Chapter 709



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Herman pushed her away. “I can’t tell you.”

“Why not?” Lauren insisted and said, “What kind of secret do you have with her that even I can’t know? Honey, we’re husband and wife, you know?”

“There are things that even husband and wife can’t talk about!” Herman stood his ground. He pushed her hand away. “Okay, let’s go to my mother’s first and have dinner with her!”

Lauren looked back at him, a sharp look crossing her eyes.

Ha.

Did he really think she wouldn’t know the truth if he didn’t tell her?

The only reason she had asked him was to see if Herman was still keeping something from her even after spending twenty years together.

ɢ𝓪𝓵𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵𝓼.c𝓸m hosts the latest Unexpectedly, she still hadn’t fully entered the man’s heart.

Lauren took a deep breath, feeling the need to vent her pent up emotions. As the two were about to head to Elder Lady Hunt’s villa, the security guards suddenly stopped them. They said, “Sir, the two of you must leave today…you are not allowed to enter this place either.”

Herman and Lauren were stunned.

Lauren frowned. “Do you know who you’re talking to?”

The security guard replied stiffly, “I know.”

“And yet you have the audacity to say that? You’ve got a lot of nerve! Who gave you the nerve to say something like that?”

As soon as Lauren spoke, she heard a deep voice: “Me.”

Lauren and Herman were stunned. They turned sharply to see Justin approaching with long strides. He had a cold, sullen look, his deep-set eyes were as full of aggression as an eagle’s.

Herman frowned. “Justin! How dare you dishonor your parents just because you’ve become the Hunt successor.”

Justin approached the couple. With a fierce, piercing stare, he pointed to the exit and said firmly in a loud voice, “This is the Hunt mansion, and you are someone Grandfather has kicked out. I am only following Grandfather’s will, how could I dare to be unfriendly to my parents?”

“You!”

Since Herman was using his seniority to pressure him, then he would bring Grandpa Hunt out. This shut Herman up immediately.

Justin stared at the man in front of him and narrowed his eyes dangerously.

He had left the two of them here to deliberately provoke Iris.

That was why he had ordered the bodyguards not to stop them when they went to visit Iris earlier in the day. Firstly, he wanted to listen to their conversation and see if he could probe them about the truth of what had happened then.

Secondly, he wanted to corner Iris and give her a sense of crisis.

But in the end, he found that, although Herman obviously knew the truth, he refused to make any mention of what had happened. Iris also refused to say a word about it.

It seemed that her method was futile.

What’s more, it had even brought trouble to her precious daughter. Although she had deleted all the negative comments on the Internet, she would have to deal with some problems afterwards.

In that case, why let the two of them stay any longer?

Therefore, he couldn’t be bothered to continue acting.

Justin bluntly said, “If you won’t leave by yourself with dignity, then I can only make you leave in a shameful way.”

As soon as he said that, a few bodyguards clustered behind him.

Herman and Lauren frowned and both took a step back. Herman pointed at him and cursed, “You’re so cold-blooded! I’m your father, you know that? How dare you treat me like that? … Don’t touch me, we’ll leave alone!”

Justin didn’t bother to waste his breath on them. The bodyguard next to him also stepped forward, so Herman and Lauren couldn’t say anything else either. The two of them could only leave.

“Herman and Lauren have left Hunt Manor?”

When Iris got the news as soon as she woke up the next day, she was even happier. She was sitting in the greenhouse with a pair of scissors in her hand and trimming her plants.

When she finished, she smiled and put the scissors down. Then, she suddenly sighed.

A puzzled Mrs. Landis asked her, “Ma’am, what’s the matter?”

Iris replied, “Justin has grown.”

Mrs. Landis was taken aback. “Why do you say that?”

Iris looked at her, her pale, slender fingers gently touching the orchid next to her. She asked, “Why didn’t you send Herman and Lauren away when they arrived at the Hunt’s? Why didn’t anyone stop them when they got here? And yet you sent them away after they returned and the incident with Cherry’s live feed occurred?”

Mrs. Landis shook her head. “Why?”

“Because… he was trying to pressure me. He wanted to force me to take sides.” Iris’s words confused Mrs. Landis. She scratched her head and asked, “And then?”

“Then, I saw what happened on Cherry’s direct and realized the truth. She understood right away that those things could no longer trigger any feelings in me. In that case, wouldn’t it already be useless to have them around?”

Although Mrs. Landis didn’t really understand, she said cheerfully, “Mr. Hunt has taken your side!”

“Of course.”

Said Iris proudly, “After all, this is my son we’re talking about!”.

Then she stared at the pot of flowers next to her that wasn’t blooming very well and let out a silent sigh. “Let’s just say that if I approached my daughter-in-law with this flower pot and asked her for advice, would she hate me?”.

Mrs. Landis: “…”

“Forget it.” Iris seemed to have given up a little. She said, “Some things are meant to be yours and some things are not. I’m already very old; how long can I live? In that case, I’d better not give the children any more trouble! These orchids will be with me for the rest of my life.”

Mrs. Landis glared at her. “The time you have left in this world is pretty expensive, then. Who knows how many houses you can buy with these plants alone!”

Iris smiled and replied, “These are nothing. The best is still that potted Jade Orchid. It should have arrived in New York by now, shouldn’t it, why haven’t they delivered it yet?”.

Almost at the same time she said that, her phone suddenly rang.

Iris was a bit taken aback. When she answered the phone, a voice came to her from the other end, “Madame Iris, I’m so sorry.”

Iris was surprised. “Matthew, what’s wrong?”

Old Matthew, like Iris, was also an expert orchid grower. Not only did he like orchids, but he was also rich. That’s why he could grow so many orchids. The Jade Orchid in question belonged to Matthew.

Iris had pestered him for a long time before he finally gave in and agreed to sell it to her at a high price.

Matthew let out a big sigh. “Originally, I had already found a professional to deliver that flower pot to you in New York, but now I have to sell it to a lady named Lauren Hunt.”

Lauren Hunt?

Lauren again?

Iris frowned. “That’s not how you do business, Matthew. I was the one who bought it first, you…”

“Let me finish.” Matthew said, “It’s not that I don’t want to sell it to you, it’s just that something has gone wrong with my pot of Ghost Orchids. Lauren is an expert gardener and says she can nurse it back to health. Madame Iris, you like flowers too, so you should know what that pot of Phantom Orchids means to me, right? Lauren said she would treat the orchids with alternative medicine…”

Iris said grumpily, “She’s just imitating Orchidiance!”.

Matthew nodded. “Yes, I know, but I don’t care. I just want my Phantom Orchids to heal. You know this pot of orchids has been with me for three years? It bloomed during the year my wife passed away? This pot is not only expensive, but it has a special meaning to me. Madame Iris, unless I can find me Master Orchidiance, I really can’t sell you that pot of flowers anymore…. I must let her down this time!!!”

Iris: “!”

How was she going to find Orchidiance on such short notice?

Next to her, Mrs. Landis was in a panic. “Ma’am, why don’t we consult Miss Smith about this? She can cure orchid diseases, too.”

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