Glamour and Sass: A Rejected Bride's Revenge-Chapter 31: Nathan’s Ambitions

Hearing Emma’s cry for help, Steven instinctively reached out and pulled her back.

He held her in his arms as she clung tightly to his neck, panting heavily out of apparent fear.

Gently patting her back, Steven felt puzzled.

“What happened? Don’t you love swimming the most? Why do you look...”

‘So afraid of water?’

Emma composed herself, realizing she had almost exposed her identity. Her eyes darted around, and she said, “Daddy, I haven’t felt like swimming recently; the water is too cold.”

Steven glanced at the pool and turned to carry Emma back to the room.

As they passed Zane, he instructed, “Empty the pool.”

Zane replied, “Alright.”

Not long after, a group of people suddenly trespassed into the Lawrence family’s yard. They were led by Steven’s uncle, Nathan, along with a few other Lawrence family branches.

However, Nathan’s son, Tony Lawrence, spoke up first.

Tony pointed at Alex with a rude tone. “Big Brother, shouldn’t you give us an explanation today? Are we keeping this child or not?”

The child in question was Alex.

Nathan, meanwhile, smiled kindly as he held his son back, scolding him.

"Tony, Steven is your older cousin. How can you speak to him like that?”

Steven frowned. He had been planning to punish Nathan over the nutritionist incident last time, while Nathan unexpectedly came to his door himself today.

Tony scoffed disdainfully.

He was once the second in line to inherit the Lawrence family’s legacy—until Alex came into the picture.

Due to getting a child late in life, Nathan had doted on Tony immensely. With Steven usually away and busy with work, Tony was often by Nathan’s side and eventually earned Grandma Marianne’s affection.

Thus, Tony had always assumed he would inherit the Lawrences once Steven stepped down. Perhaps if he worked harder at having children, there would be no room left for Steven in the family.

However, Alex came into the picture unexpectedly.

After forcing himself to call Steven ‘Big Brother’ for eighteen years, Tony wasn’t willing to just let this slide.

Tony continued, “This child came out of nowhere, disturbing our family rules. It’s already been long enough to keep him with the Lawrences. Big Brother, it’s time to give us a proper explanation.”

Steven turned around, still holding Emma in his arms.

“An explanation for you?”

Everyone present shivered at his words.

Emma furrowed her dainty brows, looking angrily at the crowd in front of her.

She always thought that Alex lived a happy life, but she never expected him to be so unwelcome in the Lawrence family.

She hated them!

She hated everyone who disliked her brother!

Seeing the situation turning grim, Nathan stepped forward with a smiling face.

“Steven, Tony isn’t trying to start a fight. But the child is growing older, and a decision needs to be made soon. Your uncles and aunts are also waiting for an answer.”

He sent a wink to his followers, prompting an indignant uproar.

“Yes, Steven. The Lawrences have never had an illegitimate stay with us before!”

“How does this reflect on our family?”

There was no doubt that these people were definitely incited by Nathan and Tony to cause a ruckus.

Steven stared at them coldly.

“The Lawrence family’s issues are not your concern; I make the rules here. If anyone stirs up trouble again, I’ve got plenty of seats at the dinner table tonight.”

With these words, everyone shut their mouths.

Seeing as his plan was failing, Nathan spoke up again.

“Steven, I’m showing you respect because you’re the decision-maker, but I’m still your uncle. If you don’t consider us, are you ignoring your grandma too?”

Tony joined in and said, “Or should we call Grandma here to discuss this?” freewёbnoνel.com

Steven clenched his fists tightly.

Marianne was seriously ill now, and the doctors had advised them not to stress her. How dare they...

Emma couldn’t hold back anymore.

She had heard from Alex about Marianne’s illness. How could these people behave like this?!

She shouted at them, “Great Grandma is sick, yet you’re still here arguing. You don’t care about her at all. You’re all bad people!”

Steven looked at Emma in surprise. He revealed a barely visible smile, and then he glanced over to Nathan and his group with cold eyes.

“Alex will always be a part of the Lawrences. If anyone questions this again, I won’t hesitate to expel them from the family.”

This frightened everyone.

After all, Steven had always kept his word.

