Chapter 447 - Fanning The Flames
As soon as he saw Gretchen"s expectant gaze and mercenary expression as if she was devising something, Justin got even more annoyed.
Before Gretchen married him, she was quite pretty and often acted kind and understanding, which was what had made Justin fall head-over-heels in love with her, so much so that he was determined to marry her despite his family"s opposition and the fact that she was from the countryside.
But after they got married, Gretchen gradually became more and more tacky, uncouth, mercenary, and calculative. Whenever she got into a conflict or a tiff, she would sit on the ground and throw a fit like a shrew with no regard to her image. She didn"t have the temperament or demeanor of an upper-cla.s.s woman at all, making Justin feel rather ashamed of her.
So after hearing Gretchen"s question, Justin snorted in disdain. "Hah, even if I tell you, you won"t know who he is because you"re plain ignorant."
With that, he stopped paying attention to Gretchen and simply walked straight into the ballroom of the hotel.
Gretchen stomped her feet furiously behind him but nevertheless followed him into the hotel.
Justin couldn"t be bothered to talk to her at all, but she was insistent on finding out which big shot it was!
After Justin entered the ballroom, he scanned his surroundings but didn"t see any powerful big shots.
He was just following the instructions of his father, Robert, who informed him that there would be an extremely significant big shot attending Dylan"s wedding today and insisted that Justin attend it too.
But after scanning the ballroom, he realized that the person he wanted to see wasn"t here. He wasn"t disappointed. He thought that since it was still early now, that big shot probably hadn"t arrived yet.
He exhaled and walked toward Eddie and his wife. He said smilingly, "Congratulations! It"s Dylan"s big day today. You two can finally stop worrying about his marriage and just wait for Dylan to give you a great-grandson!"
Justin was good at socializing, and his words made Eddie and his wife grin widely, as they had always looked forward to Dylan getting married and carrying on the family bloodline.
"Justine, you"re here! Quick, have a seat. Alex, hurry over and entertain your brother-in-law." Eddie immediately asked his son to come over.
Although Justin was his son-in-law, the Herons were a notable second-tier family in LA, and Justin would also be inheriting his family"s business in the future. Moreover, there had been rumors about Justin intending to divorce Gretchen spreading around lately. This definitely couldn"t happen, so they had to entertain Justin well.
Alex immediately hurried over and greeted Justin. "Hey Justin, you"re here. We"ve been waiting for you all day!"
Justin smiled and handed him an envelope. "Congratulations, Alex! Here"s a small token from me to Dylan to congratulate him on his wedding. I wish him conjugal bliss and to have a child soon!"
Alex was so elated that he immediately grabbed the thick envelope. Based on its thickness, he reckoned that there should be close to $10,000 in there.
As expected of the heir of the Heron family, Justin was much more generous than their poor family relatives who gave only tens of dollars.
Alex happily brought Justin to the table where Eddie was seated. "Justin, you"re being too polite! Come on. We"ve reserved a seat for you for a long time. Quick, take a seat!"
"Ah!" At this moment, Nikki, who was sitting next to him, let out a long sigh.
Hearing her sigh, Justin looked over, only to find that his daughter, who had inherited some of his skills and had always been very sociable, was acting out of the ordinary today. She was sitting quietly with a sullen expression, and she also had dark eye bags and appeared quite haggard.
"Nikki, what"s wrong? Are you feeling unwell?" Justin immediately asked.
Although he disliked the ignorant b.u.mpkin Gretchen and even wanted to divorce her, he still cared a little for his only daughter.
Seemingly having woken up from a dream, Nikki raised her head before quickly lowering it again to cover up. "I"m fine, Dad. I… I just didn"t sleep well last night. That"s all."
Alex"s wife, Carrie, who was standing at the side and greeting the guests, immediately said, "Nikki, I think you"re just too kindhearted. You treat them as your cousins, but they insulted and humiliated your mother in front of the rest of our relatives! If I were you, I wouldn"t be able to stomach this at all!"
Justin"s face immediately turned dark. "What exactly is going on?"
Although he didn"t like Gretchen, he hadn"t divorced her yet, and she was representing the Herons as well. So he wondered just who had the guts to humiliate her in public.
Nikki bit her lower lip aggrievedly but still chose to stay silent.
But Carrie refused to let go of this opportunity and hurriedly griped, "Karen"s daughters just openly humiliated Gretchen and called her out for refusing to repay her loans. They spoke so callously and even got a lawyer to come here and give Gretchen a legal letter in front of everyone. She even threatened to sue Gretchen. There was so much tension just now!
"In fact, we"re all relatives. Why can"t we just talk things over calmly? She just had to cause such a scene. They really went overboard!"
Carrie recounted everything that had happened just now, not forgetting to fan the flames.
Although she had been busy entertaining guests in the hotel, she had heard everything that happened in front of the hotel.
In Carrie"s opinion, Cheyenne"s behavior was extremely disgraceful to the Turners, and she had clearly humiliated them. Moreover, of all days, Cheyenne chose to create trouble for them on her son"s wedding day, right in front of so many guests!
Cheyenne even mentioned the two villas of the Turners and insisted that they return the money, which was simply overboard in her opinion!
She wanted to go out and reprimand Cheyenne. But unfortunately, Gretchen, who was even more aggressive and feisty than her, was rendered speechless after being put to shame. Carrie was afraid that she might receive a legal letter if she scolded them too.
If that happened, her son"s wedding today would become a complete joke!
So she had no choice but to endure it all the way until now. When she saw Gretchen"s husband, Justin, she hurriedly complained to him to spur him to teach the wayward Cheyenne and Charlotte a lesson.
Indeed, after hearing this, Justin flew into a rage and slammed his hand on the table. He hollered, "Where is Karen? Karen, you are Gretchen"s sister, yet you allowed your daughters to bully my wife and daughter? Get them to come here and apologize!"