Chapter 452: Chapter 452: She Helped Me Out? Impossible
Ivana Monroe stood up, not giving Mr. Price or Lucas Pierce a chance to speak, and said tenderly to Leon Keane, "Husband, I’m full. How about you?"
Leon Keane seemed to have been shocked, his voice hoarse, "I’m full too."
"Then let’s go!"
"Mhm."
The two little boys saw their parents preparing to leave and quickly pulled out their chairs, happily following behind.
They left shortly thereafter.
Mr. Price trembled with anger, "She... What does she mean? Relying on being Leon Keane’s wife, does she want to control all the Kane family’s assets?"
Isn’t it so?
Lucas Pierce nodded vigorously, "Grandpa, this woman is too vicious. The Kane family absolutely can’t marry such a daughter-in-law. Divorce... they must divorce."
Ivana Monroe is definitely his financial stumbling block. This tigress has already shown her stance and might never give him a single penny in the future.
Lucas Pierce reminded Mr. Price.
Mr. Price immediately said to Leon’s mother, "Nan Nan, let me tell you... this woman... huh, where is Nan Nan?"
He looked around, but there wasn’t a trace of Leon’s mother anywhere.
Seeing this, Lucas Pierce panicked, his body wavering a bit, "It’s over, did Auntie also lose to that woman? Did she run away out of fear?"
"Jackie, what are you talking about?"
Preston Pierce was really about to explode, his father was getting old and said things impetuously after drinking, hurting Leon’s mother’s feelings, and that brat Lucas Pierce was egging on; now people were offended, couldn’t they see that?
"I wasn’t talking nonsense. If Auntie could take on Ivana Monroe, why didn’t she stand up and say something for me and Grandpa just now? She’s clearly afraid of her daughter-in-law."
"Jackie..."
"Preston, you shut up. Jackie’s not wrong, the daughter I raised, really is useless."
Mr. Price listened to Lucas Pierce and got even angrier, gripping the tabletop trying to flip it over. But the table was pressed down by a circular toughened rotating glass, and Mr. Price, being elderly, didn’t have the strength. Frustrated, he picked up a soup bowl on the table to smash it on the ground.
"Dad, don’t do that..."
"Get out... Is this any of your business?"
Just as Peter Pierce spoke, Mr. Price roared and cursed him into silence. He looked at Preston Pierce, seemingly wanting Preston to stop Mr. Price.
Preston remained unmoved, as if he hadn’t seen anything. If Mr. Price spoke too harshly about Leon’s mother, he would stop it, but he wouldn’t stop Mr. Price from smashing things.
Because, he also wanted Leon’s mother to know just how angry Dad was.
If Dad’s health suffered from the anger, it would be Leon’s mother’s responsibility.
The waiter saw what was happening, tried unsuccessfully to intervene, and nearly got hit by a bowl that Mr. Price picked up.
Life is truly precious.
The waiter ran to find the manager.
The lobby manager was much calmer and said, "Don’t worry about him, those bowls aren’t worth much. As long as he has the strength, he can smash all the bowls in the kitchen."
The older they get, the more shameless they act. Does President Kane belong to their Price family as a free ATM? Asking for a billion just like that?
Leon’s mom is also too muddle-headed. President Kane has worked hard for the Kane Group, hasn’t he? That’s why it’s at today’s size. President Kane has money, but it’s earned through sweat and toil. When Leon’s mother supports the Price family, can’t she be a bit more considerate of President Kane?
Why insist on supporting the Price family, these ungrateful leeches who think everything is a given?
The lady of the house is truly impressive.
The lobby manager is perceptive, seeing that Ivana Monroe deliberately spoke those words for Mr. Price and Lucas Pierce to hear, and not because she really wanted President Kane’s money.
She is a respected entrepreneur. Under her leadership, GK was revived. Such a smart and capable woman wouldn’t covet President Kane’s wealth.
Leon’s mother really couldn’t stand the suffocating atmosphere in the hotel and quietly slipped out. Hearing the sound of the fountain, she gazed at it blankly and, for some reason, tears began to flow.
Leon’s mother wanted to cry out loud like the fountain. She indeed felt too aggrieved, as if everyone had abandoned her. Her father didn’t love her and treated her like a cash tool. Her brothers didn’t love her either, except for the honest and simple Peter Pierce, and Preston Pierce was cunning and deceitful. Even her son, Leon Keane, having Ivana Monroe, forgot about her as his mother. Even little Ian went with them...
What did she have left?
Boo hoo hoo...
Leon’s mother felt like the whole world had left her alone.
Someone came up behind her and draped a coat over her.
Leon’s mother paused, quickly wiping away her tears, afraid of being laughed at.
"Nan Nan, what situation of yours haven’t I seen? You don’t have to pretend to be strong in front of me," the man behind her sighed.
Leon’s mother was startled, turned around, and saw Leo Griffin’s face, marked by the passage of time but still incredibly charming, "Dr. Griffin."
Leo Griffin smiled, "Call me Leo! Dr. Griffin sounds too formal."
Leon’s mother blushed slightly, "Isn’t that inappropriate?"
Leo Griffin said, "What’s inappropriate about it?"
Leon’s mother thought of herself as Leon Keane’s mother, now at such an age, calling Leo Griffin... Leo would inevitably make people laugh. But she couldn’t say it, as Leo Griffin’s gaze was pure and without any ulterior motives, and if she did say it, it would make her appear too conscious of herself, which was embarrassing.
Leo Griffin saw Leon’s mother say nothing, and didn’t press further, simply smiled and said, "Nan Nan, let’s sit and talk."
Leo Griffin pointed to the circular steps around the fountain.
"Mhm."
Leon’s mother followed Leo Griffin to sit by the fountain. Here, the sound of the fountain wasn’t too loud or too quiet, enough for her and Leo to hear each other but not enough for others around to eavesdrop on their conversation.
It was just right.
Leon’s mother thought so.
"Nan Nan, we’re getting on in years. Some things are beyond our control, and it’s better to leave them. We should stop and enjoy the little time we have left."
"I understand that, and I don’t want to interfere, but... nobody’s on my side."
Leon’s mother understood this all too well. She also knew she’d helped the Price family too much, but when she wanted to stop, she found no one to support her. Everyone had their own little plans. The only one who supported her, Peter Pierce, was a bit useless.
"Who says so? I think Ivana Monroe is quite good. She helped get you out of trouble."
"What? She helped me? Impossible, you must be mistaken; she’s only looking out for her own family’s interests."
"It seems you don’t really understand Ivana Monroe, nor her relationship with her family," Leo Griffin said slowly, "Ivana has a very poor relationship with her father..."
Leo Griffin talked at length, and Leon’s mother listened in a daze.