhile, Natalie called to ask him to go on a blind date too, saying that William was the one who introduced the girl.
Needless to say, Raymond knew that William would not introduce a nice girl to him. He made up his mind not to go on the blind date at night no matter what.