Flash Marriage With Mr. Sheffield: Go Away, Cheap Man!-Chapter 157: A Fiasco in Trying to Outsmart

The internet is flooded with scandals about Graham Sutton’s affair with his former daughter-in-law.

Isaac Sutton never imagined his father over fifty would stir up such a colossal mess at this critical juncture.

"Are you senile? Doing something like this, I think you’re truly starved for attention!" Isaac Sutton couldn’t hold back anymore, berating his father in a fury.

Nearby, Judy Bishop sat on the sofa with a grim face, having cried, her eyes were red and swollen.

Graham Sutton knew he was at fault, not expecting his affair with Quinn Hughes to be exposed so quickly.

Facing his son’s wrath, Graham Sutton felt displeased, his face dark, but he couldn’t say anything since he was indeed at fault.

Normally, if Isaac Sutton threw a fit at him like this, even if he was wrong, he would put on a fatherly air, asserting his patriarchal authority, and never let his son scold him like this.

But now, at this critical time, Sutton had just held a successful product launch this morning.

Right after that, his scandal was exposed.

Sutton’s reputation plummeted rapidly, and this new product was ruined by his hand.

Graham Sutton knew the severe consequences this incident brought, enduring his son’s rage patiently.

After a long while, Isaac Sutton finally finished venting his anger, standing grim-faced in the living room.

Graham Sutton spoke awkwardly: "Isaac, what your father did was wrong. Now that it’s happened, anger won’t help – we need to think about how to remedy this..."

"Remedy?" Isaac Sutton interrupted him, laughing in exasperation at what seemed like a cosmic joke, "How am I supposed to remedy this?"

Isaac Sutton barely suppressed his anger, only to have Graham provoke him again.

"This new product launch was completely modeled on Sheffield Group’s launch set for tomorrow. We held ours this morning, and your scandal exploded right after. With Sheffield backing it, there’s no way to suppress this scandal!"

Graham Sutton said nothing awkwardly.

Isaac Sutton’s forehead veins bulged, shouting at Graham Sutton: "Do you think I haven’t considered any countermeasures? Haven’t thought of deleting those scandals and removing the hot searches? I’m telling you, none of it works! You’re fifty years old, yet you act so mindlessly? Of all people, why hook up with your former daughter-in-law!"

Isaac Sutton had never been this furious with his father, eyes bloodshot, grinding his teeth, his chest heaving fiercely with rage.

Graham Sutton was stunned by his son’s yelling, yet couldn’t retort.

This blunder he committed truly affected the company’s interests.

Isaac Sutton argued fiercely with Graham Sutton, and stormed out in anger, slamming the door.

After his son left, Judy Bishop cried, made scenes, and threatened suicide, giving Graham Sutton no peace.

But no matter how angry she was, no matter how much she acted up, Judy Bishop never once mentioned the word "divorce."

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On the following day, Sheffield Group held their new product launch as scheduled.

Since their B product was already an upgrade of the A product, with all parameters better than those of A.

Sutton Group had just released their product yesterday, which was a counterfeit of Sheffield’s, so Sheffield’s product launch completely overshadowed Sutton’s.

People compared Sutton’s and Sheffield’s new products, and anyone with eyes could see Sheffield’s product was far superior to Sutton’s.

Sheffield’s PR department spent money promoting Graham Sutton and Evie Hughes’s scandal heavily, while hiring several top bloggers to post video reviews comparing the two companies’ new products.

Isaac Sutton tried to attack Sheffield, but instead inadvertently drew a huge wave of traffic to Sheffield’s new products, turning them into a comparative benchmark.

His dreams of surpassing Sheffield Group and regaining Clara Sterling were shattered.

Sutton Group urgently convened a board and shareholders’ meeting, where they decided to remove Graham Sutton from his chairman position and elect a new chairman.

Sutton Group was Graham Sutton’s decades of hard work.

Yet the company was not solely his.

At this critical period, he revealed a shocking scandal, gravely affecting the company’s interests, and the shareholders’ meeting would not allow him to remain chairman.

The board’s bunch of old foxes wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to carve up the company.

Sheffield promptly issued a statement claiming someone from within Sheffield leaked commercial secrets, and Sutton Group’s newly launched product plagiarized theirs, preparing evidence to sue Sutton.

Once Sheffield’s statement was released, Sutton’s stock plummeted, its market value evaporating considerably as many shareholders pulled out.

For a time, Sutton Group was plunged into a dire crisis.

Isaac Sutton was busy rushing around during this period.

Meanwhile, Silas Sheffield discovered that Thea Tate once had a top hacker boyfriend in Freedonia, though he hadn’t traced the previous rumors about Clara Sterling and Julian Hawthorne to Thea Tate dropping them.

But Thea Tate’s ex-boyfriend being a hacker was enough to make Silas Sheffield suspicious of her.

If done, there is certainty evidence left behind.

The team Silas Sheffield sent traced the line further, quickly discovering the evidence.

"I knew it was her." Clara Sterling was unsurprised seeing Silas Sheffield’s findings.

She raised her eyes at Silas Sheffield, "So, what are you planning to do about it?"

"Fire her and make her apologize to you publicly online." Silas Sheffield didn’t hesitate.

"Okay, let’s do as you said." Clara Sterling nodded, satisfied.

She knew as Tate Family’s heiress, even if sued, Thea Tate had the family to back her up, eventually leading to nothing.

Prideful as Thea Tate, having to apologize publicly online was worse than death.

Silas Sheffield making this decision indicated a readiness to break with the Tate Family.

The bedroom lights were dim and soft, casting a glow on Silas Sheffield’s deep and handsome features.

Clara Sterling originally thought, upon discovering Thea Tate was behind the leaks, Silas Sheffield might show leniency due to her Tate Family ties, perhaps not directly firing her.

Unexpectedly, Silas Sheffield was so decisive.

For her sake, he chose to break ties with the Tate Family.

Clara Sterling felt touched, instinctively wrapping her arms around Silas Sheffield’s neck, initiating a kiss.

"Nice attitude, Mr. Sheffield, this is your reward." Clara Sterling’s eyes shimmered with allure, her smile radiant.

Silas Sheffield’s eyes darkened beneath his gold-rimmed glasses, his voice deep and magnetic: "One kiss isn’t enough."

Clara Sterling chuckled lightly, straddling over him, lifting her nightdress, "How about this?"

Rarely so proactive, Silas Sheffield leaned back on the sofa, leisurely observing her in silence.

Clara Sterling’s cheeks flushed, feeling shy.

Usually, it was Silas Sheffield who initiated things, but today she did, her movements a bit clumsy.

Soon, the man turned passive to active, lifting her to the floor-to-ceiling window, turning off the lights on the way.

"The moonlight’s beautiful tonight." His voice was hoarse and his breath heated.

"Mm." Clara Sterling moaned softly.

With lights off, the room was illuminated by cold moonlight, casting shadows of overlapping figures before the window, rising and falling.

That night, Clara Sterling fell asleep from exhaustion.