Chapter 509


    Under the bright moonlight, Bradfort City was illuminated with the festive decorations. The Hart Family


    was also undeniably quite busy. Apart from Myra and Tony, everyone else including Tony’s eldest


    brother were home for the Lantern Festival.


    Shawn had received Tony’s message when he was at the dinner table. When Tony found out about the


    stalker, he immediately sent the person’s information to Shawn. Since the family was having a great


    time around the dinner table, Shawn did not want to interfere with the great atmosphere and remained


    silent about the matter.


    Only Shawn and Sebastian were initially the ones to have known about the matter. Since others were


    in the dark, Shawn had to find another time to speak to Sebastian about this.


    However, things became increasinglyplicated. Before this, all the possible reasons that were


    hypothesized by Ben and Shawn for Tony and Myra being stalked were refuted. After all, all they could


    think of was their business enemies. However, a normal businessman had no power to hire such a


    stalker. Hence, it seemed like the incident was rted to a government official, but Shawn proimed


    that he did not make any enemies.


    Apart from that, it did not make sense to stalk Tony if the mastermind was targeting Shawn himself. No


    matter what, the exnation did not make any sense. Thinking about this, Shawn did not eat much for


    dinner.


    The Hart Family had moved the table to their garden tonight so that they could enjoy dinner while


    looking at the moon at the same time. When Shawn raised his head to look at the moon, he was


    worried about Tony and Myra’s safety, especially the pregnant Myra.


    Hence, he insisted for Tony to quickly return to Bradfort City. At least no one dared to do anything to


    them here and he believed that he had the ability to protect them.


    However, Tony insisted on his own beliefs and refused to listen to Shawn to return to Bradfort City.


    Instead, he was firm on carrying out his original n. Sebastian also hoped that Tony could quickly


    return because the Hart Group had not been performing well and he was even waiting for Tony to be


    back to take control of the situation.


    Nevertheless, Tony’s reason was also logical—since the stalker’s intentions were unclear and did not


    harm them, he was worried that the stalker would discover something if he and Myra suddenly changed


    their ns. It would be worse if the person decided to hurt them after that.


    No matter what, it was a ratherplicated problem that made Shawn unable to enjoy the Lantern


    Festival in peace. In fact, he was quite envious of the people who were oblivious to the incident—at


    least they were able tough joyfully. He had a feeling that the opponent was aiming at the Hart Family,


    but he had no idea why the said person had decided to start with Tony.


    There was another possibility that the Hart Family had been targeted a while ago, but they had not


    noticed it. It could have been a coincidence that Tony found out about it at this moment. As a result,


    Shawn had been quite careful these days and even Sebastian took extra note of the surroundings


    around the Hart Residence. To them, it seemed like something was always off somewhere.


    Because of this, Tony was not in a rush to return. It was possible that the Hart Family was the target of


    their opponent and he could flexibly adapt to the situation now that he was abroad, but his options were


    limited if he returned.


    He had his concerns surrounding this matter and had clearly addressed it with Shawn. Meanwhile,


    Shawn was trying to check and identify any suspicious characters around him.


    While everyone had their focus on Tony and Myra, they had no clue that danger was slowly inching


    closer toward them. Heather thought that it was caused by some enemies that the Hart Family made,


    but none of them knew that the Hart Family was about to suffer from even more misfortunes.


    Everything started on the afternoon of the Lantern Festival when Heather had a disagreement with


    Robert. Since he looked terrible, she did not dare to disobey him any further, no matter how stubborn


    she was.


    Hence, she agreed to his request and rejected the date with Matthias. When he saw the message from


    her, he felt he had descended to hell from heaven.


    Perhaps Evan was right wherein women were unpredictable. Without any boration, Heather had


    merely sent Matthias a simple sentence—‘Can’t make it during the Lantern Festival.’


    She did not even make it clear whether they were going to postpone the date to sometime after the


    Lantern Festival; she merely said that she could not make it on this day. Without even thinking about it,


    he wore his sweater and immediately drove straight to the Langston Family. After all, he was quite


    resentful that she had canceled their date just like that.


    However, Heather had already foreseen this happening. When Matthias arrived at the Langston Family,


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    he was blocked by the servants outside, who did not even give him the opportunity to enter the house.


    “Director Locke, the Langston Family has no ns to see any guests today. Please head home today.”


    The servants repeated the exact words that Robert used when Matthias arrived the day before as


    Robert could tell that something was wrong.


    In the morning, she was arguing with Robert to head out today. He guessed that she wanted to meet


    Matthias for a date, so he did not allow Matthias to enter their residence.


    She had no idea that he came to her ce to look for her wheras he left in annoyance, thinking that


    she had deliberately asked the servants to give him a hard time.


    To Matthias, Heather had broken her promise and was merely cating him the day before. It was a


    humiliation he had never experienced up until now, so his face was as dark as charcoal on his way


    back. Why did I insist on going to the Langston Family? I bet Heather isughing at me now. Great.


    Since she dared to turn around and m into my car yesterday, I should understand that she has no


    feelings for me.


    He felt that he had failed miserably. When he finally summoned his courage to start all over with


    Heather, she already hated him. He had never felt such desperation in his entire life.


