Chapter 9 They-lost-face-yet-again
They lost face yet again After Jeff entered the Greenfield Mansion, it took the Hemsworth members some minutes ‘before regaining their composure.
"That jerk” Rachael grits her teeth angrily. She glanced at the Old Woman. anger riling up inside her. "That boy needs a lesson. See how he insulted you, Mother." "Let's go inside! He's trying to ruin our moods and cause damage to our family, we must not allow him" Emilia said, holding the Old Woman's hand. She led her inside. signaling at Rachael.
Emilia wants Rachael to stop being angry since they are in the Greenfield's Mansion today.
Just as they entered the the grand hall, they saw Jeff with the only son of the Greenfield family. An indescribable feeling arose in Rachael's chest and she glared at Jeff with hatred.
The fake son is trying to curry favor with the only son of the Greenfield family.
"That bastard surely knows the way to rise up. He's gradually showing his claws" Rachael said through gritted teeth.
She had always disliked this boy but suppressed the hate because of the old Lady and Edward's Father, Emmanuel.
Before she got engaged to Emmanuel Hemsworth, she knew that Emmanuel was in fact in love with another person and didn't really want to be engaged.
Their engagement is solely business but Emmanuel is not aware that Rachael had been in love with him even before their engagement.
Despite the odds, Rachael got what she wanted and got married to her childhood sweetheart.
However, when she was three or four months pregnant with Edward, Emmanuel brought a ‘baby home.
The baby was from his ex-girlfriend. Rebecca Carter.
Apparently, the baby belongs to both Emmanuel and Rebecca.
Jeff was eleven months old when Edward was given birth to and that was when the baby Jeff started suffering.
Rachael changed completely after giving birth to Edward, she didn't want an illegitimate son to take her son's place When Jeff was six or seven years old, the Old Lady secretly did DNA, only to find out that the illegitimate didn't even belong to her son She shared this with the whole family, urging them to keep it a secret that one day, the fake son will go back to where he belongs fo.
Since that day, the Hemsworth family didn't stop mentioning nasty things to Jeffs face. They want him to know that he doesn't belong to the family.
Even Emmanuel who used to be the only nice person changed. He became more silent after finding out that Jeff wasn't his.
Rachael didn't expect Emmanuel to turn dense just because the son he believed to be his turned out to be someone else's. She developed more hatred for the poor boy to this day and even though, she finally achieved her goal by kicking him out, she still didn't like the sight of him "Let's go and greet the celebrant,” The Old Lady said, anger evident in her voice Just as she was about to move, she saw Jeff handing over a familiar box to Mrs. Hemsworth and her eyes darkened gradually.
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The old Woman quickly searched her bag and surprisingly, there was no trace of the gift she had prepared for Mrs. Greenfield.
Earlier today, she prepared a necklace she ordered from Starry City as a gift for the celebrant. The box Jeff is holding is no doubt the box that contained the gift she prepared and now there's no trace of the gift in her bag.
This could only mean one thing.
"That bastard! How dare he steal something from me. I was wondering why he stopped to say a few words to me, he must have planned this fo gain mercy from the glenficld family” 01d Lady said through gritted teeth.
"Grandma, please calm down. Let me talk to brother first’ Edward said. Before the old woman could reply, he has walked up to Jeff.
“Isn't that Grandmother's box? Brother, did... did you steal something from us? You should have asked me for money if you need money. Why did you steal grandmother's things?" Jeff's gaze darkened instantly, his brows furrowing as if wondering what was going on.
The people present turned their attention to Jeff and even Mrs. Greenfield who was holding the box frowned a litle.
"What do you mean, Edward?" It was Liam who spoke up this time. He's not going to fall for Edward's scheme again. "How did you know it's your grandmother's box? And why are you calling him your brother? Didn't you all send him out of your house?" "What do you mean?" Edward's eyes shot up in surprise and his expression changed.
He didn't think twice before coming to meet Jeff.
Edward is a scheming little fellow who have all his moves calculated and precise. However, he acted more bold because Jeff pushed him fo fall earlier Ever since he got inside the hall, his mood has not been good since then and he was even ‘more annoyed when he saw Jeff with Liam.
"Can't you see what I'm doing? I'm trying not to lead my brother astray... We all love him in the family but it's brother who wanted to leave the family” Tears streamed from his face as he talked "We are not talking about family here," Jeff said sarcastically. "You said I stole your grandmother's box, where's your proof? Did you see me dip my hand into the Old Woman's bag?" There was silence everyone and even Edward didn't dare to talk. Tust when he thought he was done for, he heard his mother's voice behind him.