Chapter 198: Between a Married Couple
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Cheyenne thumped herself down onto the couch and immediately panicked while being distracted. Recalling that Lucas was still playing with Amelia upstairs, she hurriedly exclaimed, “Lucas! Come down quickly!”
Lucas could tell that something was wrong when he heard the anxiety in her voice. He immediately ran downstairs and hurriedly asked, “Cheyenne, what’s wrong? Did something happen?”
With trembling fingers, Cheyenne handed her phone to Lucas as she said anxiously, “Lucas, quick, look at this. Something has happened to the Stardust Corporation! And Cheyenne… Why would Cheyenne have a lover and become the acting general manager? What’s all this about?”
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Only then did Lucas realize that it wasn’t that something had happened to Cheyenne, but rather, it was because she saw the news about the Stardust Corporation.
He patted her shoulder and said comfortingly, “It’s fine. Don’t worry. Let me explain it to you slowly.”
Lucas told Cheyenne everything that happened, from Charlotte’s promotion to the position of deputy general manager by virtue of her outstanding work to Oliver Harvey slandering her and Flynn using some digitally doctored photos. He also included the matter of Harvey being instigated by someone into jumping to his death and framing the Stardust Corporation.
Cheyenne’s expression changed continuously with his explanation. Sometimes she was surprised, sometimes furious, and sometimes worried.
After finis.h.i.+ng, he saw her frowning, obviously still extremely worried. He comforted again, “Everything is really fine. Flynn Davis didn’t get arrested. He just took the initiative to go to the police station to cooperate with the investigation. He’ll be released in a few days. As for Charlotte, she’s very competent, so I’d like to take this opportunity to let her gain some good experience in managing the company. Nothing will happen.
“As for the news reports, all of them are untrue. I believe Charlotte will soon take care of it. Actually, someone has been plotting against us this time to deal with the Stardust Corporation.”
Cheyenne suddenly asked, “You just said that the person who instigated Oliver Harvey works for the Huttons, right? Why are they trying to deal with you?”
Lucas sighed. “Because I used to be part of the Hutton family.”
“What?!” Cheyenne sprung up and looked at Lucas in disbelief. “You used to be one of the Huttons? The famous Huttons in DC?”
After seeing him nod, she came to a sudden realization. “No wonder… The Stardust Corporation used to belong to the Huttons, but now it belongs to you… Lucas, what else are you hiding from me?”
Cheyenne stared at Lucas with reddened eyes, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
She was clearly married to him, but there were still so many of his secrets that she wasn’t aware of. She only found out about his family background today.
Besides, he had more secrets, some of which even Charlotte knew, but she didn’t. The feeling of being distrusted by him and having many secrets between them made her feel hurt.
“Cheyenne, I didn’t mean to hide it from you. It’s just that the situation over at the Huttons is very complicated, and I don’t want you to worry,” Lucas said helplessly.
Cheyenne instantly raised her head and kept her reddened eyes fixed on his face. She gritted her teeth and said, “You keep saying that you hope I can accept you and that we can truly be like a married couple, but you keep hiding things from me. Do you really consider me your wife? Am I the kind of woman who can only accept your help and protection without being able to share your burdens with you? If that’s how you see me, you should leave me before it’s too late!”
Lucas hurriedly explained, “That’s not what I mean! I just think that these are my personal issues, and I don’t want you to be bothered by them. I just want you to live happily in peace.”
Hearing this, Cheyenne became even more furious. “If you think that’s all your business and you don’t need me to be involved, should you also stay out of my affairs in the future? If we can’t share weal and woe, what kind of married couple are we?”
Lucas’s heart trembled. Previously, he had always thought that he owed Cheyenne and Amelia too much, and so he had always been trying to do his best to make it up to them so that they could live happily. He didn’t want to let Cheyenne know of the dangers and troubles he faced outside.
Thus, he hadn’t told Cheyenne about Amelia’s abduction or the matters with the Huttons.
Only now did he understand what she thought.
It turned out that she had always wanted to share weal and woe with him. It turned out that she had long regarded the two of them as a real married couple who could trust and support each other wholeheartedly.
Lucas looked at Cheyenne emotionally and said with utmost sincerity, “I’m sorry, Cheyenne. It was my mistake for thinking that way. From now on, I won’t hide anything from you. You’re right. This is the way things should be between a married couple.”
Cheyenne was not a petty woman. After they cleared the misunderstanding, the anger in her heart subsided.
“Since you are one of the Huttons, why is your last name Gray?” Cheyenne asked curiously.
After a moment of silence, Lucas answered softly, “When I was seven years old, both my mother and I were kicked out by the Huttons. And since then, I took on my mother’s last name. The Stardust Corporation didn’t originally belong to the Huttons. It was single-handedly founded by my mother when she was young. But the Huttons encroached on it later on.”
“Ah!” Cheyenne exclaimed and covered her mouth. She never thought that Lucas’s relations.h.i.+p with the Huttons would be like that!
Besides, the fact that the Huttons had encroached on the Stardust Corporation, which Lucas’s mother had established, was very similar to the Carters s.n.a.t.c.hing away the Brilliance Corporation from her!
But Lucas’s mother had her business s.n.a.t.c.hed away from her and got kicked out of the family with her child. From this point of view, it seemed that Lucas’s mother had had it worse than her.
Cheyenne looked at Lucas and wanted to comfort him, but she didn’t know how she should begin.
Noticing her expression, he smiled. “It’s alright. It’s all in the past now. Amelia should be hungry. Let’s have dinner. I’ll talk to you about the other things later.”
After putting Amelia to bed after dinner, Lucas sat in the living room and told Cheyenne truthfully everything about his past.
There were no longer any hidden secrets between them after this conversation, and their relations.h.i.+p became even closer.
The following day, the family of three washed up and headed downstairs, only to see Charlotte rubbing her eyes while making her way downstairs on the other side.