No Renewal My Contract Husband (Nella and Alfred) novel Chapter 138

Chapter 138 Know Your Place

Norris could still read the situation after all.

In the past, they had relied on their daughter’s friendship with Alfred to gain quite a few benefits from the Keywoods.

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As long as they didn’t go too far, using the Keywood name to gain benefits for the Macks had been routine.

Even if Alfred knew about it, he would turn a blind eye.

But he hadn’t expected that today, their targeting of Nella would provoke Alfred to come down hard on them.

He didn’t even care about his friendship with Zoey anymore.

Norris wasn’t as stupid as Eileen and immediately started making amends.

-“But you know, Patrick is our son after all. When something this unfortunate happens to him,

we have to get to the bottom of it, right? Zoey was just too anxious and used the wrong approach.”

Norris said with an ingratiating smile.

He wanted to use just a few words to gloss over how his daughter had guided internet users to cyberbully Nella online today.

But clearly, Alfred wasn’t letting it slide today.

“But from what I saw, if I hadn’t arrived in time, Mrs. Mack’s slap would have landed on my wife’s face.”

His eyes narrowed, his presence turning oppressive and dangerous.

Eileen’s expression shifted abruptly, and she was so terrified by his gaze that she took two steps back.

“Alfred, you … you’ve misunderstood. I was… I was…”

Eileen couldn’t find an excuse to defend herself, and her expression became increasingly stiff.

But then Alfred let out a cold snort, his smile not reaching his eyes.

“I think Mrs. Mack’s slap was actually meant for me, wasn’t it? Another second, and everyone online would know that I can’t even protect my own wife.”

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Chapter 138 Know Your Place

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When Alfred laid such a heavy accusation on her, Eileen couldn’t handle it.

The Macks were, to put it nicely, considered an elite family among Apex’s elite.

But in Apex, where you could throw a stone and hit a wealthy heir, the Macks’ so-called elite status really wasn’t much to speak of.

If it weren’t for that incident years ago when they got ahead by leveraging the Keywoods’ status, who knows if the Macks would even have a place in Apex’s elite circles now.

They really didn’t have the capital to act like elders in front of Alfred.

“No, no, no, Alfred, you really misunderstood. I really lost my rationality because I was too worried about Patrick.”

“Oh.”

Alfred responded flatly and casually found a chair and sat down.

He rested his hands on the armrests and looked up at the Macks standing in front of him.

Even though he was sitting and they were standing, the difference in their presence was like night and day.

“So I wonder, have you calmed down now?”

“Yes… yes, we’ve calmed down.”

Eileen raised her hand to wipe the cold sweat from her forehead.

Even though it was the dead of winter, she couldn’t stop sweating.

“I signed Patrick’s surgical consent form that day, and I watched the entire process of my wife saving his life. If you have any objections to the emergency procedures that night, you can raise them with me.”

Norris and Eileen could only force awkward smiles.

Before the hearing, they might have used Nella’s allegedly inadequate medical skills as leverage to get benefits from Alfred. But after a medical hearing composed entirely of experts, how could they dare to raise any objections?

In the end, it was Zoey who, relying on how Alfred had doted on her before, walked up to him and said…

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