I realized that those from the Stovall family had a knack for pissing people off. Had Louis not gotten himself into politics twenty years ago, he probably would’ve ruined the lives of countless young women like John.
Louis waited until Ezra had left before asking worriedly, “What did Ezra talk to you about?”
“He wanted me to talk Ashton out of his plans for revenge.”
“Hmph, I knew he was up to no good!” Louis snorted disdainfully before instructing the servants nearby, “If Mr. Grant comes by again, I want you all to send him away on the spot!”
It was rare to see Louis lose his temper at anyone other than John, so I chuckled in amusement as I said, “Looks like your grudge against Ezra is a lot stronger than that of Ashton’s!”
Louis let out a huge sigh in response. “I was this close to nabbing Ezra and his men back then, but he managed to get away in the very last moment and has been living the high life here in K City ever since. Most of the businesses that he owns are in legal gray areas, so there wasn’t much I could do about them. Looks like bringing them to justice before my retirement is just wishful thinking now…”
Emery and I didn’t know much about the stuff that took place in the older generations, so we kept quiet as we didn’t know what to say.
After a brief moment of silence, Louis shifted his gaze towards Emery and asked, “You’re that girl from the Moore family, aren’t you? You’ve just gotten married to Hunter a while back, right?”
“Yes, that’s right,” Emery replied with a shy smile.
I couldn’t help but find it strange that an official of Louis’ caliber would be so close to someone like Hunter.
“Hmm… Not bad, you two go well together!” Louis nodded with a look of approval on his face as he continued, “Hunter is a great man and has huge potential, so make sure to offer him your full support as his wife!”
Does that mean Hunter is planning on getting into politics? Why hasn’t Emery ever told me about it?
Emery nodded awkwardly with a stiff smile on her face and kept quiet.
“You have an urgent call, Mr. Stovall,” Louis’ assistant said as he came running into the living room with a phone in his hand.
Louis then took the phone over and went into the study upstairs with his assistant.
By the time I turned around, Emery was already packing up her stuff.
“I just remembered I had something to take care of, so I have to get going now. Talk to you later!”
“Huh? Wait…”
Ring! Ring! Ring!
I was about to call out to her when my phone started ringing, but decided to let her go when I saw that it was Ashton calling.
“Have you had breakfast?” His voice was so hoarse that it sounded like he had been staying up all night.
“Yeah, just a while ago. You stayed up all night again, didn’t you?”
“Has Ezra left?” Ashton avoided my question by changing the topic.
I was about to pour myself a cup of tea, but set the teapot down when I heard that. “You knew he’d come?”
“It was a guess,” Ashton said with a chuckle. “Looks like my guess was correct, after all. Things are different now compared to how they were twenty years ago, and they’re the ones that are afraid of me now!”
Ezra’s promotion depended heavily on his performance, and those around him had tried really hard to get him promoted. However, things have changed, and people of higher positions received more attention from the public. Thanks to the great emphasis placed on transparency, even the tiniest of mistakes were greatly magnified. As such, Ezra had tried to appease Ashton in hopes of staying out of trouble.
More importantly, Ashton wasn’t the only enemy Ezra had. Apart from lower-ranking officials like Louis, he had another rival who was also going after the promotion. Despite the rival seemingly have a higher chance at victory, they were both evenly matched and extremely cautious in their approach.
“Ezra is just trying to stall for time right now. Once he gets that promotion and eliminates his rival, I’m the first person he’ll be coming after. In fact, I think he’s already making his plans on getting rid of me as we speak. You may be my wife, but you are still a member of the Stovall family. The reason Ezra came here in person was to test the water and see if there was a need to go after you as well.” Ashton sounded really calm as he explained it to me.
