A Night of Desire

Chapter 409: Chapter 402: It Was a Misunderstanding

"Have you ever thought of us as your wife and daughter? Mom and I endured for over twenty years. She followed you without any official status and suffered so much judgment and gossip from outsiders. And now you’re going to kick us out, just for the sake of the Grant Family’s future, just to please Clara Grant!"

Chloe Grant’s words stirred up Cedric Grant’s guilt toward her and her mother. They had indeed been wronged a great deal over those twenty-plus years. After all, Jean Jarvis had always been completely devoted to him, and Chloe was his own biological daughter. How could he bear to kick them out? freewebnøvel.coɱ

He had only spoken out of anger, but Chloe had taken him seriously.

Although Cedric Grant was still angry, his tone softened considerably. He sighed helplessly and said, "Chloe, you need to understand something. You’re my biological daughter; Clara Grant isn’t. Why are you competing with her for favor? You don’t have to. I’ll naturally side with my own daughter."

"I don’t have a real father-daughter relationship with Clara Grant, nor do I have any affection for her as a daughter. I’m just trying to use her to boost the Grant Family’s enterprises. In the future, aren’t all of the family’s assets going to be yours anyway?" frёeweɓηovel.coɱ

"But a pity that this scene you two caused has completely ruined my grand plan!"

"Grand plan? Isn’t it just about the marriage alliance with the Quinn Family? About getting them to support the Grant Family in business? I can do it just as well without Clara Grant!" Chloe Grant said with a disdainful pout.

’No matter what, she couldn’t let Clara Grant marry into the Quinn Family and lord it over her for the rest of her life. What’s so great about that bitch, that she’s better than me at everything!’

’But it was fine now. Based on her filthy background alone, there was no way the Quinn Family would still have her.’

"You?" Cedric Grant shook his head in exasperation. ’This mother and daughter... they’re two of a kind, saying the exact same thing!’

"Are you saying you could marry Miles Quinn? And could you make him the head of the Quinn family, instead of just the second son?"

Chloe Grant was speechless, but she wasn’t ready to give up. "Well, you never know... We saved the Quinn family from public humiliation by exposing Clara Grant’s background. They might think they owe us for that and decide to help the Grant Family with things from now on."

"Hah. You think the Quinn family would care about a small favor like that? Wasn’t I the one who saved Theodore Quinn’s life? I haven’t seen him give us much support!"

"What do you mean, no? Didn’t the Grant Family close several deals with the Quinn Family’s help?" Chloe Grant retorted.

"Those were just minor dealings. The profit was barely worth mentioning. You call that help?"

"Then we can just find another way."

Cedric Grant didn’t speak. He just walked to his desk and sat down, waving a hand at them. "Both of you, leave for now. I want to be alone for a while."

Jean Jarvis and Chloe Grant exchanged a glance, said nothing more, and turned to leave the study.

When he heard the door close, Cedric Grant mulled things over for a moment, then took out his phone and dialed a number.

"Brother Quinn... ah, it’s me." Once the call connected, he immediately adopted an apologetic tone. "Sorry for calling so late. I hope I’m not disturbing you? ... Oh, good, that’s good. I just got back from a busy day at the company and only found out what happened today after I returned..."

"Brother Quinn, listen, what happened today was all a big misunderstanding. The truth is not what it looked like... Look, it’s too complicated to explain over the phone. How about this? I’ll come over to your place tomorrow morning and explain everything properly to you, your wife, and Seth..."