Chapter 571

The spacious hall remained quiet. Amused, Alyssa blinked and smiled.

Jasper was cheered up by the animated look on her face and put behind the pain he was enduring.

He fixed his eyes on her with a contented smile.

In the meantime, a hushed astonishment gripped the onlookers as they watched Newton berating

the current patriarch, Javier, in their presence. The public scolding was doubly humiliating, given

Javier's prominent social standing.

He had turned into a punchbag.

Javier, nursing a wounded ego, flushed with anger and hissed, "Barry, please get everyone to leave

the hall."

"No! No one is allowed to leave before we settle this matter once and for all!" Newton declared with

authority. When she was angry, Alyssa bore a striking resemblance to Newton, as if they were blood

relatives.

"Dad, what do you mean?" Javier inquired, his brows furrowing in anger.

"It means exactly what you think it is!" Newton responded, his eyes half-closed as he taunted his

son, "If you can bruise Jasper's ego by hitting him in front of everyone, I don't see why I can't

address this matter publicly.”

Javier pointed at Jasper and argued, "Dad, you can't always side with this little brat! You'll only spoil

him further! He's been pampered to the point where he no longer respects anyone in this family. If

this continues, he won't even heed his father one day!"

"Hah," Jasper scoffed with a cold look. Javier had been dead to him from the moment Anne jumped

over the balcony in this villa.

Alyssa noticed his smirk and observed his profile in silence. He appeared pallid, and she could sense

the animosity in his eyes, which stung her.

"Oh, is Jasper showing disrespect? How so? Enlighten me,” Newton inquired casually as he idly

picked at his teeth.

Everyone was speechless at Newton's nonchalance. The more Newton aged, the less he cared about

upholding his image. Perhaps he had been forced to comply for too long. When he was finally old

and rich enough, his true personality emerged.

"He talked back to me and rebelled against me!" Javier lost his train of thought due to anger and

said anything that came to mind. "I was forced to use the whip on him, and it's totally justified! As

his father, I reserve the right to discipline him as I see fit."

Newton, wearing a disapproving expression, responded, "It's rather hypocritical of you to bring this

up, considering your own history of rebellion. By your reasoning, I should have given you a good

whipping when you married Sophia."

This remark left both Javier and Sophia feeling abashed. Newton pressed on, "Our family rules

should only be applied when someone is at fault. So, let me ask you this—what exactly did Jasper

do wrong? Can you tell me?"

Then, Newton clapped hard on the armrest, sending a shiver down Sophia's spine.

Javier, finally losing his cool, blurted out, "He refused to attend our family event in favor of

attending the Taylor family's party!"