Ex-Husband's Endless Pestering (Josie and Henry) novel Chapter 54

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Ashley held Henry’s arm and plastered a smile across her delicate face as if she was declaring her relationship with him.
Josie glanced at Rebecca and whispered, “Do you want to switch tables with us?”
Rebecca looked around helplessly. “There aren’t empty tables around.”
Josie sighed. “Let’s go, then.”
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Rebecca got up and directed her sarcastic words at Ashley as she said, ‘I’ll come with you. It’s no fun to stay at this party when we don’t have a sponsor, unlike a certain someone.”
“Sit down,” said Henry in a low voice as he darkened his expression.
Josie and Rebecca felt an intense chill in the room, unsure whether it was because the room was not heated.
Josie pretended not to hear Henry and moved her chair.
“Josie, don’t let me repeat my words.” Henry frowned. His tone made it evident that he was threatening Josie.
Despite her anger, Madelyn dared not say a word. If it weren’t because Josie had signed a confidentiality agreement, Madelyn would have ripped off Ashley, the mistress’ ugly face.
“Da m n… You really irritated Henry, didn’t you?” Rebecca whispered in Josie’s ear and shuddered in fear.
“Are you afraid now?” Josie asked. Her face had turned pale.
“Why would I be afraid of him? I don’t rely on his money. Rebecca rolled her eyes.
The two sat back down in their seats. Josie did not want to become the center of attention.
However, it seemed that everyone else had already shifted their attention to Josie.
The entire banquet hall instantly erupted in an
Uproar.
It seemed that the rumors were true. Henry and Josie did look like they had a grudge against each other.
Not many people knew Josie was Henry’s sister. Back when they were in college, there were even rumors that Josie was an adoptive daughter of the Gibson family, whereas Henry was the eldest son of the Gibson family.
“How could an adopted daughter like her have the nerve to fight Henry for the family assets?”
“She should be grateful that the Gibson family adopted her.
Other guests from other tables discussed among themselves and were not afraid that Josie would hear them.
Since Josie had offended Henry, these people assumed they could t r a m p l e on her dignity to please Henry.
Madelyn’s face turned pale in anger, but Josie held her hand tightly.
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Josie shook her head and smiled calmly at Madelyn, gesturing to Madelyn that they should not mess with Henry in public. Given Henry’s personality, there was no guarantee of what he would do when angered.
“Mr. Gibson, here, let me propose a toast to you. Do you remember me? I’m your senior in college, Larry Palmer.” Not long after, someone took the initiative to walk over to their table and make a toast.
With that, Larry turned around and glanced at Josie. “Oh, isn’t this the campus belle from our faculty? How did you end up becoming a joke now?”
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Josie slowly curled her fingers upon hearing that.
“Larry, right? Why don’t you walk out at here and turn right? There is a mirror there. Look at yourself in the mirror. You look more like a joke now,” said Rebecca angrily. She could not maintain her calm in front of these snobbish people.
“Aren’t you a celebrity? Did you forget sleeping with me when we were in college? Or do you have too many flings with other men that you can’t recall me? I wonder why you still aren’t successful in the entertainment industry when you’re so used to sleeping around with other men.”
Rebecca was unfazed by Larry’s harsh remarks. She raised her brows and said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t remember men who barely satisfied me in bed, especially men who couldn’t last more than five minutes. It’s too embarrassing for me to recall them so often
That startled Josie and Madelyn. They did not expect Rebecca to be bold enough to publicly talk about things like that.
The two gave Rebecca a thumbs-up.
Rebecca raised her chin like a proud swan and said, “Shh. Stay humble.”
“You!” Larry’s hands trembled out of anger.
Someone who came with Larry quickly tried to smooth things over by saying, “Larry, stop flirting around with your juniors and hurry up with your toast to Mr. Gibson.”
Henry glanced coldly at Larry and did not even bother raising his fingers. “Who the hell are you?”
Larry was startled for a moment. His heart tightened, and he wondered if he had said anything wrong to offend Henry.
However, Henry did not bother clarifying things with Larry. He saw Josie was dressed in thin fabric, so he stood up and took off his coat, walking over to cover his coat on Josie. “You should wear more layers next time.”
Josie felt rather uneasy at that gesture. She wanted to get up and return the coat to Henry.
