Chapter 723

There was no way the crowd was going to pass up on such juicy gossip! One by one, they leaned forward, butts in the air, craning their necks to get a glimpse of the papers sprawled on the table.

Barry, however, remained seated calm as a cucumber, without so much as a twitch. He had already secretly seen the report countless times, thanks to a little sneak peek courtesy of Edith.

“Who dares touch those?!” Jareth’s roar thundered across the boardroom, his eyes blazing with a fierce and bloodthirsty glare.

These folks were not only the company’s directors but also his elders. Yet, at Jareth’s command, they recoiled, none daring to lay a finger on the documents.

“What’s the matter, Jareth? Can’t face the truth or just can’t accept it?” Gary sneered, his mockery dripping with venom, “Deep down, you must be repulsed by the idea of your fiancée being mentally unstable, right? Is that why you’ve been hiding her away. playing house without giving her a proper introduction to the company? Even you, who claim she’s the only one you’ll marry, must be afraid she’ll embarrass you.”

That was the last straw for Jareth.

The Fairhaven family didn’t have the myriad of formalities that the Abernathy family or the Chambers family did, and he was no blue–blooded gentleman with a century of family legacy like Thaddeus. Jareth wasn’t about to endure humiliation for the sake of revenge or the greater good.

He was going to handle this his way.

Jareth grabbed a water glass from the table and, without a second thought, hurled it at Gary’s head!

a hefty lump on his forehead and was drenched in

his eyes, gasps filled the room, and the next second, he felt a heavy punch land squarely

a cowboy riding a donkey, right

that blotted out everything except the insults hurled at

alarm. Sure, the Fairhaven Group’s board meeting was no stranger to drama, but seeing someone beaten to a pulp, especially by their own nephew, was a real eye–opener!

did the bodyguards rush in. It

loathing as if he wished to devour Gary alive, “Marilla is the most perfect girl in the world to me! I love her,

fought the urge to go at

uncertainty as he cast a furtive glance at Barry. Barry’s neutral

from his hands. He paused at the sight of a cute little bear embroidered in the corner, a token of

use it to clean up that cur’s blood stain, so he tucked it back into his jacket and wiped his hands

asked, “You okay, Gary? Need to

fine!” Gary’s handkerchief was soaked with blood from his nose, evidence

in the end. Barry leisurely picked up the report from the table and flipped it open nonchalantly.

only he could touch

is this report for real?” Barry asked, feigning disbelief.

real as it gets, or I’m Jareth’s grandson!” Gary retorted, his voice loud, “It’s got

suspicion as he

his grandfather well; if this was the first he had heard

was top secret among the Abernathy family. No outsider should have been

Frederic, who didn’t feel gruntled about him marrying Marilla, unlikely to stoop to such tactics to

care for his face, it was

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