"You can't control it? Then are you just going to stand by and watch as Tobias gets played by some woman?"
"Grandpa!" Cecilia raised her voice. "Natalie is really not the kind of person you think she is."
Peter felt that he couldn't continue arguing with Cecilia. He gave her an ultimatum, "Cecilia, don't waste your breath. I will never accept that Natalie Godfrey. Never!"
Cecilia put her head in her hands.
She knew that Peter was a stubborn man, and once he had made up his mind, it would be hard to change it.
Now that he had said that, it would be a waste of breath for her to mention anything else.
Cecilia thought of her last card.
Hayden!
Even if Peter did not accept Natalie, it was impossible for him to abandon his grandson.
"Peter, do you know who Hayden's biological mother is?" Cecilia suddenly asked.
Peter's breathing sped up.
"Don't tell me Hayden's biological mother is Natalie!"
With age came experience. Just by Cecilia asking him that, Peter could pretty much guess what it was.
"Yes, Hayden's biological mother is Natalie," Cecilia confirmed.
The phone was violently hung up with a clatter.
On the other side of the earth, in the United States.
Peter was so frustrated that he was about to explode. His blood was boiling the whole time he was on the phone with Cecilia.
Yuna consoled him, saying, "Grandpa Peter, calm down. It doesn't matter to me, but it's not worth it hurting yourself over this."
Peter pointed to the phone and huffed, "Do you know what Cecilia told me? She said that that Natalie is the mother of my great-grandson!"
Yuna's eyes darkened slightly.
Sure enough, it was exactly the same as she had thought.
She forced out a smile. "If that's the case, you should just let them be together, Grandpa Peter.
After all, they already have a child together."
Peter became even more agitated. "It's precisely for the sake of my great- grandson that I can't allow them to be together! Since his biological mother is so morally corrupt, I'll have to find him a proper step-mother!"
Yuna's eyes twinkled.
That smile was like a dragonfly skimming over the water's surface, disappearing as fast as it came.
Peter already made his intentions very clear. He would never accept that woman.
As long as Peter stayed firm, she still had a chance.
"What are you saying, Grandpa Peter? Don't be angry." Yuna poured him a cup of coffee. "Grandpa, have some coffee and calm down."
Peter took a long sip, finally regaining some of his composure.
He looked at Yuna. "Yuna, this Natalie really isn't a simple character. Hayden is already at this age, but a little over a year ago, she came to the Whitlock family as the fiancee of my other grandson, Remington."
The more Peter thought about it, the more alarmed he became.
He remembered that when Natalie came to the house, she had almost won him over. He'd even given her one of their family heirlooms.
Now that he thought about it, he truly regretted even having such a thought.
At that time, he could tell that Tobias was interested in Natalie. However, he'd just thought that it was just that the two of them had fallen for the same woman.
Now that he thought about it, this matter was definitely not as simple as it seemed.
That woman must have played dirty to get Remington and Tobias to fight over her.
Meanwhile, Yuna stood silently by Peter's side.
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