The crowd reluctantly dispersed, but Tony gave Emma a long glance before leaving.

At the Morrison’s Mansion.

Sophie and Mariah sat in front of the dressing mirror, with Mariah carefully applying wound potion to Sophie’s injured face.

“Ow.”

As the potion touched her wounds, Sophie couldn’t help crying out in pain.

Mariah’s eyes were filled with compassion.

“Sophie, just hold on for a little while longer, it’ll be fine soon.”

Sophie pushed Mariah away, covering her face while shouting.

“I can’t stand this anymore! It hurts so much!”

Mariah sighed.

“The last thing you should have done was to provoke the Lawrences.”

"The Lawrences are just a group of gangsters!”

As soon as Sophie yelled, Mariah quickly covered her mouth while glancing around nervously.

“Don’t say nonsense! The Lawrences have eyes and ears everywhere. Your father has been trying to get closer to them for a long time. If he hears this, we’ll all be in trouble.”

Although angry, Sophie didn’t dare to speak anymore; she just stared at the mirror in frustration.

Mariah took the chance and said, “Forget about that; the Lawrences have nothing to do with us. They are not our concern. Remember, your goal has always been the Kingsleys.”

“Doesn’t Samuel keep getting humiliated by that little brat, Cecilia, whom he likes? Don’t forget that you’re half-sisters; you resemble her a bit after all.

“You need to use your face well so that we have a chance to turn things around.”

Sophie felt annoyed hearing this. She loathed being compared to Cecilia, but deep down, she knew Mariah had a point.

Reluctantly, she leaned closer to let Mariah apply the potion. The latter smiled with satisfaction before carefully treating her face.

The pain from her face only frustrated Sophie more. Of course, regaining her beauty to win Samuel back was necessary, but she wasn’t going to spare Cecilia.

She had suffered such humiliation and pain, all of which needed to be paid back double or more!

“Mom, I have an idea.”

The two whispered, both breaking into sinister grins.

In the hotel, Cecilia woke up early and prepared to visit the private detective again.

Steven had paused the talent show project after the last live broadcasting, thus she couldn’t continue investigating her son through the program.

Alex woke up, seeing his mom looking at him softly.

He felt overjoyed.

But the next moment, someone he disliked showed up.

Ding dong~

The doorbell rang, and Cecilia opened the door to find Bruce holding a large box of pastries.

He walked in, smiled at Alex and said, “Emma, Surprise!”

Alex stared at Bruce coldly, an awkward silence filling the air.

Cecilia gently patted Alex’s head. “Sweetie, Mommy has to go out and look into something about your brother today. Would you like to stay and play with Uncle Bruce?”

‘About my brother?’

‘Mom had trusted Bruce so much, even sharing this with him.’

‘What’s so good about him? He can’t compare to Dad at all.’

A storm brewed on Alex’s face—it had gotten even darker than before

Bruce stood there awkwardly.

Seeing Cecilia in a rush, Alex finally decided to take this chance to observe Bruce, nodding reluctantly.

“Well, okay.”

Cecilia cupped Alex’s face, planting a big kiss on his forehead.

“Good girl.”

This kiss improved Alex’s mood a lot.

After she left, Alex looked at Bruce, who was staring back at him, and finally came up with a plan.

‘I need to get rid of him.’

He decided on the spot.

“Uncle Bruce, I’m hungry and want something to eat.”

Bruce looked at the pastries and fell into thought.

Without waiting for his answer, Alex continued.

“I don’t want pastries; I want sushi from the famous place outside of town, the one with their signature caviar.”

Bruce blinked, putting the pastries down as he stood up.

“Okay. Then you—”

“I’ll stay here in my room and won’t go anywhere.” Alex promised quickly.

Bruce nodded in confusion, leaving with some doubt.

‘Strange. When did Emma get such an odd taste and act so weird toward me...’

‘Never mind, maybe she’s just grown distant after so long...’

Once Bruce had left, Alex immediately headed out of the room.

Now that Mom wasn’t around, it was good timing to meet with his sister Emma!

He happily stepped out of the hotel, using his watch for navigation, when suddenly, everything went black.

He instantly lost consciousness.