Standing Before Love (Myra and Sean) novel Chapter 482

When they returned to Locke Residence, Matthias wasn’t smiling and Regan had an unpleasant look on his face as he walked behind Matthias. Seeing their appearance, the head of the family thought they had another dispute. At that point, the two of them were the most outstanding members of the Locke Family. Unfortunately, Regan’s status wasn’t as legitimate as Matthias’.

Although the Locke Family was prosperous, the most prosperous ones would be the younger generation. Among the elders, the head of the family was the eldest. Matthias’ father had passed away a long time ago.

Regan was the child of Matthias’ aunt, and Regan’s father was a live-in son-in-law of the Locke Family. In fact, Regan contributed more to the Locke Family, but because of his status, he was always pushed down by Matthias.

The head of the family knew all of this. Based on Regan’s personality, he wouldn’t be comfortable being pressured by Matthias. However, the head of the family supported Matthias’ lineage. The family rules mustn’t be broken, and so he could only allow Regan to be aggrieved.

“Did the blind date go well today?” The head of the family asked Regan although he could already guess from their expression that nothing good happened.

“Grandpa, Matthias has angered all the girls,” Regan complained. After all, Matthias’ words and actions were a little too much.

In fact, the head of the family wasn’t Regan and Matthias’s grandfather. After all, the head of the family didn’t have children. Matthias and Regan were the descendents of the head of the family’s elder brother. But since he was the only elderly at home, everyone respectfully addressed him as ‘Grandpa’, except Matthias who didn’t like to greet others.

The head of the family turned to look at Matthias and saw his stubborn face. He couldn’t scold him in front of others, but he said in a not-so-subtle manner, “Matthias, the family rule of independence at thirty must not be broken.”

Matthias’ lips curled into a bright smile. “I’m not thirty yet, so you guys don’t have to worry about it.” While speaking, he shot a glare at Regan.

He just couldn’t stand him at all, and he despised each and every movement of his. In the past, Regan didn’t know how to hide his desires at all, but now he had learnt to disguise his intentions.

Matthias would always remember the time when Regan beat him up and peed on him. In fact, he would never ever forget that kind of shame.

After making a fuss, everyone was unhappy, and the head of the family didn’t want to force Matthias either. He had met countless people in his lifetime, and he could feel Matthias’ desire for power. One day, he would compromise. Just as he said, he wasn’t thirty yet. When that day came, he believed Matthias would give everyone a satisfactory answer.

“Matthias has booked a flight back for tomorrow afternoon.” Regan didn’t forget to continue backstabbing him. He was dying for Matthias to do something out of the line again so that the Locke Family would become more and more disappointed with him.

Including the head of the family, everyone was shocked. Even the head of the family didn’t expect Matthias to be so reckless while Matthias had a look of nonchalance.

In fact, he had had enough of this. He used to keep a low profile in the Locke Family and would still get into trouble. Since those people wanted to oppose him at every turn, he thought there was no need for him to stay low, so he might as well show them his true temper.

“Yes. I will go back to Bradford City tomorrow. There are a lot of things to deal with at Locke Group, and I don’t have time to spend on blind dates,” Matthias said with emphasis on each word. What he said was true. As the executive director of Locke Group, he couldn’t be away for too long.

However, Regan didn’t think so and he said cynically, “I know that Matthias is a busy man who dedicates his life to Locke Group, but marriage is not child’s play and is equally important. If a man doesn’t have a family at the age of thirty, how is he going to further his career? Internationally, people prefer to choose someone who has a family as a business partner.”

Matthias watched Regan’s performance coldly with a look of disdain. He spoke so much and beat around the bush just to come back around to mock him.

At that moment, the head of the family didn’t want to see them fight against each other and to treat each other like enemies, so he stepped in to mediate. The head of the family also had such a phase of mutual incompatibility with his elder brother, and later when his elder brother passed away, he regretted everything. As such, he did not want the younger generation to repeat his mistakes.

He knew how much effort Regan had made. Although on the surface the head of the family was more lenient to Matthias, in reality, it was also a test for Regan. In fact, he intended to pass the position of the Head of the Locke Family to Regan, but of course on the premise that he and Matthias could get along and treat each other like brothers.

If Regan still did not understand his intentions and still wanted to compete with Matthias, then the head of the family would consider giving the position of the family head and leader of Locke Group to Matthias.

Instead of watching them argue, it would be better to let Matthias alone take on the burden. The head of the family hoped to see their relationship improve in his last days.

Brothers working together were always more powerful than one person, and the head of the family had made a good plan for everything. He would also advise the two in private to love each other.

However, there was little effect. On the one hand, Matthias still could not let go of the humiliation inflicted on him by Regan, and on the other hand, Regan was always saying things he didn’t mean. He was still unwilling to accept Matthias.

Just when the head of the family was lost in thought, Matthias’ cold words echoed again. There was no way he was willing to be chastised by Regan.