The few people who came here to toast to Henry and the other guests in the banquet hall were dumbfounded by that scene. They could not help but wonder what was going on. It seemed to them that the rumors were fake. Josie and Henry did not seem to hate each other. As a brother, Henry clearly cared for his sister enough to even give Josie his coat.
Meanwhile, Ashley gritted her teeth so hard, and her fingers curled up slowly.
“Henry clearly still cares for Josie, Ashley thought.
“Keep it on you,” said Henry in his usual emotionless voice. It made him sound like a machine, yet his tone was mixed with an intense hint of threat.
Josie dared not get up, but she felt even colder despite having Henry’s coat around her. Her legs even trembled out of fear, She wondered, “What does he mean? Is he allowing people to spread rumors and humiliate me, only for him to step in and help me out? Is this how he tells me I will not end up well for crossing his line, and that I should just stay obedient to him! 1 should have anticipated this. He’s always controlling everything in his life.”
“Jo, you should just obey me. Look at the senior who’s trying to pursue you. Is his name Ezra? Anyway, he doesn’t even dare to look at you now,” whispered Henry as he leaned closer to Josie’s car.
Henry forced Josie to look in Ezra’s direction as he uttered sarcastic remarks in her ear, saying that a loser like Ezra did not deserve to be with Josie and become family with him. He specifically mentioned that even though Josie was not his wife, she was still family to him, and he would never allow Ezra, a loser who could not endure slight hardships in his life, to be with Josie.
Josie grabbed the hem of her dress with trembling fingers, and her knuckles turned white as she listened to everything Henry told her.
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Josie did not say anything in response, treating him like he was throwing another tantrum.
Henry didn’t say anything else and turned around, returning to his seat.
Ashley hurriedly took Henry’ carm intimately and asked with great concern, “Henry, is Josie not feeling well?”
Henry said nothing in response. His eyes had been fixated on Josic all this while.
Josie low and her head, feeling her muscles clenching all over.
There was a lingering warmth on Henry’s coat that he put around her, yet Josie felt the coat’s existence was not only a warning but also a sign of humiliation.
Henry, your sweetheart is trembling already on such a cold day. I think you should give your coat to her instead. Behind them, Samuel peeled off Henry’s coat from Josie and tossed it to Ashley.
Ashley was a little flustered. Her eyes darted between Henry and Samuel.
Josie was startled for a moment before looking up subconsciously.
Samuel stood right behind her.
“I will take care of my girlfriend myself. With that, Samuel took off his coat and put it on Josie. Then, he said softly to her, “You should have dressed in something warmer.”
Madelyn was terrified to hear that and covered her face as she moved to sit next to Rebecca, offering her seat to Samuel.
She could not let Samuel find out that she was the one who forced Josie to wear this dress.
Rebecca was also yet to recover from the shock.
Henry and Samuel, the two heartthrobs during their time at Acocester University, were now attending the same event. Rebecca had a crush on both of them in the past, but she did not manage to date either of them.
Samuel was the son of the Turner family, which made him someone born with a silver spoon like Henry.
As soon as Samuel showed up, the banquet hall erupted in another uproar.
Everyone in college knew Henry and Samuel were great friends.
Given their noble statuses, Henry and Samuel never bothered attending any college reunions, yet they showed up at the
same event.
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Josie was so embarrassed that she wished she could dig a hole and hide inside. She wanted to maintain a low profile, but she was once again the center of attention.
Josie held her forehead helplessly and lowered her voice as she asked, “Samuel, why did you have to mess with him of all people?”
Josie could only imagine Henry venting his anger on her again after this incident.
Samuel remained silent and stared into fenry’s eyes. The air between them was filled with hostility.
Out of all the guests present in the banquet hall, Samuel was the only person who had the guts to mess with Henry.
“Mr. Turner, are you perhaps in your family’s business now?” Someone walked over and tried to start a conversation with
Samuel.
“Nope Samuel did not want people to label him as a rich kid that relied on his family’s wealth, so he established Clusia Media Group to prove his worth and capability.

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He did not want Henry to look down on hiru and call him useless without the Turner family. 

“Samuel, what could you possibly have without the Turner family backing you up?” Henry was apparently fuming in anger to have Samuel competing with him for Josie. 

In Henry’s eyes, Samuel was someone spoilt by his family and could not possibly achieve anything on his own.