He pointed at her nose and fumed at her in irritation, “Hey, keep your mouth shut if you’re going to cuss in front of Mr. Wyatt! Or better still, get out of here!” Mia was in shock for a few seconds before she slowly touched her face and winced in pain. “D-did you just slap me, Theo?” Theo raised a sharp brow. “What? I can’t?” “You’ve never…” She was saying when he raised his hand again. Smack! He slapped her again and yelled into her face, his chest heaving with anger, “I said to shut your mouth!”“You’ve not said anything reasonable since we came here, it’s obvious you’re about to say something unreasonable again. So shut your stupid mouth before I hit you again!” Mia no longer said anything. She just bit back her tears and sniffled before she nodded. Theo looked away from her in disgust and quickly apologized to Grant. “Mr. Wyatt, I apologize on her behalf. It’s my fault, I should never have brought her with me in the first place.” Aria was stunned seeing him hit her the
Grant’s assistant gave Aria his contact card which had the email address on it just before they left. Theo had planned to use the opportunity to get close to Aria, but after being humiliated like this, he didn’t have the face to continue sitting with her. Mia followed after him. When he was about to get into his car, she tried to get in as well, but the man stopped and shot her an angry look. “What do you think you’re doing?” She stopped and swallowed nervously seeing how angry he looked. “You said you’d take me to your hotel after we meet with Grant Wyatt. And you hit me twice today. Will you not apologize for doing so?” The man who had wrapped his fingers around the car’s door knob, retracted it and burst into a hearty laughter. He laughed loudly for several seconds while Mia watched him the entire time in confusion. After laughing to his heart content, he stopped and sneered, “Apologize for hitting you? Don’t make me laugh, Mia Miller! You want me to apologize for hitting y
While this was going on, Aria and Leon headed back to the garage where they had parked their car. Dean and Emma were already there waiting for them. Dean rolled down the window and yelled at Aria when he saw her, “Do you have any idea how long we’ve been waiting for you?” Emma got into the backseat without sparing Aria and Leon a glance. “Your brother didn’t like the oil they used in making the foods at the cafeteria, so he hasn’t eaten anything since morning. Hurry up and get us back to the hotel so I can make dinner for him.” “Sorry to keep you waiting, mother. Dean.” Aria apologized as she got into the passenger front seat. Leon got into the driver’s seat and started the car. Dean ignored Aria’s apology and asked instead, “Were you able to do it? Were you able to meet with Grant Wyatt?” Aria nodded as she fastened her seatbelt around herself, “Yes, he said to send him the proposal as soon as I get home. He promised to look into it. If it’s good enough, we will see it on the
Aria couldn’t sleep that night as she was too nervous about the listing. Grant Wyatt was obviously a busy man. Which meant he’d have a lot of emails. Important emails. Overlooking the email of a mere candidate from a small family like hers wouldn’t surprise her. When Emma woke up that morning and went to the kitchen to get coffee, she found Aria shuffling around the kitchen. “What are you doing in the kitchen so early in the morning, Aria?” “Good morning, mom. I just thought I’d make coffee for you since I woke up early today and have nothing to do.” Aria said as she picked up a coffee capsule and placed it into the coffee machine “Coffee for me? When was the last time you made coffee for me?” Emma asked in confusion as she watched her reach for a coffee cup. Aria said nothing and just dropped the cup under the mouth of the machine before turning it on. When it got filled, she handed the cup of coffee to Emma and left without another word. She went to the room the same time
Aria walked down the stairs to find Emma and Dean holding onto their phone nervously. Even Dean who liked to eat was too nervous to touch his food. The only people eating without a care were Leon and Anthony. Leon wasn’t supposed to know what was happening and since the only person he cared about wasn’t worried, he wasn’t worried. Dean raised his eyes towards the stairs and saw Aria down. He hurriedly got up from his seat and rushed towards her. “Are you sure your proposal will get accepted? Mr. Wyatt took a liking to you, right? So he’d surely have the Miller Group listed, right?” Emma got up from her seat as well and walked towards them worriedly. “I’ve never heard of a company’s name being listed after meeting with Grant Wyatt.” “Are you sure the man you met was really him? Mia and Ryan could have pulled a fast one on us because we got to stay in this penthouse instead of them.” Aria shook her head as she walked past them to sit beside Leon. “I confirmed the o
“What do you think you’re doing, Emma?” Joseph tried to keep his emotions in check, but the fury in his voice couldn’t be hidden as he glared hard at her. “I’ve not seen him before.” Theo casually butted in when his eyes settled on Anthony, who had his eyes lowered to his phone. “He is Aria’s father and my father’s elder brother. He’s incompetent, so he doesn’t have a place in the Miller Group.” Mia quickly replied, not forgetting to degrade him as she did. Theo’s eyes lit up slightly and he dramatically got up on his feet and slightly bent his face towards the ground. “It’s nice to meet you, Mr. Miller. I’m Theo Humphrey.” Usually, when he did this, he would get praised for being polite and a gentleman which was rare to see in people his age. However, Anthony didn’t bother to look up at him and just kept staring at the phone in his hand. The awkward silence from him caused Theo’s ears to redden from the embarrassment. Emma grimaced from across the table while Dean, who was
Leon tore his eyes away from Jeff and settled it on the food in front of him. Without warning, he suddenly looked at Theo and his cheeks stretched into a gentle smile.“Mr. Humphrey, do you really not remember the way Mr. Wyatt’s manager kept pushing you away when you said you knew him?”“When you finally got his attention and asked him if he knew you, he said he didn’t. So why are you keeping silent when you should be telling everyone here the truth?” “Or is Mr. Humphrey too ashamed to admit that he was bluffing when he told the Miller family that he was close with Mr. Wyatt?” Theo hadn’t anticipated he’d be outrightly dragged into the conversation. He was relaxed seeing how Ryan and Joseph refused to believe what Anthony Miller said. Furthermore, Mia was on his side and from the looks of it, Aria wasn’t ready to tell them the truth which assured him his lie wouldn’t be revealed. When he was silent for over ten seconds, Leon giggled and lowered his eyes to the table again. “Mr.
When the video ended, Mia and her family stood rooted to the spot in disbelief. Dean was only stunned for a brief moment before the uncultured man burst into a mocking laughter. “Hey, Ryan, how could you be fooled by this fraud? My God! I haven’t laughed this much in a long time!” Emma, who had been nervous a few minutes ago, chuckled quietly before she turned to Joseph and feigned sadness. “You shouldn’t be too disappointed, Joseph. He may have lied about being close with Grant Wyatt, but he’s from a billionaire family in Westwood.” Ryan scoffed at her words. “Don’t be smug with us, Aunt Emma. At least my sister will be marrying into a billionaire family. She’ll be the daughter-in-law of a billionaire!” Dean chuckled and couldn’t help saying, “Yeah, right. She’s getting married to an abusive man who didn’t mind slapping her in a restaurant full of people. No, thanks, I’m fine with an idiot like Leon who adores my sister.” Mia’s face flushed in embarrassment while Theo remained