Strictly speaking, Christopher was the most important and rightful person in the family.
His mother was Old Master Gellertâs first wife. When Master Gellert was in his worst shape, she followed him and stayed by his side without hesitation.
She was the one who built up the foundation bricks of their family business with Master Gellert. To help his father, his mother was willing to give up on her pregnancy and sacrifice her baby for the business.
Later on, when everything finally got steadier after years and years of hard work, she found that she was pregnant again. The blessing of another child made her jump with joy. Alas, when she wanted to tell Master Gellert the good news, he showed up in front of her with another woman and a child.
The child was Christopherâs oldest brother, an illegitimate child who was older than him.
Due to the immense sadness, his mother could not bear the heavy blow and slipped into depression during her pregnancy. As soon gave birth to him, she sadly passed away.
Then, his fatherâs mistress came in with the child and became his second wife. Christopher, his legitimate son, suddenly became the most hated person in the whole family.
Especially after that woman died of illness, Anthony Gellert found an excuse and blamed everything on Christopher. He said that the woman died because of Christopher, who drove the woman mad.
From then on, Christopherâs time at home was always dark and miserable.
Christopher sneered. After so many years, he could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
When Christopher let go of his hand, Anthony gritted his teeth, but soon he caught up with him. âChristopher, Iâve seen your award-winning work in Italy. Itâs really good. Why donât you tell me all about it?â
Christopher turned back and replied faintly, âAnthony, did I hear you correctly? Werenât you always disrespectful towards designers? I remembered you saying that only incompetent people would sit there and draw pictures all day long.â
Anthonyâs expression froze and he hurriedly shook his head. âNo, when did I say that?â
How could Anthony admit it? He had searched high and low all over the country for a designer to salvage the unfinished building of their business. The unfinished building looked even more miserable than the one Christopher saw a few years ago.
Since someone had died in the building before, Christopher finally transformed that one into a warehouse.
However, in terms of the unfinished building which Anthony should deal with, its location was not good, so it was mainly for community use and could not be renovated. The designers whom he had hired either advised him to leave everything as it was or asked him to demolish the entire building and build it again from scratch.
How could Anthony do that? He had invested more than a billion dollars in it. If he were to bear the losses, how could he still manage to gain a foothold in the company?
âAnthony, you must be so busy that youâre starting to be forgetful. If thatâs the case, then I have nothing to say.â
As Christopher spoke, he pulled Eudora along with him and headed outside. Anthony suddenly became anxious. âChristopher, do you have to be so aggressive?â
Christopher acted dumb and asked in return, âAnthony, am I?â
Anthony pursed his lips and felt a chill in his heart. He had to say, âItâs my fault. I was just worried about you in the past. I was afraid that you would be addicted to designing all day long and ruin your bright future, thatâs why I saidâ¦â
âOh! So you admit it now?â
The designers invited by Anthony were all big shots in the industry. When they heard this, their expressions turned bad.
Anthony was good at pretending to be nice in front of them, but how would they know what he had said about them behind their backs?
For a moment, the atmosphere was very awkward. Then, a few esteemed designers came forward and said, âMr. Gellert, I just remembered that I have some matters to attend to. If you donât mind, Iâll be leaving now.â
Seeing this, the rest of them followed suit and also began to leave.
Anthony was dumbfounded as he thought to himself. âAre designers all so sensitive?â
His assistant next to him said hurriedly, âPresident Gellert, they are all gone. What should we do?â
âLet them leave. Whatâs the use of a bunch of useless id*ots who couldnât even come up with a plan?â
The assistant suddenly turned silent and did not dare to speak.
Christopher ignored him and went inside with Eudora. Old Master Gellert was also very happy to hear that Christopher had come back today.
As he was pushed by the servant in his wheelchair, he could not hide the excitement on his face when he saw Christopher. However, Christopher did not feel the same. He just acknowledged his presence and then came out with an excuse to leave.
Old Master Gellert suddenly choked on his breath and said, âStop right there! Where are your manners?â
Christopher immediately scoffed, âWell, I suppose like father, like son. If you did teach me well, why would I be like this?â
âYouâ¦â Old Master Gellert was so frustrated that his face turned red, and he almost couldnât breathe.
âYou shouldnât get angry!â Christopher added, âOtherwise, people would start putting the blame on me. Surely I canât take another crime to my name.â
After that, he turned around and walked out with a sneer on his face.
Only when he was out of Old Master Gellertâs sight that Christopher finally let out a sigh.
Eudora knew that he felt miserable, so she reached out and patted him on the shoulder. âDonât be upset. To tell the truth, you still wish for your father to make peace with you, donât you? Why did you say that to him?â
Christopher frowned, âI canât get over it. Isnât this what he deserved?â
âBut you wouldnât be happy either if you do this! If something bad happens to your father, you will regret itâ¦â
Before she could finish her words, the servant in the room suddenly ran out and shouted, âCall the doctor. The Old Master has fainted!â
Christopher was startled and hurried to catch up with him, only to see Old Master Gellert lying on the chair with his eyes closed.
The doctors rushed over quickly and asked for the rest of the guests to leave the room.
Seeing Christopherâs pale face, Eudora wanted to say something. The next second, Christopher had pulled Eudora into his arms.
Eudora was shocked and immediately felt his hot tears falling on her shoulders. She felt a chill in her heart. She knew that he was anxious and upset, so she reached out and patted his back comfortingly.
âItâs okay. Everything will be alright.â
As soon as Amos arrived, this was the first scene that he saw. Christopher was hugging Eudora tightly, and Eudoraâs slender, pale hands was gently patting on Christopherâs back.
All of a sudden, there seemed to be a ball of roaring fire in Amosâ chest, and he almost couldnât hold himself back.
At the same time, the door was opened. Christopher quickly let go of Eudora and ran inside to check.
Just as Eudora was about to follow him, she felt a big hand grabbing her by the wrist, shocking her. The next second, she felt her whole body turn around and she was pressed against the corner of the wall by the man.
Amos looked at her with a dark expression, his gaze inscrutable.
A strong sense of oppression came onto Eudora. Even though Amos was sitting in a wheelchair, his intimidating aura did not diminish a bit. Eudora felt as if she was suffocating.
âYouâ¦â Eudora gnashed her teeth. âMr. Granger, please behave yourself.â
âBehave?â Amos frowned. âYou gave me the cold shoulder, and yet you threw yourself into the arms of some other men?â
Throwing myself into the arms of other men?
Gritting her teeth, Eudora retorted, âSo what? Who do you think you are to me? I have the right to throw myself at anyone. You have no right to ask!â
Amos was at a loss for words. He knew from the very beginning that Eudora was no longer the same person he used to know.
However, what she just said still managed to make his heart wither in pain.
If he didnât mean anything to her, then who did?