Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 338

Shelly had assumed that compensating the other party would be sufficient to resolve the issue, but she didn’t realize that the misdeed could possibly lead to imprisonment. She nearly fainted out of fright upon realizing the gravity of the situation.

Samuel’s eyes were dark and brooding. However, he didn’t make any promises to Shelly.

By then, Gemma realized the severity of the situation and sobbed in fright. “Grandpa, I’ve learned my lesson and I know it’s my fault! Please, Grandpa! I’m scared! Dad, Gideon, I don’t want to go to jail! Tony is completely unharmed and I don’t want to go to jail!” Gemma sobbed uncontrollably and her tears soaked through the dressing on her face. Shelly, who was next to her, couldn’t control her tears either.

“Stop all that crying! I’m well and alive here!” Feeling frustrated, Edward took another look at the live stream. Without a second thought, he switched it off with a cold expression on his face.

Gideon’s current expression was thunderous. Everyone was busy yesterday and didn’t have the time to keep an eye on Gemma, and she managed to ruin everything in one single day! Initially, we still had a relationship with the Hart Family. Although we were treading on thin ice, the Hart Family would not keep an eye on us and things were easier for everyone. However, that may not be the case now.

“Grandpa, Dad, I think the best idea right now is to get Gemma to make a public apology.” Gideon had a sinister look in his eyes while saying this.

“What? You want me to apologize? No way; I don’t want to apologize! Why should I? Why do I have to apologize each time something goes wrong?” As soon as Gemma heard that she had to apologize and it had to be a public one at that, she indignantly rejected Gideon’s suggestion without even giving it any consideration.

After apologizing to Myra previously, I couldn’t hold my head up in public for quite some time—that was such a humiliating experience. If I have to apologize publicly this time, I won’t be able to appear in public anymore because I’ll definitely be the topic of speculation wherever I go!

“Since you refuse to apologize, do you have another better idea?” Evidently, Edward had also reached the same conclusion. Upon hearing what Gemma had to say, he banged his newly-bought cane on the ground angrily, and it thudded as it hit the ground. “If you apologize, you might be able to salvage this situation but if you don’t, we’ll be stuck in this rut and the situation will only worsen. If you apologize publicly right now, even if the Hart Family eventually decides to lay charges against you, they definitely won’t be too harsh on you!”

“But—”

“There are no buts; this is my final decision!” Edward announced and he thought to himself, Ever since I returned to Bradfort City, nothing seems to be going smoothly. It’s just one bad incident after another. He had an uneasy feeling and somehow sensed that something major was about to happen. He then glanced at both his son and grandson with a somber expression and noted that their faces were equally gloomy. At this point, he felt his chest tighten out of anger. If Gemma’s actions affect our other plans, then I definitely won’t give her any more chances!

Immediately after that, Edward stomped out of the hospital room without giving Gemma and Shelly a chance to say anything.

As for Samuel, he was currently hounded by Shelly but he didn’t succeed in getting Edward to change his mind. Besides, he was quite upset with Gemma as well. After instructing Shelly to keep a rein on Gemma and teach her some manners, Samuel furiously stomped out of the room.

Gideon was the last one to leave and his expression before he left the room was quite dark too. As soon as he stepped out of the room, he suddenly stopped the two bodyguards and asked, “Did Gemma behave any differently yesterday?”

Both of them looked at each other perplexedly but they didn’t recall her doing anything out of the ordinary, so they shook their heads in unison. Gideon frowned even harder and he paused before asking, “Did she meet anyone? Did she talk to anyone at all?”

One of the bodyguards immediately replied, “Your girlfriend, Miss Kris, did pop by. Miss Gemma complained that she felt bored and wanted to talk to her so we let her into the room. Nothing else happened after that. Oh—afterward, Miss Gemma and Miss Stark, from the room in front, looked at each other from afar but nothing else happened.” Truth was, both of them were clearly aware of everything that happened today and the day before but they were just employees, so all they had to do was to complete the tasks assigned to them; everything else was none of their business.