Ever since Guinevere had been diagnosed with mental illness; she had used it as an excuse to get Weston to visit her.
It used to work, but Weston decided to stop granting her that courtesy âFrom now on, you donât have to answer these calls.â
Daisy froze for a moment. âMr. Ford, what do you mean?â
âMr. Ford means that he shouldnât be bothered with the Cohen familyâs matters anymore,â Ben chimed in.
Daisyâs eyes flickered for a moment.
âI understand,â she said after a moment and turned to leave.
It seemed Weston was serious this time. He was breaking ties with the Cohen family for real.
As soon as he turned down the Cohen family, Chris called.
âIâm looking for Weston.â
Weston knew this was coming.
He gave Ben a look. Ben got the message and left the office at once.
As soon as the call connected, Chris barked into the phone irritatedly. âWhat the hell are you trying to do?â
Weston frowned. âState your business.â
Chris took a deep breath. He tried to calm down, but he could not conceal the anger in his tone. âYou think youâre so tough now, huh? How can you ignore our agreement?!â
A smile formed on Westonâs lips. âI wanted to keep our agreement, but the Cohen family went overboard...â
âI donât care about that! Weston, what did you promise me?â
Chris got worked up. âYou said youâd be with Guinevere . How could you hurt her like this? What if, one day, she remembers everything?â
âWell, she doesnât remember it now, does she?â
âAre we going to leave a ticking time bomb in the open? Doesnât it disturb you when you think of it?â
âYou should be worried.â
âWeston! Youâre my son!â Chris roared in a fury.
âWeâre all in this together! If I go down, youâre coming down with me! How do you think youâll fare if this thing blows up?!â
âItâll be bad.â Weston paused. âBut no worse than before,â he added.
Chrisâ tone suddenly changed, and he sounded exhausted. âIs she so important to you? Itâs not that I donât want you to be together, but canât you just maintain the balance like before ?â
He simply couldnât understand why this was so difficult for Weston. Guinevere had clearly made concessionsâsheâd taken a step back and was even willing to accept Ellaâs presence.
Weston couldâve made Guinevere his wife while simultaneously keeping Ella as his lover. There would be no conflict of interest, and none would be the wiser.
âEven if Ella is Stella, youâre already divorced. Why are you still so obsessed over her?â
Chris didnât realize how little he knew about his son until the incident at the engagement party. He had always thought his son didnât care for women.
All these years, he had no other woman around him except for Guinevere.
Chris never imagined that Weston would give their family such a big surprise.
âNow that things have come to this...â Weston began coldly.â Thereâs no point in talking to me about all these. Why donât you think about your problem? Do you want to keep hiding this, or do you want to tell Mom the...â
âYou mustnât tell her!â Chris cut him off at once. His voice trembled a little in fear. âWith how she is, she absolutely wonât let me go once she gets to know...â
Weston fell into a short silence after hearing that.
âWhy are you so afraid of telling her the truth?â he asked after a while. âAre you afraid of her sadness or her revenge?â
Chris and Wendy had, after all, been known to be a loving couple for many years.