Chapter 309 Underhanded Tactics
Meanwhile, Edison seemed blissfully oblivious to one’s mood. The anger on Jolly’s face was rather evident, yet he continued to fuel the flames.
Then, Rachel had managed to stop Jolly in time before sternly reprimanding him, “You must be Mr. Rivers. Based on the words that you just said, I can sue you for libel, you know.”
“I’m Rachel and Samuel’s mom.” Rachel continued to stare at him with a composed look. “This is my business card. I’ve never met President Sutton before, so why did he send someone to follow my son out of nowhere? What are you guys trying to do?”
It was evident that Edison had already conducted the necessary investigation. “Miss Hudson, this is a matter between President Sutton and Miss Carter, so you better stay out of it. You haven’t even sorted out your affairs, right?”
“What has that got to do with you? Ryan Sutton thinks he can do whatever he wants, huh?”
An extremely mad Jolly roared, “Call him now! If he doesn’t show up today, you won’t be stepping foot out of this place!”
At that point, Edison shrank backward and pretended not to hear her as he maintained his silence.
“So, you’re not going to make the call, huh? I’ll do it, then!” After she had said that, she instantly dialed Ryan’s number.
“Hello? Ryan Sutton, you have twenty minutes to get to the Lily Avenue Police Station to pick up your personal assistant. If you’re even one minute late, I’ll make sure he remains in that holding cell for another month!”
Rachel frowned. Is Ryan Sutton even coming?
Meanwhile, Gloria was someone who was fond of excitement and tugged on Rachel’s hand before continuously asking, “What’s going on? I heard that Ryan Sutton is extremely handsome. He founded Majestic Corp and single-handedly developed it. He was once married, but has already divorced from his wife. That makes him the most popular bachelor in Riverdale right now. Is he romantically involved with Jolly? Don’t tell me that he had a divorce because of Jolly?”
“Stop saying all that nonsense.” Rachel frowned again. “Ryan Sutton filed for divorce three years ago. At that point, Jolly and I were still abroad and not even in town, so that had nothing to do with her.”
“Then, is he actually Samuel’s biological father?”
“Gloria.” The frown on Rachel’s face deepened even further. “Just ignore whatever that man said from before and don’t let Samuel know about it.”
Rachel and Jolly had made a lot of effort all these years to keep Samuel’s identity a secret, so Rachel didn’t want their efforts to go down the drain.
Gloria had in fact always found it strange that Rachel had skipped town immediately after giving birth to Charlotte back then. Meanwhile, Samuel was only a couple of months older than Charlotte, so there was no way he could be Rachel’s son.
It was something that Gloria had wanted to ask Rachel about for the longest time.
Right now, it looked like Edison had been telling the truth in which Samuel was indeed the son of the infamous real estate mogul—Ryan Sutton.
“I’ll definitely keep my lips sealed.” Gloria nodded solemnly. “Despite my personal feud with Jolly, I promise I’ll definitely keep such a major thing to myself.”
“That’s great, then.” Rachel heaved a sigh of relief. “If you have something else on, how about you head off first?”
“I don’t have anything else on. I’m not busy at all.”
Gloria remained fixed in position and refused to budge. There’s something exciting going on, so I would definitely spare my time for this.
Besides, she was keen to know how Ryan Sutton, someone reputable for being dashingly handsome, looked like.
“Judging from Jolly’s fiery temper, she’s quite likely to come to blows with the other party. So, it’ll make things worse if someone gets hurt. This is a police station after all. I’ll be able to help stop her later on.”
Meanwhile, Rachel was aware of Gloria’s thoughts, so she calmly mentioned, “I reckon that you wouldn’t need to stop her.”
In less than twenty minutes, a black-colored Maybach pulled up and stopped in front of the entrance of the police station.
A man wearing a shiny pair of black shoes stepped out of the car and his attire from head to toe was also in black. His hair was cut short and chestnut brown. With impeccable brows, his glittering eyes were a compliment to his perfectly sculpted features. Indeed, he had lived up to his reputation of being an enchanting man.
Gloria was in shock. “He’s really handsome!”
Jolly, who generally had a fiery temper, clenched her hand that was loosely hanging by the side of her body tightly into a fist. Then, she quickly strode toward him.
