: Severe Consequences
Jeanie and Austin tried to stop him, but Harald easily shoved them away. Jeanie was sent flying to the
cabinet and fell to the ground with a thud. She didn’t get up for a long time, while Austin entangled
himself in a brawl with Leeroy, but he couldn’t even get close to Trevor. “There’s a bunch of reporters
out there right now. If I can’t get away, then I’m dragging you guys down with me!”
“So you came prepared.” Elise went up to him and pierced his soul with an icy glare. “Who told you to
do this?”
Based on how the father and son duo are dressed, the Field Family is just the average family. It’s only
been a few hours since the case happened. The most they can come up with is to force the Andersons
into going through with the marriage. No average man would be able to come up with a plan to call the
reporters and expose this. Someone must have instructed him to do so.
“It’s a man named Hinterland. He’s a reporter from Sunlight Daily. He found out about my daughter and
Trevor’s relationship, and he came to us and said he’s going to help us out. I didn’t want to, but he said
we won’t even get a single cent if we didn’t rely on the media. He said the Andersons are powerful
enough to silence us. That’s why I agreed to it,” Leeroy quickly explained the moment he met Elise’s
gaze.
“Is that all?” Elise asked, apparently still having her doubts.
“Yes.” Leeroy looked up at her and nodded.
Elise nodded, allowing the two of them to leave. Leeroy and Harald took the hint and fled.
Austin kept looking at them, frowning. In the end, he sighed and went outside, but when he brushed
past Elise, he paused for a moment. “Come with me.”
“You can say what you want right here.” Elise wouldn’t allow him to lord her around.
That only made him more upset. He hesitated for a moment before saying earnestly, “That was not a
great move. Do you have any idea what will happen?”
“Are you trying to tell me what to do?” Elise looked at him coldly.
“No. I’m just trying to teach you,” Austin said. “You’re still a single woman, so you shouldn’t have gotten
yourself into this.”
“You’re telling me to stay out of the Andersons’ business, aren’t you?” Elise cut straight to the point.
“How can you say that? I just don’t want you to get into trouble.” Austin was getting agitated.
“How do you know I don’t want to get into trouble? If it’s my own choice, I don’t care even if I get myself
into a catastrophe,” Elise snapped coolly. “Or do you think you can have one more puppet to control if I
stay out of this?”
For some reason, Faye found out about the whole fiasco, and she came right over to the scene. When
she heard what Elise just said, she quickly dashed inside and stood beside Austin. “You can’t talk to
Dad like that!” she said angrily. “He just got better! We’re his daughters, so can’t you just take a step
back?”
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