Chapter 966: Overbearing
Conrad narrowed his eyes and suddenly said, “Since you’re not willing to remarry, you shouldn’t say no to other women of your family marrying into mine, right?
“Unless you’re willing to sever all ties with the Piers and become enemies with us from now on!” he said half-threateningly.
To be honest, Florence really wanted to tell Conrad that she didn’t want to sacrifice any of the Howards’ women and get them to marry into other wealthy families because she had once been treated as a p.a.w.n of a marriage alliance between wealthy families and had suffered greatly for it.
But Florence couldn’t say these words so overbearingly now.
After all, she had just taken over as the head of the Howards, so her foundation was extremely unstable. Although Florence hated marriage alliances, this was a common practice among wealthy families.
Just as Conrad said, her rejection would mean that she completely offended the Piers.
Therefore, regardless of her reluctance, Florence could only grit her teeth and agree with a nod. “If there is a suitable candidate, I will not oppose a marriage between the Howards and the Piers.”
“Okay, since you’ve already said so, I won’t be polite with you!” Conrad seemed to know that Florence didn’t dare to oppose a marriage with the Piers. He immediately said, “The one standing next to me is my most valued grandson, and he just told me that he likes your daughter very much. In that case, let her marry him!”
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“Thank you very much, Grandpa!” Adam said loudly with joy written all over his face. At the same time, he turned to look at Cheyenne and Lucas with smugness in his eyes.
Hmph, punk, didn’t you dare to hit me and ruin things for me?
Then I’m going to s.n.a.t.c.h your woman right in front of you. Let’s see what you can do!
Anger and panic immediately appeared on Cheyenne’s face.
Next to her, Lucas’s face was completely gloomy.
“No!” Florence rejected resolutely. “I will never agree to that! My daughter is already married and has a child. She will never be a candidate for a marriage alliance!”
Conrad sneered self-righteously, “So what if she’s married? It’s not a big deal. It’s fine since my grandson likes her. Just tell her to get a divorce and remarry. The Piers won’t mind that she was once married.”
Florence was so furious that she was almost speechless.
She had already said that her daughter was married and had a child, so she couldn’t marry Adam. But Conrad was being so coercive and aggressive, as if it was right for her daughter to get a divorce and marry his grandson.
Moreover, he was acting as if the Piers were being kind enough not to mind that Cheyenne had married before.
“Mr. Piers, I’ve made it very clear that my daughter is happily married, and she will never get a divorce to remarry your grandson! Just drop the idea!
“It’s my father’s funeral today. Please consider the friends.h.i.+p between you and my father in the past and don’t keep making unreasonable demands at his funeral!
“Otherwise, it will make me suspect that you’re here to create trouble deliberately instead of offering your condolences!”
At this moment, Florence no longer cared about Conrad’s ident.i.ty as an elder, and her tone was much colder than before.
What a joke. If Conrad wanted to bully her, she could still tolerate it. But now that he was targeting Cheyenne and trying to ruin her happiness, she definitely couldn’t tolerate it!
The rest of the Howards didn’t expect that Florence would suddenly be so aggressive, so much so that she was almost going toe-to-toe with Conrad.
Lucas had been standing by the side without speaking.
The reason he didn’t speak up wasn’t that he didn’t want to care about Cheyenne’s affairs but that he wanted to see how far Florence could go.
Although Lucas had already changed his opinion about Florence after the series of events that had happened last night, she was now the head of the Howards. If she didn’t have the ability to uphold the family and resolve some provocations, it would be difficult for her to attain success even with Lucas’s support.
But Florence was performing well so far, and Lucas was especially satisfied with the way she was defending Cheyenne.
In that case, Lucas didn’t mind giving Florence a hand.
After hearing what Florence said, Conrad immediately flew into a rage and knocked his cane against the floor loudly. “How dare you speak to me like that and question my intentions? Even your father never spoke to me in such a tone. You disobedient and unfilial young woman, you’re indeed very disrespectful! It seems I have to teach you a lesson for your father!”
Florence sneered without a single trace of fear. “I respect you because you’re an elder, but don’t think it’s because I’m afraid of you!
“You don’t need to keep calling me unfilial. The Howards know better than you whether or not my father was angered by me, so you don’t have to twist facts and make all these false allegations against me!
“Although I’m a woman, my father personally appointed me as the helmsman of the family!
“Mr. Pier, to put it bluntly, you’re just someone my father knew when he was still alive. You’re not even considered friends. I address you as Uncle Conrad only out of respect, but you have to get things straight. What right do you have to claim to be my elder and teach me a lesson on my father’s behalf?”
Florence retorted hostilely, immediately angering Conrad.
“You… you! You’re p.i.s.sing me off! Are you trying to ruin the relations.h.i.+p between the Howards and the Piers and become enemies with us?”
Conrad slammed his cane against the floor with all his might. He wanted to berate Florence for disobeying him, but she snubbed him with her words, causing his face to flush red in anger.
“The person who’s destroying the relations.h.i.+p between our two families and wants us to become enemies isn’t the Howards but the Piers!
“If you came to the Howards’ today with ill intentions to covet my family’s a.s.sets, please leave immediately!” Florence said unceremoniously.
From the moment Conrad entered the Howard residence, he had never respected her as the new head of the family. He had even tried to make her and Cheyenne marry into his family, so she stopped being polite to him!
“You… you b.i.t.c.h, how dare you drive me away?” Conrad’s eyes widened, and he raised his cane, about to stab Florence.
He was furious.
Conrad initially thought that since Felix, the troublesome old fogy, had finally died and handed over his position to a woman, he wouldn’t have any troubles at the Howard residence. He didn’t take Florence seriously at all. He had come to the Howards’ today to take control of her and then the Howards.
But Conrad didn’t expect that Florence would dare to be so aggressive in front of him. Not only did she not let the Piers take advantage of her, but she even had the audacity to tell him to leave!
How dare this b.i.t.c.h do that?!
Florence was incredibly infuriated to be called a b.i.t.c.h in front of everyone by Conrad. But her upbringing made it impossible for her to call Conrad an ‘old fogy’ or hurl vulgarities at him in retaliation.
“Hmph, he’s just an old b.a.s.t.a.r.d throwing his weight around and taking advantage of the situation. You don’t have to tolerate him at all.” A cold voice suddenly resounded clearly in the funeral hall.