Under the dark night skies, the duo stood at opposite ends of each other, which was a distance of about half a meter apart. Neither was it too near nor was it too far.
“Ryan Sutton, did you send someone to track Samuel?”
“Yup.”
“Who gave you the right to do such a thing!!”
“I did that based on the fact that he could be my son.”
“Are you out of your mind?” Jolly’s expression darkened. “You should know Justin Burton from Burton Group, right? He’s the son of Justin and his ex-wife, Rachel Hudson.”
“Take a look at his hair, his pair of eyes, and his face! You could perhaps claim that he’s not my son. However, if you claim that he’s Justin’s son…”
At this moment, Ryan’s lips curled into a slight smile as he moved closer toward Jolly.
Meanwhile, she was forced to retreat.
“Surely, no one would believe that at all.”
His casual words rang out from above her head.
At that point, she clenched her teeth and there was a sound of her knuckles cracking as she tightened her fists. “I don’t care whether you believe me or not, but please just stay away from Samuel from now on!”
“That’s not possible. Since he’s my son, then I’ll definitely apply to have custody of him. After all, we were originally engaged to be married, weren’t we?”
As soon as Jolly heard that, she whipped up her head all of a sudden and stared at him incredulously. “Ryan Sutton, how could you even mention that so nonchalantly?”
“It’s a fact that we were originally engaged to be married.”
“You’ve already married someone else!”
“And I’ve also obtained a divorce.”
Ryan voiced out the simple statement and said that without any hint of emotion. To him, it was as if getting married and subsequently a divorce was as natural as it could be and it was something quite normal.
Then, Jolly took a few steps backward but found her shoulders being firmly supported by someone. She turned and saw that Rachel was standing behind her.
Rachel lightly patted Jolly on the shoulders with a hand to provide some reassurance. At the same time, she glanced toward the man opposite her. “You must be President Sutton from Majestic Corp.”
“Miss Hudson.”
Ryan nodded his head slightly as a manner of greeting Rachel.
However, she wasn’t as polite as he was. “It’s quite embarrassing that our first meeting has to be under such unpleasant circumstances. However, after all of the things that you did to Jolly in the past, I can fully understand why this has occurred.”
“Miss Hudson, what do you mean by that?”
“It’s human nature for one to choose a better path by using underhanded tactics to achieve that. However, it’s no wonder that the people whom you have offended in the past don’t want to approach you at all.”
Meanwhile, Ryan’s expression darkened slightly upon hearing that.
Nonetheless, Rachel maintained a neutral expression. “Samuel’s my son. I can let today’s incident slide, but I’ll be in contact with my lawyers and reserve the right to pursue this matter as well. If anything like this happens again, I’ll definitely file a lawsuit against you.”
As soon as she said that, she turned back and shot a look at Gloria.
Gloria quickly escorted the two kids outside from the police station.
Meanwhile, as soon as Ryan saw Samuel, he attempted to say something when he saw Rachel’s warning look. “Mr. Sutton.”
Everyone within the social circles of Riverdale was well aware that the young lady of Hudson Pharmaceuticals, Rachel Hudson, was ruthless with her tactics. She had personally imprisoned her father and kicked her biological sister out of the family in order to inherit Hudson Pharmaceuticals.
As such, Ryan was reluctant to cross the path of a crazed woman like her.
He could only helplessly watch on as they drove off. Then, he stood at the entrance of the police station as a frustrated look flashed across his eyes.
“President Sutton.” His personal assistant’s meek voice rang out from behind, “Should we still continue to trail after the child? I think Miss Hudson actually means her word and she isn’t just saying that to scare us off. I reckon that she would actually take action against us. If she discovers me again, I’ll definitely be taken into custody.”
“Stop doing it.” Ryan calmly mentioned, “She’s still exactly as how she was back then. She can’t even lie to save her life and it doesn’t take much to make her spill the beans.”
“So, what do you mean?”
“There’s no need to continue investigating Samuel’s identity. Just contact the best lawyer in Riverdale.”
“Do you actually plan to fight Miss Carter in court?”
He then glanced into the distance and realized that the other party’s car was gone, thereafter replying nonchalantly, “I’m just making the necessary preparations to be on the safe side.”
