Chapter 727


    Yuna said with a pitiful look on her face, "Grandpa Peter, how could I lie? How could a family like mine allow me to tell lies?"


    Peter thought the same.


    His tone was full of disdain, glowering at Natalie. "We don''t need to look any deeper into this, because it''s impossible for Yuna to lie. How could


    someone born into an educated family, like Yuna, lie? As for Natalie..." Peter became even more disdainful. "How good can a woman from a middle-


    ss family like hers be? She''s probably a chronic liar. She''s no match for Yuna!"


    Before this, Peter had indeed done a basic investigation into Natalie''s background.


    He did not know about the details, but he knew that Natalie was born into a family ofmoners at the bottom of the socialdder. Her mother was


    unemployed, and her father worked at a construction site all year round


    Just as Peter finished speaking, an upstanding figure walked in


    Tobias had clearly heard every single word that Peter had said


    His eyes darkened.


    Before Tobias could say anything, Natalie had already spoken


    Her striking gazended straight on Peter''s face.


    Usually, Natalie''s tone would carry respect when she spoke to Peter, but this time, it consisted of none.


    Peter could insult her all he wanted, but that did not mean he could do the same to James.


    James was the best father in the world, and no one was allowed to insult him


    "Mr. Whitlock, does your so- called educated upbringing consist of pushing the me to someone without even investigating the matter? You liking


    Yuna and trying to help her is fine, but that doesn''t mean that you can frame me for something I didn''t do. In fact, insulting and berating me is fine, but


    why are you bringing my father into this? Is this the way a so-called upper-ss person should act?”


    "Yes, my father worked a low-level job, a job that you people look down upon, but that doesn''t mean that he''s a lowbrow. My father had the most


    integrity in the world.”


    "Mr. Whitlock, you have no right to insult my father, no right at all!"


    Peter could note back to his senses for a moment.


    From the moment he''d met Natalie, she''d always been respectful to him. This was the first time she''d spoken to him so sharply.


    Natalie''s gaze fell on Yuna this time, and it was filled with thick mockery. "Miss Sherman, from a so-called well-educated family background, who is


    apparently unable to lie... Yuna, can you swear on your conscience that you''re not lying?"


    "I swear, I''m not lying!" Yuna immediately replied.


    Natalie smirked. "I see. Your cath has made it clear to me just how worthless your conscience and values are, Miss Sherman."


    Yuna''s face nched immediately.


    "You...!"


    "Natalie, you''re being insolent!" Peter came back to his senses and bellowed in frustration


    However, Natalie acted as if she had not heard a thing


    As she looked inte Yuna’s eyes, she slowly approached her. "Miss Sherman. you said that you didn''t want to start a conflict in the Whitlock family


    because of what happened between us, so you did that by crying your eyes out in the garden alone after being wronged until a servant came to look


    for you?”


    "If you didn''t want Mr. Whitlock to know, you could have just walked away in silence. I didn''t knowpromising meant making a fuss until everyone


    found out. Miss Sherman, you''re really putting on a good show!"


    "You''re being too much!" Yuna was so maddened that her face flushed red.


    She looked at Peter tearfully. "Grandpa Peter, I''m leaving. I don''t want to stay here. Staying here just means I''ll be humiliated. I grew up with my


    parents’ love and care. l''ve never been this humiliated.”


    The veins on Peter''s forehead bulged.


    "How dare you act so insolently in the Whitlock family!"


    Peter was so angry that he scooped up a teacup from the table and threw it at Natalie.


    Natalie did not dodge it and just stood there.


    However, the teacup did not hit Natalie. Instead, itnded steadily in a man''s hand


    Tobias stood in front of Natalie, blocking her with his tall figure.


    "Grandpa, are you done throwing your tantrum?” Tobias''s tone carried a hint of harshness.


    The moment she saw Tobias appearing out of nowhere, Natalie felt a sudden lump form in her throat.


    When she had been wrongly used, and when Peter had interrogated her, she had not felt like crying at all. But the moment she saw Tobias, the


    urge to cry welled up in her.


    "Tobias, you''re asking if I''m done throwing my tantrum? You should ask your woman whether she’s done. Just take a look at what she''s doing!” Peter


    yelled with irritation.


    Tobias looked at him deeply.


    “Grandpa, I did''t see Natalie doing


    anything, a dd I''ve been standing


    here all this ‘time. All I saw was you


    framing Natalie and even


    reprimanding her father. Grandpa,


    singe when has your upbringihg


    allowed you to put a person down


    because of their family


    background?"


    Peter was speechless for a moment.


    He was not the kind of person who liked using someone''s family background as an insult, rather he had just said that at the moment out of rage.


    “Grandpa, Natalie is right. Her father was someone who had the noblest of personalities, and you don''t have any right to reprimand him.”


    There was a sh of anger on Peter''s face. "Tobias, how can you say that a low-level worker like him has a noble personality? And how can you say


    that I don''t have the right to reprimand him?"


    Tobias met his gaze firmly. "Why


    ot? Do you kQow that that low- level


    worker saved’your grandson''s life?


    That low-levél worker brought your.


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    hi de himself i in there withoutietting


    aayone know. However, hegave


    your grandson the chancé to live.


    r. Whitlock, if that’s not a noble


    personality, then I don''t Know what


    is. Isn''t he worthy of my respect?”


    SS


    Peter''s breathing hitched


    James had saved Tobias’ life?


    He had not known about this in the slightest.


    Selina and Cecilia were filled with shock as well, their jaws slightly dropping.


    Natalie had never told them that James saved Tobias. She had not even brought it up.


    Meanwhile. after the initial startlement, Selina became even more unconvinced.


    It was true that Yuna had helped in saving Tobias, but she''d been broadcasting it for the whole world to hear.


    What about Natalie?


    James had given up his own life to save Tobias, but Natalie didn''t even mention a word about it.


    Inparison, it was obvious who had the higher moral standing between the twa.N?velDrama.Org exclusive content.


    Peter''s old brain was just so muddled that he could not see it.


    “Grandpa, as the elder of the


    Whitlock family, you should be


    handling each matter with equity,


    but why are you being so unfair _< S


    towards.Nata ie?" Tobias’ cold eyes


    shot ight through Peter. "Natalie


    has.been nothing short of respectful


    to-you from the moment she came


    to the Whitlock family, but have you


    ever returned it?"