Winner Takes All novel Chapter 439

The words dropped like a bomb and a hush descended over the crowd in the room.

The smile on Mr. Gilbert Hunter’s face froze.

Jeweline suddenly looked lost.

Whereas Jeweshine seemed to be lost in an ice cave, his entire body shuddered in the bitter cold.

Overwhelmed by strong feelings of suffocation, he felt a desperate sense of hopelessness and despair like a man drowning.

“M … master …”

Jeweshine’s weak mumble broke the dead silence in the room.

Then …

Wham!

Showing a cold expression, Gilbert Hunter slapped on Jeweshine’s face strongly.

“Kneel and apologize!”

Gilbert’s voice thundered and resounded through the room.

An outcry broke out within the inner courtyard.

In this short time, it was as if Gilbert had suddenly transformed into a different person, leaving everyone stunned.

“Wh … what in the world just happened?”

“Master Hunter was just praising Jeweshine, and now suddenly he’s not even leaving Jeweshine any trace of dignity?”

“Who in the world is that Mr. Hughes? Why do I get the feeling that Master fears him?”

……

Flop!

Jeweshine knelt on the floor. Both sides of his face were glowing red and swollen.

Even though he was in complete confusion, he was not stupid. On the contrary, to succeed as the Hunter Young Generation first-in-line, he had to be very smart.

It was not the time to question Gilbert’s complete change of attitude. At the moment, obedience was the best way to solve the situation. If he were to throw his weight around as the Young Generation first-in-line and insisted on feuding with the head of the family in front of everybody, the grave consequences were going to cause him very sorrowful regrets.

“Mr. Hughes, it was my fault that I didn’t recognize you. Mr. Hughes, you are a great, generous man. Please forgive me.”

Flop!

Just as Jeweshine’s voice was sore from begging, he decided he might as well throw in all his chips and knocked his forehead heavily against the floor.

The sounds of the hard knocks of his forehead on the floor caused a brutal shudder deep in everyone’s hearts.

Jack Hughes squinted and looked down at Jeweshine.

Jack was not surprised to see Jeweshine unhesitatingly kneeling on the ground.

Jack let out a slow breath and gave a slight twitch, uttering his disdain.

“Didn’t you say, that you, Jeweshine Hunter, would never be so abject as to invite a cheap mongrel like me to your banquet?”

Wham!

Those words were like an invisible strong palm which served another ruthless slap to Jeweshine’s face.

At this moment, Jeweshine felt his face burning hot with pain, even more painful than the slaps by Gilbert.

He had to endure the piercing, fierce looks from Gilbert, and the astonishment of the surrounding crowd, with some of them even gloating over his plight.

Jeweshine felt restless and furious at the same time.

Yet he bit his teeth and endured the humiliation.

Flop!

Another hard knock on the floor.

“Mr. Hughes, please forgive me, I am the mongrel next to you.”

Wah …

In the inner courtyard, there were cries of astonishment.

The people invited into the inner courtyard were all famous people and authorities.

Everyone was already anticipating that Gilbert was planning to hand down his position as family master.

At this moment, Jeweline finally recovered from the shock.

He stared at Jack with a blank expression. In a trance, he recalled the words that Jack told him earlier.

“You, you really have a net worth of a billion? You, you are invited to sit at the main table?”

Jack slanted his head and looked at Jeweline, shirking his cold, hard expression, he asked with a warm smile instead, “What do you think?”

The soft words spoken rang like bells to him.

He felt he was in a dream.

Oh my god, I, Jeweline, am blessed by my ancestors!

I was beaten up at the bar, and the karma consequence is this connection!

Astonished, Jeweline said, “Damn, that’s awesome, bro!”

Jack smiled warmly, a smile which was so warm that it felt like a warm breeze in spring.

Jack’s complete change of attitude and emotion did not fall on blind eyes, Gilbert observed the scene very clearly.

No one had anticipated such a drastic turn of events.

The only exception was Jeweline, who subconsciously tapped on Jack’s shoulders and asked him with blissful ignorance, “Wh … what, exactly what kind of lucky charm are you?”

This dumb question completely surprised Gilbert.

His body shuddered and he looked at Jeweline with a strange expression.

This child, he was a dumb fool with very good fortune!

However, the other four Hunter brothers who were kneeling on the door almost spat blood.

They were asked by Gilbert to look for their nobleman, who would be their lucky charm. Not only did they fail to find the lucky charm, but they also insulted the nobleman in the process.

Whereas Jeweline was not observant of the rules, yet he was the one to fall in the good favour of the nobleman.

What the f*ck!

Jack replied with a noticeably light smile, completely ignoring Jeweshine, whose forehead was already bleeding.

He turned to look at Gilbert and said calmly.

“Master Hunter, I believe you will settle this with justice. The food at the banquet was exquisite, I shall return tomorrow to visit your noble residence and come to see him.”

He turned around and left as he finished his sentence.

Mr. Ward and Brent quickly followed.

“See Mr. Hughes off!”

Gilbert quickly bowed deeply. His body language showed his deep respect towards Jack Hughes.

Jeweline who was still stunned stood on the spot and did not move an inch.

Whereas Jeweshine who was still kneeling was pale and feeble. His forehead was bleeding profusely.

Watching the dashing Jack leaving in style and pizzazz, Jeweshine was suddenly gripped with fear.

Exactly as expected.

After a second.

Just as Gilbert was straightening his posture from his deep bow.

Another cold, emotionless announcement thundered through the courtyard.

“From today onwards, Jeweshine and his brothers are stripped of their resources and rights. They cannot interfere with the family’s business. Their status is the same as the servants, they are stripped of all rights to qualify to succeed as the family master.”

Boom!

Jeweshine was dumbfounded, before bawling his eyes out.

Those words were just taking everything that he ever had away from him. No, he was completely destroyed.