In Jade Green Garden, General Oakley Perry and Evan sat in the Italian imported leather sofa in the living room, both of them with different looks on their faces.
His second wife Mabel sat next to them, sad and full of grief, her eyes red and swollen, with a light of grief coming out of them.
The face of his first wife was calm, a touch of mockery lurking at the corners of her mouth.
The servant brought the good tea and then quietly retreated.
"General Oakley Perry, please have your tea." Evan knew that he was in the wrong, so he dealt with this situation by, of course, lowering his voice.
The expression on General Oakley Perry's face froze, he snorted, reached out to take the cup of tea handed over by Evan, took a small sip. As the fragrance of the tea leaves permeated straight into the depths of his heart, his face eased.
"Go, call Martin over." Evan's face was full of seriousness as he instructed towards the servant standing next to him.
The servant agreed and went away.
A moment later, Martin, with a dishevelled face and low spirits, came out of the study, walking unsteadily and with sore knees.
Ever since Tristan had been taken away, Evan's heart had been trembling. In fact, he had known about it back in Africa.
When he returned from Africa, he was so angry that he immediately started to teach him a lesson by slapping in his face. He was basically made to kneel and face the wall in the study for the past few days.
"General Oakley Perry, Dad, Mom." He walked in, head bowed.
General Oakley Perry only glanced at him indifferently, his gaze swept by coldness.
Martin instantly felt his heart go cold.
"Martin, I really didn't expect you to be such a man, after making your own mistakes, not only did you not admit your mistakes and be brave enough to take responsibility, but you also approached my Rosa with an agenda. What did you mean when you called me that day and told me to go find the general?" General Oakley Perry's questioning made Martin blush in shame, and he no longer had the courage to look at him.
"General Oakley Perry ..." he opened his lips, no words uttering out.
"Bastard, you even designed to harm Ethan, did grandfather teach you for nothing all those years?" When Evan saw Martin, he was furious and shouted angrily.
Martin's face turned pale as he bowed his head.
"Mr. Harvey, the reason why I came to Harvey Mansion is still for the sake of the two families' long-standing friendship, to get rid of Tristan for you, at the same time, I also came for my daughter Rosa." General Oakley Perry's voice was gruff and loud.
"Yes, thank you, General Oakley Perry." Evan's face was smiling as he said, "Rosa is beautiful and virtuous, she is much better than Martin. If Martin can marry Rosa is not only a blessing for him, but also for our Harvey family."
"Humph." General Oakley Perry snorted coldly and said in a cold voice, "Rosa is simple and kind, and I am not looking for my daughter to marry a man with a lot of potential, but he should be of good character and treat my daughter well, but at the moment, Martin basically does not have these two characters, so I am here today to break my daughter's engagement."
General Oakley Perry's words fell very clearly into everyone's ears, and Martin raised his ashen face, dumbfounded.
Over the past few days, he had unknowingly adapted to the joy and cheerfulness that Rosa brought him, and gradually, it seemed that Rosa had entered his heart. Now General Oakley Perry proposed to break the engagement, it was really unbearable.
"General Oakley Perry, can you give it a second thought? Martin ..." Evan was full of embarrassment and pleaded in a low voice.
"No, it cannot be forgiven." General Oakley Perry stood up with an expressionless face, coldly glanced at Martin, and then scanned the crowd, categorically denied, "I'll take my leave first, I'll announce this decision at the general meeting of Harvey Mansion later, I just want to come here to tell you in advance."
General Oakley Perry walked away with aplomb.
A dead silence fell over the living room.
"Bastard, you deserve it." Evan was so embarrassed by General Oakley Perry's glare, he was so annoyed that he scolded Martin in a fury.
Mabel wiped her tears and said, "Evan, don't scold him, he's not young, he's been punished enough these days, why don’t think of a way to help him?"
"Enough." As soon as Evan heard Mabel's plea for mercy, turning back, he angrily shouted, "He got into this situation was because you spoiled him a lot. Our Harvey family's children and grandchildren have bright future, but he doesn't cherish it. It is not a punishment, he will just wait to be kicked out of Harvey Mansion."
Evan finished indignantly and walked away.
Mabel's eyes went black and he almost fell down.
An imperceptible smile flashed across the face of Evan’s first smile.
Martin suddenly snapped out of his shocking and ran towards the outside of the gate.
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