They kissed. Then, they hugged.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
Suddenly, knocks came from the door.
As if they were doing something wrong, they jumped with alarm and wrung free of each other immediately.
James cleared his throat. “Who is it?”
He was displeased.
Who was it knocking on the door? How rude. I almost had it…
How dare they interrupt me?!
Gladys’ voice came from the door.
She shouted, “Open the door! Lex is calling for a family meeting. He’s demanding everyone join.”
“In the middle of the night? Come on!” James was displeased.
Thea, on the other hand, was already dressed. She was quick. She had gotten dressed before James could even react.
Blushing, favonovel.com smiled at James. “M-Maybe next time…”
What else could James say?
Next time, then…
He put on his clothes. After getting dressed, they walked out of the room.
“What took you two so long?” Gladys was annoyed.
Suddenly, favonovel.com noticed something. She stared at Thea and saw that favonovel.com cheeks were red. She understood with a single glimpse what had happened in the room.
She swiftly dragged Thea aside and whispered, “Thea, d-did you do it with that piece of trash?”
“Huh?” Thea panicked.
She felt as if favonovel.com had done something wrong and was getting exposed. Embarrassed, favonovel.com hung favonovel.com head. She did not know what to say.
“You…” Enraged, Gladys rebuked her. “What did I tell you? Why won’t you listen?”
“What are you dilly-dallying for? Don’t we have a family meeting to attend? Let’s get going.” As James’ plan had been ruined, favonovel.com was displeased.
Thea hurriedly made favonovel.com way to the door.
“That girl!” Gladys crossed favonovel.com arms.
Benjamin looked at James and said, “Let’s go…”
They headed toward the Callahans’ villa.
Along the way, Gladys kept reprimanding Thea.
She knew Thea had not slept with James and was still a virgin. She had also been secretly reminding favonovel.com not to sleep with James. That way, after divorcing James, favonovel.com would have the right to marry into a powerful family. Once favonovel.com slept with someone, favonovel.com would be an undesirable second-hand product.
Gladys never expected Thea to do so. She kept scolding Thea.
Thea remained silent. She was replaying the earlier scene in favonovel.com head.
When favonovel.com kissed James and when James tightly embraced favonovel.com in his arms, favonovel.com felt a jolt of electricity passing through favonovel.com body. She felt like favonovel.com was floating on air. She relished that feeling. She was infatuated with that feeling.
Thinking about this, favonovel.com could not help but grin.
***
Soon, they reached the Callahans’ villa.
Many important members of the family were already present.
Howard’s and John’s families were present.
Thea and favonovel.com family walked in. Everyone turned to look at them. Immediately, the sarcastic remarks came.
“Dilly-dallying all day long… Always the last to arrive, I see.”
The one who uttered those remarks was Audrey Catalina, Howard’s wife.
All this while, Audrey was able to lift favonovel.com head high with favonovel.com mother’s family as favonovel.com husband was the chairman. However, because of Thea, the Callahans were now faced with bankruptcy. She utterly despised Thea.
“Mom, stop it.” Weston pulled at Audrey.
Lex sat on the sofa and smoked his cigar.
Seeing that everyone was present, favonovel.com spoke, “Our family is in a deep crisis. I’ve called you all here today not to shift the blame on anyone but to think of a way to resolve the crisis.”
Lex’s voice was clear and crisp.
Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Thea.
Tommy said coldly, “All thanks to Thea, I suppose. This only happened because favonovel.com crossed the Watsons and humiliated them. That’s why they’re exacting their revenge on us.”
“That’s right. Because of Thea, all medical corporations have ceased cooperation with us. All our contracts have been canceled.”
“Grandpa, Thea’s a jinx. The Callahans will never enjoy peace with favonovel.com here. Let’s kick favonovel.com out of the family.”
“Even if we kick favonovel.com out, she’ll still have to pay favonovel.com dues.”
The Callahans spoke.
Thea did not understand the situation the Callahans were in. She only knew that Pacific Group was doomed. She had no capital left to kickstart new operations.
