Chapter 747

Stella was in disbelief. “How could Xavier be willing to kneel here obediently?”

“Because of someone that he cannot disobey, of course,” Weston said plainly.

“Are you referring to Old Mr. Ford?”

Weston pinched her cheeks. “Do you feel better now?”

Stella remained silent as she looked at the man in the hall.

Xavier knelt in the middle of the hall, looking utterly displeased. But, despite his clear reluctance, he didn’t dare to disobey and knelt with his torso stock straight.

Old Mr. Ford sat right opposite him, glancing at him once in a while as he sipped on his tea to check if he was kneeling properly.

Occasionally, he would put his teacup down and pick on Xavier’s posture in a nasty and incisive tone.

Elders like him were excellent at insulting others without the use of profanity.

It must feel pretty good to be able to do so, Stella thought.

She was curious, “How did you manage this? I remember that Old Mr. Ford dotes on Xavier very much.”

his engagement with Zeta, a major issue that incurred the wrath of the Taylor family and made them the butt of a joke in the industry, Old Mr. Ford couldn’t

make him

It was indeed unbelievable.

isn’t that difficult controlling someone’s heart. As long as you grasp a person’s needs, you’ll be able to figure out what makes

suddenly found him very frightening. “Since you’re able to control another person’s heart… is

“Yes.”

without any hesitation, “You can guess

at Stella with a brazen

Stella avoided his gaze.

didn’t want to give it

In the ancestral hall.

had been kneeling for almost two

finally decided to relent. “Do you admit

he had been anxious to seek success at

head and gritted his teeth. “I

“How were you wrong?”

merchant and placed all the export pressure on the company. The economy’s been looking bad, and I shouldn’t have killed

good. That’s a very

“What else is there?”

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