Chapter 1413

As the two of them walked downstairs hand in hand, Jean was still thinking to himself. It seems I have indeed become a bit more thoughtful recently. If it were in the past, I would never have cared about a single word of what the outside world said. However, ever since I met this woman, everything has changed. I began to care, and anything related to her, I would take to heart. Hah… The more I live, the more I seem to be going back. However, this feeling is quite nice, as if all the emotions and desires I once lacked have now appeared in my life.

He assumed that by then, Chad and Adriana would have already sat down for dinner. However, to his surprise, when he went downstairs, he found them still sitting in the living room.

On the other side, there sat a few unexpected guests.

Baxter had a stern look on his face, and his two sons, Troy and Ollie, also appeared with aggressive demeanors.

Upon hearing footsteps, several people turned their heads to look. Seeing Neera, they all reacted in different ways.

Baxter reacted the quickest, immediately snorting coldly and turning his face away, making it clear that he didn’t want to deal with her. “Chad, I’ll say it again. I don’t agree with the Gordon family leaving Bartitsu Guild to seek refuge in Lordsworth Estate. This ridiculous idea, I won’t agree to it no matter what!”

Neera’s lips tightened slightly. Her previously good mood instantly became less so.

not everything she said to Matthew

and there was indeed a

differing opinions on

faction made it clear that they were

the reason, this is the act of a traitor. I don’t want our Gordon family to be branded

is it? Even if our clan members are killed, we should still compromise and disregard their lives? Is that it, Granduncle Baxter? If that’s the case, wouldn’t the rest of

Bartitsu Guild. If the Gordon family hadn’t helped the Cox family, we wouldn’t have been despised by the other families, let alone become enemies with Bartitsu Guild. Ever since the new head of the Gordon family took office, we’ve been

himself to the point of worthlessness, Neera scoffed coldly, showing no sign of cowardice. She stepped forward and retorted without any courtesy. “Are you implying that I’ve harmed the Gordon family? One should speak with conscience, Mr. Baxter. Consider what was the Gordon family’s status in Bartitsu Guild before and what is it now. Has my presence led to the decline or rise of the Gordon family? “You’ve lived for quite a long time. Surely you can’t be blind to such obvious facts? If you can see them and still speak this way, may I interpret it as you being unable to achieve something yourself, and thus, out of jealousy, you’re trying to bring me down? Unfortunately for you, I’ve never been one to fear criticism. I’ll shoulder what’s mine to bear, but if it’s not my fault, and you’re still trying to pin the blame

out with it as if she’d

regain his composure, only to be instantly filled with rage, fuming with anger. “Do you- Is this how you speak to your

still. With a swift movement, they stood anger,

up, their

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