Chapter 758 Ugly Side Revealed


    Barnaby’s emergence gave Timothy a shock, but thetter’s expression turned icy soon after.


    “Father, why don’t you head over to the lounge next door to rest? Let me attend to Old Mr. Stone.”


    Christina proposed, worried about her father’s health.


    “I’ll leave it to you.” Timothy replied before wheeling himself toward the next room.


    Barnaby shot Timothy a grim look when thetter left.


    From the way he left without even bothering to greet Barnaby, it was clear how much he disliked the


    latter.


    While gripping his umbre, Barnaby walked up to Christina, his stern, ck suit making him look more


    menacing.


    “I’ve been told today is her funeral, Mrs. Hadley, so I’m here to give her a final sendoff.”


    “Who have youe to say your farewells as?” Christina asked without mincing her words. “I heard


    that after she had passed on, not only did you refuse to make the necessary preparations, but you


    even spent a ton to suppress any news about her. Your actions have only proven one thing: you’re


    trying your hardest to sever all rtions with Mrs. Lazuli. If that’s the case, why have youe to send


    her off? That’s just incredibly pretentious.”


    The atmosphere grew awkward as Christina called Barnaby out on his act.


    If he could, he wouldn’t even have shown up. Unfortunately, he had previously made the wrong


    decision of going against Sheridan’s words and bringing Azure to a public event, thus disclosing their


    rtionship.


    Now, everyone knew that Azure was his first love as well as the woman he was about to take as his


    second wife.


    Even if they didn’t have a marriage certificate, that didn’t stop others from referring to Azure as Old


    Mrs. Stone.


    After much deliberation, Barnaby eventually came anyway. Although he had now lost interest in Azure,


    they still used to have a past together. Hence, even though the woman had approached him with


    hidden intentions while she was alive, he now didn’t wish to keep scores with a dead person.


    “My rtionship with Azure can’t be described in a few mere sentences, Mrs. Hadley,” Barnaby


    responded without a change in expression. “Since today is her funeral, shouldn’t we avoid disturbing


    her peace?”


    Christina raised an eyebrow. “You’re right. We shouldn’t cause a scene at the mourning hall, so please


    leave. I don’t think Mrs. Lazuli wants to see you.”


    “You!” Barnaby red at her in exasperation. Yet, just as he was about to give her a lecture as an


    elder. several reporters showed up out of the blue, shutting him up effectively.


    It was unknown whether these reporters had been ordered to appear or were simply terrible at reading


    the room, but their cameras wouldn’t stop clicking away at Barnaby.


    A female reporter stepped forward and held a microphone in front of him. “Old Mr. Stone, rumors have


    it that you refused to prepare for Azure Lazuli’s funeral because you wanted to protect your own


    reputation Why, then, have youe here today?


    Barnaby’s driver immediately rushed over to chase the reporters away. “Old Mr. Stone isn’t epting


    any interviews, so please leave this instance!”


    With their dreams of snagging some precious scoop on the line, the reporters certainly weren’t nning


    on leaving so easily. “Have youe to attend the funeral just to feel better about yourself, Old Mr.


    Stone?” the same woman asked.


    As themotion here soon became louder than the sounds of wailing inside the funeral hall, Christina


    stood there like a bystander and watched the reporters attack Barnaby.


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    In truth, she had arranged for the media to show up, especially that brazen female reporter, who was a


    well-known figure in the world of journalism. This woman had over a million fans online, and every


    news item she produced would always gain traction.


    Aware that remaining silent would only convince the reporters that he had a guilty conscience, Barnaby


    found his patience growing thin in the face of all these difficult questions.


    “Get out of the way!” he roared, pping the female reporter’s microphone, causing the woman to lose


    her bnce and fall to the ground.


    With that, Barnaby had sessfully sent himself to the top of the trending list online.


    All the reporters had captured the moment by the time he realized what he had done. “Make them get


    rid of every picture and video they have,” he ordered his driver quietly. “I won’t forgive anyone who


    publicizes this incident!”


    s, the reporters turned and fled with their cameras immediately, and the driver was the only


    subordinate Barnaby brought with him today.


    There was no way the driver could take care of all those reporters alone.


    At this point, Barnaby couldn’t be bothered to pay his respects to Azure anymore. All he wanted was to


    get even with Christina. “Did you deliberately arrange for those reporters toe?”


    “You’ve been getting a lot of media attentiontely. If you’re using me of trying to bring you down, I


    have the right to use you of causing a scene at Mrs. Lazuli’s funeral,” Christina objected. “Besides,


    those reporters might have followed you here from the start, considering that the venue for Mrs.


    Lazuli’s funeral was never made public.”


    With a few simple sentences, Christina had washed her hands of the matterpletely.


    Unable to produce any solid evidence that Christina was at fault, Barnaby could only swallow his anger.


    “You’d better hope I don’t find out it was you, or I’m going to demand an exnation from the Hadley


    family,” he scoffed.


    “Don’t try to threaten me with the Hadley family,” Christina retaliated. “Don’t forget that I’m their


    daughter-inw. Even if I’m at fault, they’ll still side with me. Comining to them isn’t going to change


    anything.”


    Then, she added frostily, “Or, you could expose me to the media-provided you have evidence.


    Otherwise, I can sue you for nder.”


    “The nerve!” Livid, Barnaby turned to leave. Christina didn’t stop him.


    Just as the elderly man arrived at the door, a ck car stopped right in front of him, and he was


    stunned to see the man alighting the vehicle.


    “Winston? What are you doing here?”


    Christina was just as bemused. Why would this mane to Azure’s funeral?


    Winston adjusted his ck suit before turning to Barnaby, “I know your son personally, and his mother


    has passed away, so it’s only natural I attend the funeral. Is there a problem with that, Old Mr. Stone?”


    he asked jeeringly.


    “If I can’t even enter the hall, what makes you think you can?” Barnaby responded grimly.


    Winston chuckled. “You and I are definitely not the same. After all, I wouldn’t try to cut ties with an old


    me after her death just to protect my own image. Heck, even I wouldn’t let you set foot into the


    funeral hall if I were part of Mrs. Lazuli’s family.”


    Barnaby had always looked down on Winston, believing that thetter wasn’t worthy of speaking to


    him.


    Winston was aware of this, so he had intentionally timed his appearance while Barnaby was in a tough


    spot. He wanted to watch the old man rear his ugly side and make a fool of himself.


    “Watch your mouth, Winston. If I could take you to great heights, I can bring you down the same way!”