Consequences of Dumping the Obsessive Boss: Stuck with Him Forever-Chapter 217: How Can You Treat My Fiancée as a Mere Transaction?

Summer Lowell saw his earnest words, serious gaze, and undeniable determination, so she could only choose to temporarily compromise and follow him.

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After Justin Huxley was hung up on, he felt a strong sense of unease. He called back, only to find out the person’s phone was turned off.

Becoming more and more frantic, he called Vivian Sullivan, but unfortunately, Vivian was still busy and didn’t have time to check her phone.

After Justin hesitated for a while, he called Mr. Huxley: "Uncle, what happened tonight?"

Mr. Huxley happened to have just returned to The Huxley Residence with Tina Huxley.

Mrs. Huxley saw his expression and guessed who was on the phone, silently asking with a look. Mr. Huxley nodded to confirm.

Onlooking, Tina felt a bit scared yet guilty. She hugged Mrs. Huxley’s arm: "What should I do? How should I explain to Vaughn when he comes back?"

"It’s okay, don’t worry about it. Let your father handle it."

Mrs. Huxley patted her hand, "You’ve had a fright tonight, go take a bath and sleep. I’ve already asked Mama Jacobs to prepare the bath water for you."

"There’s no rush to go up," Mr. Huxley hung up the phone, stopping Tina, who was eager to leave, "Justin will be here soon. You wait here and admit your mistake to him personally when he arrives."

Tina didn’t dare. She clutched Mrs. Huxley’s arm, pleading: "Vaughn will definitely be angry. Mom, can you help me explain?"

"No, this matter started because of you. You must explain to Justin." Mr. Huxley reprimanded her coldly, "If you knew this would happen, why did you make such a foolish move? Did you think with your smarts you could outplay Maxim Sinclair?"

At this moment, Old Master Huxley, who had not fallen asleep, pushed the door open and came out of his room.

Mr. Huxley, seeing him come out, quickly apologized: "Dad, was I too loud and disturbed you? It’s so late, you should go rest! Staying up is bad for your health."

"No need, I’ll wait for Justin. I need to explain to him, after all, today’s deal was my decision."

Old Master Huxley gave Tina a disappointed look, "Although we all support your marriage to Maxim, a girl should have her dignity. If he’s not accepting even when you’re being this forward, then you shouldn’t resort to such low means."

Tina regretted it deeply but it was too late to regret: "Grandpa, my plan was foolproof, but who could have thought Maxim would reach out so far, even bribing the bar manager in advance. Otherwise, I would have succeeded."

"He and Miss Lowell always had something ambiguous, and so does Justin, insisting on Miss Lowell. And now, they’ve offended Maxim. If not for this, he wouldn’t have reached so far."

Seeing this, Mr. Huxley chimed in with a chuckle: "And if Maxim didn’t insist on Miss Lowell, we wouldn’t have a handle on him, to snatch the project from him!"

Old Master Huxley laughed heartily: "Right, exactly. Now that he’s taken that Lowell woman back, it proves he truly cares about her. We can exploit this point to continue our plans against him."

The father and son were in high spirits discussing this when Tina keenly noticed Justin arriving at The Huxley Residence.

She felt uneasy and scurried over to Mrs. Huxley’s side, clutching her arm: "Vaughn’s back, what should I do? I’m so scared he’ll be angry! How should I explain to him?"

"Apologize sincerely and earnestly to him," Mr. Huxley reprimanded her coldly, "The wrongdoing lies with you in this matter, you must apologize to him, and only with a proper attitude can you calm his anger."

Just after Mr. Huxley finished speaking, Justin hurriedly ran in: "Uncle, what did you mean by what you said on the phone just now? I didn’t understand."

Sitting on the sofa beside them, Old Master Huxley gave a discontented cough, reminding Justin, who had just come in, not to forget to greet him.

Justin realized and quickly ran to Old Master Huxley’s side: "Grandpa, why aren’t you sleeping so late? You’re of old age, staying up late isn’t good for your health."

Old Master Huxley was aware of what he was most concerned about: "Tina’s been muddled and committed a mistake. I was afraid after you heard about it, you’d also get confused, so I’m waiting here specifically to advise you."

With things said to this extent, Justin already had a vague guess.

He stood up, puzzled, and turned to ask Mr. Huxley: "What exactly happened? Uncle, what you said on the phone was so vague, I didn’t understand."

Mr. Huxley couldn’t bring himself to say it, so he turned to sternly reprimand Tina, using a tone more severe than ever: "Why are you still just standing there?! Quickly explain to your brother!"

Tina, scolded and with tears in her eyes, came over sobbing: "It’s all my fault, I got muddled today and wanted to drug Maxim Sinclair, thought of cooking rice to make it cooked, to fully be with him."

"And then?" Justin discreetly observed the expressions of the people present, sneering inwardly, then anxiously looked at Tina, "Did Maxim bully you? Say something; if he dared to bully you, I’ll go settle accounts with him right now."

His reaction made Tina and Mrs. Huxley feel even more guilty.

Mrs. Huxley couldn’t bear to look, turned her face away temporarily, then walked over again, and hit Tina softly: "You thoughtless thing, quickly explain clearly to your brother. It’s all my fault for not teaching you well, making you commit such foolish mistakes."

Seeing her suddenly resort to physical action, Justin hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "We’re talking properly, why resort to violence? Aunt, Tina’s grown up, you can’t just hit her."

Tina cried out tearfully: "Brother, I’m sorry, Maxim found out about my plan beforehand, deliberately acted along with me, then turned around and threatened to report me to the police and have me jailed."

"Since it was acting, then even if it was attempted, it doesn’t matter. Brother knows a lawyer. I’ll help you resolve it. Wait, what’s this got to do with Summer? Why does this matter need explanation to me, how did it involve Summer too?"

Tina shook her head fearfully: "Maxim used the threat of reporting me to make me send Summer back to him, or else he would escalate the matter, leaving me with no place to stand in Stellarion."

She finally said everything in one go, then collapsed into Mrs. Huxley’s arms, crying.

Justin seemed struck by lightning, stunned for a long while, then looked up at Mrs. Huxley, who was likewise guilty: "But Summer is my fiancée!"