Whispers around the room reached Enzo’s ears, and his face turned pale with anger.
Gideon quickly pulled Addison forward.
“Grandpa, she’s only a secretary in my company. There’s absolutely nothing improper between us…”
“Gideon, remember what you promised me when you first joined the company.”
Enzo’s eyes moved toward me, and I immediately stepped up to support him.
“Grandpa Enzo, please take care of your health. Nothing else matters.”
“Ophelia,” he said, his voice heavy with sadness, “back then, your parents had that car accident because they went to pick up your uncle and aunt for me. It was our family that caused you and your brother to be left alone. How could I stand by and let Gideon hurt you again?”
His voice sounded weary, yet I could still hear the helplessness in it.
Before I could say anything, Addison broke down in tears. “I know I’m just a poor college student from the mountains, unworthy of the powerful President Gideon, but I truly love him. Is it wrong to love someone?”
Crying out hysterically, she screamed, “I said I didn’t want a title! I only wanted to stay in the Fontaine Corporation!”
“Miss Ophelia came back, and it wasn’t enough that she took away the man I love; now she even wants to destroy the job I worked so hard for?”
The room went completely silent.
Enzo’s hand shook as he pointed at Gideon, his voice trembling.
“You… You brought this worthless thing here. Are you trying to make me die of anger?”
Uncle Vale Fontaine, his anger barely contained, rushed forward and slapped Gideon hard across the face.
“You’d better think carefully. Either apologize to Ophelia, or take this mistress and leave the Fontaine family.”
After being hit in front of everyone, Gideon couldn’t keep his composure anymore.
He directed all his anger toward me. “Ophelia, are you happy now?”
“You’ve used your parents’ favor to keep the Fontaine family tied down for so many years. Does that make you proud?”
“I already told you I would marry you in the end. Why do you keep pushing? Aren’t you afraid I’ll truly stop wanting you?”
Gideon’s words hit my ears like thunder. So this was what he had really thought all along.
“It must have been painful being with me, right?” I forced a smile.
“I never used my parents’ kindness to demand repayment. You were the one who said you’d take care of me for life. But now, I don’t want you anymore.”
I took out the Fontaine family’s heirloom sapphire bracelet that Enzo had given me.
“Grandpa Enzo, I came here today to end the engagement, and to reclaim the fifty-one percent of the Fontaine family shares that belong to my parents.”
