Chapter 105: Teach Esme a Lesson
George felt his anger rising as he looked at the information on the medical record.
Esme actually called him here just to treat Oliver?
How dare the Smith family think they deserve his medical attention?
Why don't they just die already!
George suddenly remembered what he'd overheard on the phone—someone saying Catherine was at the hospital, possibly at the obstetrics department.
Damn it!
The Smith family must be spreading rumors about Catherine!
Looks like just having someone beat up the Smith family wasn't harsh enough!
The Smith family was exactly as Dylan had investigated—greedy, shameless, with no conscience. God knows what kind of life Catherine had lived before.
The thought made George's heart ache.
Catherine noticed George gritting his teeth as he read the medical record, looking like he wanted to tear it up on the spot, and felt confused.
George was supposed to be the most even-tempered person in the Windsor family.
"George, who's sick?"
George quickly put away the medical record and smiled warmly. "Some annoying pest, don't worry about it."
He patted Catherine's hair and exchanged a subtle glance with Alexander.
"Catherine, I'll go check on something. You eat more."
"Okay."
The moment George stepped out of the office, his warm smile vanished instantly, replaced by a cold, sharp expression.
Annie stepped forward and bowed. "Mr. Windsor, I'm Catherine's assistant. Esme is currently in the underground parking garage."
As a competent assistant, Annie knew exactly what to do the moment she saw George come out.
The Windsor family was so protective—George was probably looking for someone to deal with right now!
"Lead the way."
In the underground parking garage, Esme had several layers of black tape over her mouth and was tied to a concrete pillar.
She was being held by several of Ethan's hitmen, unable to find any chance to call for help!
These people were terrifying!
She couldn't understand—she'd told them she was with the Windsor family, so why did these hitmen still dare to tie her up?
And they'd chosen such a hidden spot, surrounded only by cars Ethan had driven over. No one would come by!
Esme was nearly in despair!
The sound of dress shoes striking the ground was especially clear in the quiet parking garage.
George, wearing a white lab coat, walked in from the far end of the garage, his shiny shoes kicking up dust, even the particles in the light seeming to accentuate him.
He walked against the light, his handsome face cold as ice, looking coldly at Esme's captors.
"May I ask who you people are?"
The hitmen's eyes fell on Annie behind George. Annie quietly held up the Shadow Syndicate's symbol and made a gesture to them.
"Could you hand this person over to me?"
The hitmen, confirming Annie was with Shadow Syndicate, lowered their guard around George.
"Was the surgery successful?"
"Very successful. We'll take it from here."
The hitmen nodded, tossed one end of the rope binding Esme to George, and quickly disappeared from the parking garage.
From the moment she saw George, Esme had been very excited.
Finally, someone had come to save her!
She knew the Windsor family couldn't bear to lose her. She was still important to the Windsor family. If Catherine hadn't mysteriously returned from outside, she would be the Windsor family's only daughter by now.
With tape still over her mouth, Esme struggled to make sounds toward George.
George's cold gaze fell on her, his icy stare making Esme shiver violently!
Why was George looking at her like this!
George had always been the most even-tempered person in the Windsor family, but Esme knew this was just an illusion—George was actually the most terrifying one!
Even if you accidentally angered the other Windsor family members, at worst you'd get scolded openly. Philip and Richard spoke harshly, but they were actually the softest-hearted in the Windsor family.
The least soft-hearted person in the entire Windsor family was George, standing right in front of her!
Esme still remembered when she was very young, she accidentally broke George's favorite vase, and for two whole months George found every way possible to punish her.
George bent down to pick up a small knife from the ground, used the tip to lift a corner of the tape on Esme's mouth, and mercilessly ripped the whole thing off, making Esme grimace and scream several times from the pain.
Tears burst from her eyes. Her mouth burned with pain, but facing George's ice-cold stare, she didn't dare say much.
"George."
"You're going to explain to me why you're here."
Esme racked her brain trying to make excuses, then got slapped across the face!
"George!"
With the burning pain, she screamed and tried to struggle, but George gripped her jaw tightly.
"Idiot. You think you can mess with Catherine?"
"George, I wasn't trying to mess with Catherine. I was just scared. I heard Catherine secretly came to the obstetrics department, and I was worried something happened to her, so I followed. I really didn't mean anything else!"
George smiled, but there was no warmth in his eyes.
"Is that so? What makes you think Catherine went to the obstetrics department? Let me think—is it because if Catherine had a child with some man, the Howard family wouldn't want her anymore, and we Windsors would blame her too?"
Esme's eyes filled with panic!
"I didn't—I wouldn't dare think that."
Her little schemes had been seen through by George, and she completely panicked!
"You didn't? Then the red mark on my assistant's face here—did she just slap herself for no reason?"
Annie was also startled.
George had guessed Esme hit her just from seeing the red mark on her face?
Were the Windsor family all this smart?
Esme was shocked too.
She couldn't believe this bitch actually tattled!
What was wrong with her slapping Annie? She would be Alexander's wife in the future anyway, and sooner or later she'd fire all these women.
Esme glared viciously at Annie.
Seeing her expression, George knew his casual guess was right.
"Really stupid. You're with the Windsor family, but you act like this outside. Alexander's assistant is his person. You hit Alexander's person—you really think Alexander won't come after you?"
"George, she's just an assistant..."
George laughed coldly.
"You think I'm an idiot? You don't know how the Smith family treated Catherine? Since you're in contact with them, you don't need to have any contact with the Windsor family anymore."
What did that mean?
"George! I really know I was wrong! The Smith family called me! I came because I was too worried about Catherine. The Smith family raised Catherine for so many years—when they said something was wrong with Catherine, I wanted to know the truth too."
George looked at Esme with nothing but disgust.
"Since you believe them instead of your own family, go be family with the Smith family. Go be Oliver's daughter. How does that sound?"
Esme's eyes went wide!
"George, what do you mean?"