Chapter 96: Incessant Arguing
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Lucas’s shouting and the pain in his wrist instantly made William sober up as he shrieked.
When Cheyenne recovered from her shock and saw the look of agony on her father’s face, she couldn’t help but exclaim, “Lucas, he’s my father! Let go of him!”
Lucas just wanted to stop William from hitting Cheyenne, and now that William was much more sober, he naturally wouldn’t do anything to him.
He was about to let go when Karen suddenly said, “No! Lucas, hurry up and throw him outside. I don’t want him here!” She pointed to the door.
Cheyenne had another headache. “Mom, forget it. It’s already so late. Where can you dump Dad? What if something happens to him?”
“I don’t care! Even if he dies out there, I don’t want to see him in this house again!” Karen screamed in exasperation.
Lucas was speechless. He naturally wouldn’t throw William outside. Instead, he just let go of the latter’s wrist.
“d.a.m.n it! You punk, remember this!” William hollered hostilely after breaking free and sobering up. However, he was extremely displeased by Lucas’s act of clamping down his wrist.
After saying this, he stumbled back into his room and laid down.
Meanwhile, Karen was also infuriated because Lucas didn’t throw William out like she had ordered. “Fine, you’re disobeying me too, huh? If you won’t throw him out, get lost yourself! Get lost! You’re not allowed to stay in this house anymore! Scram!” She pointed at the door.
Lucas was extremely speechless.
Being caught between the two of them made him feel extremely vexed. But he had to bear with it since they were Cheyenne’s parents.
“Mom, what are you trying to do now? Why do you have to vent your anger on Lucas after fighting with Dad?” Cheyenne questioned, trying to stay patient.
“Hah, Cheyenne, don’t be so biased to this man. Men are all jerks! Lucas Gray is a good-for-nothing just like your father! He has no job, no income, and he lives like a loser every day! He still has the audacity to drink every day and take it out on me when he’s drunk. I’ve really had enough of this!” Karen cried out loud.
“I’m doing it for your own good. Quickly find a rich man and marry him. Stop being with this good-for-nothing. Life is torture if you continue living like this!”
While sniffling, Karen wept and complained. She suddenly pointed at Lucas and continued, “Look at you. What did you get after you married this good-for-nothing? Did he do anything for you? Has he given you anything? You were alone throughout your pregnancy. And you painstakingly delivered Amelia, took care of her, and raised her. Where has he been all these years? He doesn’t deserve you at all, and he doesn’t deserve to be a father at all!”
Lucas laughed bitterly in his head. He indeed owed Cheyenne for failing to fulfill his duty as a husband and father. He couldn’t rebut her.
Cheyenne wanted to tell Karen that Lucas had done a lot for her and gave her a lot of help lately. He even made her the general manager. He wasn’t a good-for-nothing.
However, she couldn’t say anything.
After Karen cried and threw a huge tantrum, she soon got tired and returned to her room.
Lucas obviously wouldn’t get lost like she told him to.
After going upstairs and once again holding his worried daughter in his arms to comfort her, he suddenly developed the idea of taking Amelia away from this home.
The atmosphere here was indeed rather terrible.
William liked throwing drunken fits while Karen would curse and hurl vulgarities all day. They tended to get into heated fights too.
Tonight, Amelia got frightened several times.
If she continued living in such an environment where she was frightened every single day, it would be bad for her upbringing.
However, this was just Lucas’s thought.
Cheyenne cherished Amelia like she was her life, and she wouldn’t let him take her away easily. Besides, if Cheyenne left with him as well, she would definitely worry about her parents, and there was no way he could bring them too.
It was the weekend the following day.
William was still lying on his bed and sleeping after a drunken night.
As soon as Karen saw Lucas, she recalled that he had disobeyed her last night and pulled a long face again, treating him with hostility.
Karen stopped sulking only when Cheyenne said that she would take all of them out for a feast in the afternoon while Charlotte said some nice things in between.
Soon, it was noon. Cheyenne had long booked a private room at the Hera Hotel. They were all dressed to the nines and ready to go. But they suddenly discovered that William had left the house again, and they didn’t know where he went.
“Uh, I’ll give Dad a call,” Cheyenne said.
Karen barked furiously, “What for? Since he likes going out and wandering about, leave him be. Don’t ask him to come along!”
Cheyenne hesitated for a moment and agreed.
Lucas drove them to the entrance of the Hera Hotel.
It was the lunchtime peak hour and thus difficult to find a parking s.p.a.ce. Cheyenne told the impatient Karen to go in with Charlotte and Amelia while she and Lucas would look for a parking spot.
“Okay, then we’ll go in first and order some food.” Charlotte agreed and went into the hotel with Karen and Amelia.
By the time Lucas and Cheyenne found a suitable parking spot and parked their car, almost seven or eight minutes had pa.s.sed.
Just as they were entering the hotel, they heard a familiar voice coming from behind. “Hey, isn’t that Cheyenne?”
Lucas and Cheyenne turned around and looked over, only to see Aston Brooke and Scarlet Wright walking over.
Lucas frowned slightly while Cheyenne nodded with barely any expression.
Previously, at the Carter Corporation, Scarlet had said a lot of harsh things to Cheyenne, so Cheyenne disliked her even though she was her cousin.
“Scarlet, are they your friends?” Aston’s eyes lit up as soon as he saw Cheyenne, but he deliberately pretended not to know who they were.
Seeing that Aston seemed to have forgotten about meeting Cheyenne, Scarlet was obviously pleased. She laughed. “She’s my cousin, Cheyenne Carter. She has just been appointed the general manager of the Brilliance Corporation. The one next to her is her live-in husband.”
Aston’s eyes glistened. She’s become the general manager of the Brilliance Corporation? That’s even better!