Chapter 40
Chapter 40 Scolding His Stupid Nephew
Zack went away on a business trip for a few days. He called Lucille daily to ask how she was doing and
tell her how much he missed her.
Zack had never dated anyone before this. Even though he and Micha were engaged for a few
years, they were busy with their studies and hardly ever met privately. Therefore, they never had any
intense romantic rtionship.
However, Zack finally experienced the wonders of romance after he got together with Lucille.
People had said absence makes the heart grow fonder. These words held some truth.
As it was the weekend the next day, Zack booked flight tickets and applied for a half-day off work to give
his girlfriend a surprise. However, he received news that someone had beaten Lucille when he got off the
ne.
Zack rushed home from the airport and found Lucille with a bandage over the wound on her forehead.
She looked pale and was rather shaken from the incident.
Seeing Zack, Lucille immediately flung herself into his embrace and apologized tearfully.
Initially, Zack was confused. After asking her, Zack finally understood that Lucille went to meet with
Micha for his sake.
After what happened previously, Lucille did not want Zack to suffer due to her, so she went to meet with
Micha and sought her forgiveness.
However, she did not expect Micha to hit her.
Furthermore, she did not know why those reporters suddenly appeared. She also did not expect
Jonathan to show up. Therefore, she felt guilty and worried that she had caused a misunderstanding
between Zack and Jonathan.
Lucille cried profusely and did not mention a word about her injury. Instead, she kept worrying about how
the incident would affect Zack.
Zack was passionately in love with Lucille. Seeing that she still worried about him despite her injuries
made him furious and heartbroken.
He was angry with himself for going on a business trip and leaving Lucille to face the cruel consequence
alone. At the same time, he hated Micha for being spiteful.
Therefore, he felt an urge to rush out of the door to settle the score with Micha. However, Lucille tried
to stop him with all her might, saying that Micha was now with Jonathan. She feared Zack would get
scolded again.
Hearing this made Zack even more furious. After dinner, he coaxed Lucille to sleep before sneaking out
of the house.
However, Zack did not know the supposedly asleep Lucille opened her eyes the instant Zack closed the
door. She stood behind the curtain and grinned as she watched Zack’s car drive away.
At this moment, Zack sat in the foyer of Shappiray Mansion with a gloomy expression. Anger burned in
his chest as he recalled Lucille crying in his arms pitifully.
Hearing footstepsing his way, Zack stood up. He saw it was Jonathan and shouted immediately, “Is
Micha here? I want to see her!”
“Don’t you know who you are speaking to? Where are your manners?” Jonathan scolded.
Zack stiffened at Jonathan’s stern tone. He struggled to force down his fury but managed to sound polite
as he said, “Uncle Jonathan, I would like to talk to Micha!”
“Why?” Jonathan nced at him. He spoke briefly as usual and without a hint of emotion in his tone.
Seeing that Jonathan did not deny what he said but asked for a reason, Zack became more confident
that Micha was there. Zack’s eyes glowed with fury. “Uncle Jonathan, I know you are protecting
Micha because she is Old Mr. Simmons’ granddaughter. But I am your nephew!”
“I admit I was wrong previously. However, Micha is too vicious. Lucille went to her to apologize, but
she hit Lucille. I must see her today!” Zack added.
“What makes you think you can walk into the inner courtyard without my permission?” Jonathan spoke in
an unbothered tone as he looked at Zack indifferently. Then, he epted a teacup offered by the
housekeeper.
“Uncle Jonathan!” Jonathan’s expression twisted with fury. The anger burning in his chest gave him the
courage to meet Jonathan’s gaze.
What he saw was a re colder than the dead of winter, causing Zack to shiver.
Before Zack could speak, Jonathan ced his teacup heavily on the rosewood table and said fiercely,
“How dare youe here to cause trouble over a shameless woman? Zack, it seems you have forgotten
your ce!”
“Uncle Jonathan, Lucille is a good woman. She is kind and honest. Furthermore, she loves me. If I had
never met Lucille, I would never have understood how it feels to love someone. On the other hand,
Micha had never cared about me in the years we were engaged. There was no chance of intimacy
like a romantic couple. Otherwise, I would never have–” Zack said.
“Otherwise, you would never have cheated on her with her sister?”
There was a sudden crashing noise. Jonathan had swept the teacup on the table toward Zack. A
wrathful aura overflowed from Jonathan as he said, “Zack, it seems you are good at finding excuses for
your mistake! Is this the reason for you to hurt Micha?”
Jonathan paused before continuing, “You could have told us that you don’t like her and canceled the
engagement to pursue your true love. That would not have been an issue. However, instead of doing
that, you insisted on dragging the Xander family down into such a shameful situation. What right do you
have to talk to me about love?”
The teacup shattered into tiny pieces on the floor, spilling tea onto Zack’s shirt and leaving a brownish
stain. However, Zack did not dare to move a finger.
Walter saw what happened and pitied Zack.
Are you still going to be obsessed with that woman and believe everything she said? When are you
going to learn? How dare you seek to harm thedy Mr. Xander cares about tremendously? You are
really looking for trouble!
Actually, Zack knew that Jonathan was right while he was wrong. He became less arrogant after
Jonathan threw the teacup at him. Thus, he gritted his teeth and said, “Uncle Jonathan, I know my
mistake brought humiliation to the Xander family and broke Grandpa’s heart. After everything is over, I
will bring Lucille to seek Grandpa’s forgiveness. Still, Micha has no right to beat Lucille!”
“If it was up to me, Lucille shall no longer have any ce in Quakersville!” Jonathan did not speak loudly,
but his tone was heavy with warning.
After saying that, Jonathan suddenly stood up and nced at Zack. “What a brainless fool!”
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“Uncle Jonathan…” Zack was confused. Before he could demand to talk to Micha again, Jonathan
had turned around and left. Zack wanted to follow him, but Walter suddenly stood before him and said,
“Mr. Zack, allow me to walk you out.”
“But-” Zack was unwilling to give up. However, Walter interrupted him and said, “Mr. Zack, Mr. Jonathan
instructed me to give this to you!”
“What is this?” Zack was confused as he saw a ck object the size of a fingernail on Walter’s hand.
“We found this in your bridal chambers the day before the wedding,” Walter said.
He looked at Zack’s frown and continued, “Allow me to say something in defense of Mr. Jonathan. Mr.
Zack, I believe you know how Mr. Jonathan has treated you all these years. When you graduated from
university and wanted to intern in thepany, Mr. Jonathan found the best person to guide you.”
Walter paused before continuing, “When you wanted a marital home, Mr. Jonathan found the most
renowned architect in the country for you. Even after youmitted mistakes, Mr. Jonathan still found
ways to resolve the mess. Furthermore, Old Mr. Xander still does not know about the matter between
you and Ms. Lingard. Who do you think has been helping you, Mr. Zack? Therefore, your behavior today
has hurt Mr. Jonathan!”
Walter continued to nag Zack. Once he had finished speaking, Zack raised the pinhole camera in his
hand and asked, “So, what does this have to do with anything?”
“Here is the fingerprint identification report. Mr. Zack, you will understand after reading it,” Walter
answered.