    On the other hand, he also felt despair toward Myra as he had no opportunity to fight for her heart.


    When he faced Heather, she would give him a blow no matter what he attempted.


    Sometimes Matthias would feel that such blows did not matter; other times, he felt that it was


    impossible for him to be with Heather again. Evan kept saying that she was a suitable match for him


    while Nici said that he was the only personpatible with her. To others, they seemed to be the


    perfect match.


    However, Matthias did not feel that they were suited for each other at all. As time went by, she had


    merely expressed her disgust toward him in an increasingly obvious manner without even hiding


    anything. His pride did not allow him to continue to please her, but he sometimes wondered whether he


    had really treated her badly in the past.


    Nevertheless, he still stood by the statement that he had done nothing wrong. After all, it was Heather


    who ruined his chances with Myra, so he thought the way he had treated Heather was perfectly justified


    Of course, Heather did not know his internal struggles and she didn’t even know that his perception of


    her had changed. She continued to defend herself against him for the fear that he might y some


    dirty tricks on her again.


    All this while, she had been keeping Robertpany and he did not exin yesterday’s events to her.


    In fact, he did not even tell her about today’s guests.


    To Robert, there were many secrets hidden with some matters that he simply could not tell Heather.


    One of which was the Langston Family’s dark history. Whenever he remembered what his sister, ris,


    experienced, an immense guilt bubbled out of him.


    It was the Langston Family that wronged her. He was a dozen years older than ris, who was born


    when their parents were already in their twilight years. Hence, they had all doted on her since she was


    young. Until now, he could still remember his first time seeing her as a tiny baby.


    Since she was born prematurely, she looked wrinkled and small. Many of their family members were


    worried that she might not survive infancy, but it was true that she had been quite weak. Robert had


    been meticulously taking care of her, but she bore the heavy burden of the family many yearster.


    When Heather was born, he immediately recalled ris, even though Heather was much healthier.


    However, her stubborn personality was exactly the same as ris, so her second name was named


    after ris.


    Upon seeing Heather, Robert felt as though she was ris’ reincarnation. At that time, he quietly


    decided to protect Heather’s happiness and doted on her. As Heather grew up, she became a cute kid,


    but Stephen insisted that she only brought misfortunes to the family.


    Stephen had always wanted a son, but he had a daughter in the end. To him, even though Robert


    doted on Heather, it meant nothing. After all, daughters could not inherit the family business of the


    Langston Group. Since Robert had been pretty healthy, Stephen did not get the opportunity to run the


    business and instead ced his hopes in his children. However, he was disappointed that he had a


    daughter in the end.


    Even though Stephen tried various ways to have another child after that, he did not manage to


    aplish the feat. At that time, he did not dare to attempt in vitro fertilization. When the technology


    had finally improved, he no longer wanted to put in the effort. After all, it was quite clear that ke


    would be inheriting thepany.


    Even if he managed to bear a son at this time, the youngster could no longer take the baton from ke


    anymore. On top of that, Robert had also warned Stephen not to think of the sneaky tactics before.


    The Langston Family had always been well-educated and there were many ideas that Robert was


    against, like illegitimate children and in vitro fertilisation.


    At that time, he thought that since Heather was Stephen’s only daughter, their rtionship as father


    and daughter might improve as time went by. Unexpectedly, Stephen’s dislike toward her increased as


    she grew up to the point where he did not even allow Camille to shower her with love.


    There were many moments where Robert thought, Karma is real after all. Back then, ris was well-


    loved by all the family members, but she sacrificed her life in return for all the love she received. On the


    other hand, Heather grew up in a family that was void of love.


    Hence, she was strong and independent,pletely different from ris. It was just that she looked


    like ris everytime she frowned, but she was able to aplish the things that ris did not even


    dare to do back then.


    “Grandpa, wake up.” Heather gently nudged Robert who had fallen asleep on the couch as he tightly


    grabbed her arm in the process.


    “Is he here?” He tried to widen his eyes. Since he was napping, he did not fall into a deep sleep, so he


    vaguely heard the servants announcing that ‘the guest has arrived’.


    “Yeah, I think he will enter in a short while.” She shot a nce at her arm that he had tightly gripped for


    a long time. There were already some bruises on her fair arms.


    After that, she supported Robert as he stood up. Since the morning, she had been curious about the


    precious guest whom they had been expecting and she could finally see the person face-to-faceter.


    When the man casually walked into the living room, his gaze urately met Heather’s mid-air. She


    boldly returned his gaze with a stubborn look in her eyes.


    Before they even met, she did not have a good impression of him. After all, she could not believe that


    someone would dare to make the entire Langston Family wait for him and she thought that he was


    putting on airs.


    When she met him, she thought even more poorly of him. With a menacing air around him, he looked


    even more evil than Matthias.


    It was clear that a person like him was up to no good and Heather was especially sensitive to


    characters as such. She could barely ept Matthias, who was sometimes evil, sometimes good, but


    she had no idea how to befriend someone who was entirely up to no good.


    Matthias’ bad qualities even seemed to be a positive thing in front of this man. Heather had an ominous


    feeling as she could not feel any kindness from him, whose powerful air had already annoyed her.