Her son and her daughter- in- law were not fighting. Instead, it was her, the mother in law who barged in and caused a scene.
Karen was abashed for being hasty, and went on to explain. "It was Levi who told me that you were bullying Silvia, but it seems like that was not the case."
Jayden said resignedly, "Mom, how could you let that brat Levi fool you too? Don't you know what kind of person I am?"
Karen was so ashamed that she really wished she could just dig a hole and hide herself in it. "I'm sorry. It's my fault for being careless. Just pretend I was never here, okay? You guys can continue with what you were doing just now, I'm going to go and settle some scores with that little brat."
"Mom, that brat does need someone to teach him a lesson, but you don't have to bother yourself with it. I'll deal with him instead." Jayden did not feel that there was anything wrong with Karen barging into the room, but he was worried that Silvia would feel embarrassed.
Levi was the key person that he had to deal with. Else, he would definitely cause even more troubles in the future. Jayden must let Levi know that he should never think that he could just do whatever he wanted just because no one was there to discipline him.
In the study.
Jayden was sitting while Levi was standing.
Jayden's face was solemn, and an authoritative look of an elder was on full display.
Levi was grabbing on to the edge of his shirt with his tiny hands, looking slightly flustered. He had never seen Jayden being this serious before. He was looking so serious that it was somewhat terrifying, making his little heart palpitate.
The two looked into each other's eyes for a long time. Jayden did not speak, and Levi did the same too. It was until Levi felt like he could not hold on any longer that he said, "Jayden, can you not look at me like this? Out with it."
However, Jayden's eyes were still fixed on Levi, keeping his silence.
Levi then said, "If you're not going to say anything, I'm leaving now. My mom just gave me a call. She said that my old man misses me and I should go home now. It's going to get dark very soon. It would be pretty dangerous for a kid like me to travel home at night."
After telling Jayden that, Levi wanted to run off. However, just as Levi wanted to take a step, Jayden's cold voice shocked him. "Levi Brown, without my permission, don't you dare to step out of this room today."
Levi turned his head to look at Jayden, looking like he was on the verge of tears. "You asked me to be here but you won't say a thing. Don't you know that I'll feel scared when you stare at me like this? You knew that I've always been very timid."
"You're timid? As far as I know, you're the boldest person I ever know." Jayden kept a straight face as he spoke. He wanted this little brat to know that he was being serious. Otherwise, he really did not know what Levi would do again next time.
"Jayden..." No one knew if Levi was really scared of Jayden but at this moment, Levi was trying really hard to squeeze out a few drops of tears to play the victim, but to no avail. There was not even a single drop of tear which came out of his eyes. Sigh, if he had known that it would be such a miserable day, he would have brought a bottle of eye drops along with him.
Jayden's face darkened as he said, "Tell me, why did you lie to your Aunt Karen?"
"Since when did I lie to Aunt Karen? I was planning to ask Sister Silvia to come hang out with me but I heard her crying when I was about to knock on the door. She was crying so loudly so I thought that you must've bullied her, so I wanted to find someone to help her. Karen Joy was nowhere to be seen, and Julien and I could never win against you. At that time, Aunt Karen happened to come home so I told her about it." Levi was really telling the truth this time. He did hear Silvia sobbing sorrowfully, and that was why he had thought of asking someone to help. However, he did keep a part of the truth to himself.
If he wanted to cause trouble, he could have told anyone in the family, but not Aunt Karen. Never. His aunt was not scary, but that was not the case for his uncle, Kevin Kyle. Even his mother, Mia Kyle, was afraid of him, so he would never dare to provoke him.
Jayden raised his eyebrows and asked, "Is that really the case?"
Levi said pitifully, "I was just feeling sorry for Sister Silvia, but you’re being so mean to me. If there is really someone who bullies Sister Silvia in the future, I think I won't dare to stand up and protect her anymore."
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