Jepherson walked towards the entrance of the Moore family's home. Then, he stopped by the gate and said, "How's Old Master Johan doing?" "Well, he’ s good," the old butler replied immediately.
"We're here to pay him a visit," Jepherson said. "I wonder if it's convenient to meet him?" Jepherson' s attitude was one of deference. He sounded like a parent who had brought his misbehaving child over to issue an apology.
However, the old steward doubted their motive. "How kind of the Richards family, huh?" he thought.
"It’s blatantly obvious that he's courting trouble. Look at the sheer number of people and cars.”
The old butler thought for a moment and said, "Wait a minute. Let me pass the word over."
The old butler then turned around and hurried to go into the house. Jepherson waited by the gate. Santiago stood behind him, with his hands in his pockets. Jepherson had a similar posture. However, Jepherson was decently dressed, while Santiago wasn't properly groomed.
The old butler arrived at Johan's room. He went in
and told Johan what happened.
Johan took a sip of tea and spat out some phlegm. Then, he leaned against the bed and said, "Let them in."
"Dad, that's so gracious of you to let them in," Yousif said. He happened to be at home and overheard the conversation. Irritated, he said, "Why are they here? They can't just come to the Moore family's home uninvited."
Johan put the teacup on the table and glowered at Yousif. "Well, if I don’t let them in, then they may refuse to leave. And that's going to be even more embarrassing, isn’t it?"
Yousif lowered his head and remained silent. He did not dare to say anything as Johan was rather intimidating.
Elina happened to be here too. She glanced at her husband before directing her gaze towards Johan. Then, she walked towards Johan and said, "Shall we get Flynt to come over?"
"Nah," Johan said. "It's not that we're at each other' s throats and picking a fight with them. So, it doesn't bother us if they were to make a scene out there. Anyway, we'd better not be frank and speak our minds since they are mad now. We know very well that they are here today over what Deanna has gone through."
"Flynt’s been rather reckless,” Johan added. "But regardless, it's a job well done. At the very least, this can serve as a severe warning to them."
Elina was elated as Johan publicly praised Flynt. Flynt was her son after all.
Elina flashed a smile and said, "Well he needs plenty guidance from you. After all, he's young, hotheaded and reckless. He would even act outrageously at times, bringing trouble to you.”
"Hmph..." Johan snorted. "He hadn't brought trouble to me. It was all the Richards family’s fault. They have been such bullies."
Johan had never wanted to retaliate. However, he resorted to giving the Richards family a taste of their own medicine since they had consistently taken advantage of the Moore family.
Elina lowered her head and asked, "Now that they are coming into the house, shall I make a move to hide elsewhere?"
Johan was pleased with Elina's remark. Not only had she given birth to a few intelligent children, she was a rather vigilant lady herself. Yousif could not hold a candle to Elina.
Johan knew that he could not count on Yousif.
"I thought so too. You're a woman after all. So, you'd better not show up." "Alright then," Elina said. She then turned around and left. She did not bother looking at Yousif, not even once. Since they no longer had romantic feelings for each other, she reckoned that she did not need to be affectionate towards him.
Yousif was resentful of Elina's reaction. He took umbrage at Elina for gloating at his humiliation when he was reproached by Johan.
Yousif swore that he would teach her a lesson one of these days.
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