Chapter 276: Arrived at the Door
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
In Karen’s opinion, only Lucas’s villa could be considered a good house. The area of this apartment was far inferior to the living room of Lucas’s villa. How could they be pleased with it?
But Karen failed to consider that Lucas’s villa was unique in Orange County, so it didn’t make sense to compare other residences with it. If she used Lucas’s villa as a standard for comparison, she obviously wouldn’t take a liking to other properties.
William didn’t want to continue indulging Karen, so he snapped, “If you think it’s too small, you can move to a larger place and pay for the rent yourself! As long as you can afford it, I won’t stop you!”
His words made Karen speechless.
Although she had money, she wasn’t willing to pay at least $10,000 a month on renting a villa.
“Hmph, there’s clearly a large villa for us to live in, but you insisted that we move out to this small and shabby apartment. You’re so cheap you don’t even know how to enjoy life!”
William happened to hear Karen’s incessant complaints.
William pointed at the door and said nonchalantly, “Do you still have any shame at all? Even when we were living in the villa, you were picking on everything and creating trouble all day long! If you’re still not satisfied, we’ll get a divorce right away! I don’t care where you’re going. It’s up to you!”
When Karen saw that William wasn’t saving her from any embarrassment at all, her face turned sullen, and she immediately sat on the floor. She then began to smack the floor and wail loudly. “William Carter, you heartless thing! You’ve been married to me for decades, and now you think I’m old, so you’re being so mean to me! What sin have I committed? I worked so hard to raise our daughters, and now you’re treating me like this. Have you got a conscience at all?!”
With a look of annoyance, William ignored her and said to Cheyenne, “Cheyenne, now that you’ve seen the place, you can put your mind at ease, right? Quick, get to work. You don’t have to worry about me anymore.”
Normally, Cheyenne would definitely go up and persuade Karen if she saw her throwing a tantrum and bawling to William. But she was now extremely disappointed with Karen, and she could also tell that Karen just wanted to live in luxury, but she didn’t dare to divorce William. So she decided not to bother about her.
“Dad, go back in. Let me know if there’s anything you need. I’m going to work now.” Cheyenne walked toward the door and got ready to leave.
William looked at Karen making a fuss and throwing a tantrum on the floor. “There’s nothing much to unpack. I’ll go to work first and clean up when I come back in the evening. Let’s go together.”
Neither of them was willing to take Karen’s nonsense, so they stood by the door, ready to leave.
At this moment, the elevator outside the door suddenly opened, and they heard the voices of the people inside before they even walked out.
“I saw them enter this building. No matter where they are, search every floor!”
William’s and Cheyenne’s expressions changed because they could recognize the voice. It belonged to Sharon Hart!
Before they could react, Sharon came out of the elevator with four tall and burly men behind her.
There were two apartments on the floor of William’s apartment, including his. The elevator was near the doors of both apartments, and William and Cheyenne were standing right next to it. So they saw Sharon and her men as soon as they came out of the elevator.
As expected, Sharon’s eyes were full of joy and exhilaration when she saw Cheyenne and William standing a meter away from her.
She reached her hand out and pointed at them excitedly. “Quick, it’s them!”
The four strong men behind her immediately walked toward William and Cheyenne aggressively.
“Quick, go in!”
Seeing that the situation wasn’t right, William immediately pushed Cheyenne into the apartment before closing the door with a loud bang. He then stuck the key into the keyhole and twisted it a few times before pulling it out, locking the door with a loud bang.
William completed the entire process quickly in one go. He was so fast that Cheyenne didn’t even manage to react in time. It was the fastest he had ever been in his life.
The four burly men tried to stop William but to no avail. All they could do was grab William’s hair tightly while punching him hard on the face.
“Mmph!”
The punch landed right smack onto William’s nose. Being big and strong, they broke his nose immediately, and bright red blood instantly gushed out from his nostrils.
“Dad!” When Cheyenne saw this scene, she was so frightened that she hurriedly reached out to twist open the handle of the door to try and stop the violence.
But she only managed to hear the clanging of metal. She couldn’t open the solid metal door because William had already locked it from the outside, and she couldn’t open it from the inside at all!
When Karen heard the commotion outside, she stopped crying and got up from the floor. She then pushed Cheyenne aside and peeked outside through the peephole, only to see William getting beaten up by the few burly men Sharon brought.
She was horrified but thankful and glad that William had locked the door so that they couldn’t rush in to harm her.
Seeing how anxious Cheyenne was and how hard she was trying to get out, Karen sneered and then pushed Cheyenne’s hand away. She mocked, “What are you trying to do? Do you want to go out there and get beaten up too? Don’t drag me down with you! Well, at least your jerk father has the conscience to lock the door! Otherwise, we wouldn’t have been able to escape the beating either!
“I told him to apologize to Sharon Hart just now, but he refused to listen! He totally deserves to get beaten up by them now!”
Even though Cheyenne was usually good-tempered, she was still angered by Karen’s shameless words. She glowered at her with bloodshot eyes. “Dad is getting beaten up outside, and you’re gloating?! Besides, if you hadn’t hit Sharon in the restaurant that time, would she have come here to create trouble?”
Karen immediately sneered and retorted, “Bullshit! Are you blaming me for it? If you hadn’t offended Sharon Hart just now, she wouldn’t have slapped you. Your father slapped her for your sake. What does it have to do with me?”
Karen would never admit to her mistake, and in her opinion, she would never be at fault.
Cheyenne looked at Karen with her eyes full of disappointment.
She had always known that Karen was an incompetent mother who never felt much maternal love for her and Charlotte. But William was her husband, with whom she had spent decades. Now that he was getting beaten up outside, she wasn’t concerned at all. Instead, she was just being cold and selfish!
Hearing the sound of kicking and punching from outside, as well as her father’s suppressed groans of pain, Cheyenne felt as if her heart was being stabbed by a thousand daggers. She felt utterly powerless.
Suddenly, she thought of Lucas!
All the things that Lucas had done during this period of time had made Cheyenne trust him completely. Besides, during the incident at the hotel, Sharon’s husband, James Wilson, also seemed to be afraid of Lucas, so he had brought Sharon to go and apologize to Karen.
With this thought in mind, Cheyenne immediately rummaged through her bag for her phone with shaky hands as though she had found a straw to clutch at. She then called Lucas.
“Lucas, bad news. My father is being surrounded and beaten up. Quickly come and save him! We’re at Block 26, unit #501 of Golden Garden Estate!”