Please Come Back, Honey! novel Chapter 66

Chapter 66

Before Trevor could finish dinner at Chriscopher‘s place, he received a call from Alice.

When he picked up the call, he heard the sounds of a woman whimpering and choking sadly, and he could tell that it was Crystal who was crying.

Then, his mother said in exasperation, “Trevor, I know what happened between you and Crystal, and she knows that she‘s in the wrong. Nothing happened to Emma, right? Why can‘t you forgive her this time?

When she said that ‘nothing happened to Emma‘, the fire of fury ignited in his heart, and if it weren‘t his own mother who had said this, he would have lashed out at her.

However, he still sounded mad when he said, “What if no one helped her to beat up that assistant director for her? What if she‘s timid and had just gone along with that assistant director‘s wishes? Mom, there should be a bottom line in everything we do.”

Stunned, Alice wasn‘t expecting Trevor to be so strict, and she froze for a few seconds before hurriedly saying, “Yes, you‘re right. Crystal was indeed in the wrong here, and she admits it‘s her mistake. She‘s crying so much that she can hardly breathe. Also, she‘s a girl. How can you say such harsh things to her?”

He sneered as he thought, How was I harsh? I merely told her not to cook up press releases that would give people the wrong idea about our relationship. Is that harsh?

On the other end of the call, Crystal cried louder, and he held the phone further away from his ear with a frown.

Seated across from Trevor was Christopher, who snorted loudly–a display of his disapproval for people like Trevor and Alice.

Alice sighed and added, “I‘ll call the shots today and say that this matter is over. Just have a meal with Crystal one of these days to make up with her. Both of you have known each other for so many years whereas Emma is the outsider, after all!”

She went on to say a lot by herself, but Trevor didn‘t reply as he was unwilling to say that he would forgive Crystal.

Instead, he purposely said, “I‘m having dinner with Grandpa. I‘ll hang up now.”

When Alice heard that, she immediately said, “Okay, bye.”

She had a bad relationship with Christopher. In addition to the age–old conflict between a woman and her parents–in–law, the disputes between them because Emma worsened the situation.

Back then, she insisted on getting rid of Emma with some money. In contrast, after his observation, Christopher concluded that Emma was a lovely girl and had the qualifications to marry into the Bateson Family.

Moreover, he always sided with Emma in all ways after she married Trevor, which made Alice hopping mad.

Even though she was dissatisfied with Christopher in many aspects, she didn‘t dare to fight back much because he was a prominent figure in Jonestown and very influential in the Bateson Family.

The other point was that Christopher had a foul temper, and he would reprimand her mercilessly on the spot if she ruffled his feathers.

As the representative of wealthy women in upper–class society, Alice cared a lot about her reputation and the last thing she wanted was to be poorly criticized publicly. Therefore, she quickly ended the call when she heard that Trevor was with Christopher.

Christopher threw Trevor a disgruntled look as he expressed his disdain, “Are you using me as a shield because you can‘t handle your own mother?”

Nevertheless, Trevor answered nonchalantly, “I‘m not using you as a shield. This shows how respected you are, and she doesn‘t dare to step on your toes.”

Christopher snorted as he thought Trevor had a glib tongue and started complaining about Alice. “Arianna turned out the way she is today all because your mother spoiled her! She can‘t even educate her children well and still sticks her nose into other affairs.”

“I‘m one of her children too,” Trevor reminded him, implying that he didn‘t turn out astray like Arianna.