Chapter 17 Take the gate down!
Chapter 17 Take the gate down!
She pointed at the bags in front of the gate,
“Your bags are already packed up. Here are the divorce papers” she retrieved two documents from her coat and passed one through the gaps in the gate,
“Review it and sign your damn signature on the gaps that need your name because I've already signed mine”
Victor's eyes still red, he snatched the paper from her hand and read the contents before realising it was indeed a divorce paper and Emily wasn't joking when she stated at the party she would divorce him. His expression quickly turned from anger to disbelief “Are you serious”
Then, as if a thought struck him, Victor's expression darkened again, and this time around, his voice was filled with more anger. “ Emily, this might happen once or twice, and I can tolerate it! But if you are trying to get my attention with these cheap games, well you've got it! But let me tell you, I'm not falling for your tricks!”
Trying to get his attention? Emily scoffed, staring intensely at Victor as if he were foolish and lacking sense, “ I'm not playing games, and neither am I seeking your attention because that would be the last thing I would ever think of! Can you please stop fooling yourself, it is disgusting to watch!”
“Disgusting?” Victor was shocked to hear such words from her because Emily had never used a foul word on him.
Just as he was about to respond angrily, a low nonchalant chuckle interjected behind, “ Causing such a commotion early in the morning disturbing others' sleep is quite disgusting”
All eyes turned to the source of the voice. The gate to the villa across the street was opened, and Nathaniel was standing there with a relaxed composure, casually leaning against the gate frame. His hands were crossed, dressed in a loose white t-shirt and light grey pajama pants; his short curly hair was unkempt.
As the sunlight pierced the clouds, it shone on him revealing his striking appearance
“Don't you think?”
As soon as Victor saw him, he quickly composed himself and formed a pretentious smile. “ Oh, Mr Waylen, I didn't see you there, good morning,” he said with a slight bow, keeping his smile intact..
Nathaniel didn't answer his greetings, ignoring them like a blow of the wind. When Victor sees that he was totally ignored, this prompts him to ask further, “ Does this villa belong to you?’
As soon as the words left his mouth, he totally regretted it. Biting his lips as he recalls that the Waylen family was the developer behind the building of the LondonSky Estate.
And it makes sense that Nathaniel, as the heir of the Waylen family, would have several properties within his own development. And staying at any villa in the country shouldn't be a problem!
“Is there a problem?” Nathaniel asked, arching one brow up at him. Although his voice was calm there was an icy threat in his words that made Victor feel so intimidated.
Feeling the young man's low self-esteem, Nathaniel flashed him a slight, mocking smile, and his captivating eyes were cold and unreadable. He hates pests like Victor, who always want to appear vulnerable, but inside they are rotten like a spoiled mango.
Keeping his smile and trying not to appear stupid, Victor said, “The Waylen family is the wealthiest in all of Lunvaria. It's stupid of me to ask what you are doing here.” Victor said, still smiling.
Emily, standing at the gate, rolled her eyes as she crossed her hands to watch the fool she mistakenly married. It was clear from his expression that he was bitter about the presence of Nathaniel. So why was he taking it?
But Victor proceeded with his words,
“To be frank with you, Mr Waylen. You have several homes in different estates, and don't you think it is bizarre? Emily and I have lived here for so long and have never noticed anyone living in that villa. It's interesting, of course, if you think about it clearly. But of course, Mr Waylen, with so many properties attached to your name, you still choose to live across us, what are your intentions and Only you have the keys to your thoughts”
His words were dripping with suspicion, he had been suspecting right from the start that he was close to Emily. And this closeness he was suspecting was killing him inside! Emily, getting the hint of his words, only felt disgust, and said, “Mr Waylen can live wherever he wants, Victor. Don't you think you are overstepping your boundaries?”
“Shut up!” Victor snapped, staring intensely at her. His distrust deepened, creating more room in his mind that Nathaniel and Emily might be secretly having an affair, and this pisssed him off a lot.
The feeling that Emily might be cheating on him only increased his rage, and every calm demeanor he had maintained all this time got loose. “ Do you know that Mr Waylen was our neighbor all this time? I can start to see why you dismiss the servants and bodyguards quickly, so no one would keep an eye on you when you fornicate with another man!”
Emily was shocked by the accusation, he was quick to point fingers at her whereas he was the one fucking his adoptive sister behind her back, “ fornicate? That's cheap from the mouth of the one who was best at it!”
She held back her words, trying to calm down her nerves. It was too early in the morning to cause a scene, and she could see some of the neighbors starting to come out due to Victor's loud screaming. Composing herself not to expand the argument, she calmly said, “ Sign the divorce papers! If you want to use a scene, go do it with your beloved Sister!”
Hearing Emily mention the word problem only fueled his anger. He believed she was implying something about his manhood whereas she was the one who caused it. Fixing his intense gaze on Emily, he shouted “ Open the gate now!”
Emily's expression hardened, and she stood her ground. “ Absolutely not! Sign the paper quickly and we can finalize a set to score everything”
But Victor was too deaf to hear anything. His anger was already at the brink, and at any time, he would explode. He pushed himself forward, grabbing the bar of the gate and shaking it vigorously, causing the gate to rattle. ‘ Emily this is your last chance. Open the gate and let me in!”
His face was twisted in fury, his eyes bloodshot and glaring at Emily with an intensity.
Evelyn, who was frightened, bravely stepped in front of Emily, holding a broom in her hand like a weapon “ Miss Charles does not want you here! And if you refuse to leave, I'll call the police!”
“ This is my house you fool! And why can't I come in?” His anger was mixed with humiliation particularly because he was rejected by Emily in front of Nathaniel. The man he was trying to make a business deal with. It only makes him look like a fool!
To him, Emily's refusal was like an insult, and he was convinced Nathaniel's presence meant there was something secretly going on between him and Emily.
But intimidated by Nathaniel's status and position in the country he held back from confronting him directly and instead directed his frustration toward Emily, “Alfred, take this gate down!”