Filed to story: Snatched a Billionaire to be My Husband Book (Cora & Byron)
But now?
Wesley called Byron by his first name and even boldly gazed at Cora’s collar.
“My father has almost recovered,”
Byron initially responded with some patience.
However, when he noticed that Wesley’s gaze was about to stick to Cora’s neckline, he warned,
“If you don’t want to end up lying in the hospital, get lost.”
However, Wesley was a lecherous man by nature. He had always lusted after Cora’s devilish figure but refrained from crossing the line because Byron once held power over him.
Now that Byron no longer posed a threat, he couldn’t help but be eager to spend a passionate night with the woman he desired.
“Byron, times have changed. If you dare to do anything to me, I’ll let my men disable you.”
Wesley threatened, his lecherous gaze fixed on Cora.
“If you’re smart, you’ll let this beautiful lady accompany me tonight. Perhaps then, I might forgive…”
Before he could finish his sentence, Byron punched him in his face.
He even wanted to kick Wesley, but Cora quickly grabbed his arm.
“Don’t cause trouble. Stay calm,”
she urged.
In fact, Cora also wanted to slap Wesley for his repulsive remarks.
In the past, even if she had refrained from taking action, she would have shouted at Byron,
“If you want to fight, stop wasting your time on reasoning.”
But indeed, times had changed…
She was very concerned that Byron might lose control and start a fight, which would only invite unnecessary trouble.
However, even though Byron didn’t continue his attack, Wesley’s anger continued to rise.
“You dare to hit me? Disable him! Let’s see if he can still be so arrogant after that!”
As soon as Wesley finished speaking, his three bodyguards surrounded them.
However, this was the Hansen family’s banquet venue. Mark, the fourth son of the Hansen family, quickly arrived.
As he controlled the most profitable industry of the Hansen Group, his status had also risen.
Even Wesley, upon seeing him approach, quickly put on a flattering smile.
“Mr. Mark Hansen.”
“What’s wrong?”
“It’s nothing. Byron is being unreasonable. He actually hit me for a woman. I just can’t bear this grievance,”
Wesley said.
Having ingratiated himself with Mark recently, he indirectly sensed the conflict between Mark and
Byron.
He planned to use Mark to deal with Byron and claim Cora, the beauty he dreamt of.
Mark glanced at Cora, who was dressed so alluringly, before shifting his gaze back to Byron.
“Byron, why are you here instead of looking after father at the hospital?”
Mark was always wearing a smiling face, even if he wasn’t getting along with Byron.
“Harmony makes money. Don’t ruin our relationship over a woman. How about you apologize to Mr.Ashton, and we can leave this matter behind?”
Mark appeared friendly, but his words were pressing on Byron’s dignity.
Hearing this, Wesley regained his spirits and quickly tidied his suit, ready to listen to Byron’s apology.
But Byron countered,
“And if I refuse to apologize?”
“In that case, I’m sorry, but please return to the hospital to take care of our father. After all, you didn’t receive an invitation card to tonight’s banquet.”
Mark remained smiling. But as soon as he finished speaking, more than ten of the Hansen family’s bodyguards instantly surrounded Byron and Cora.
Apparently, they intended to kick Byron and Cora out by force.
Such action quickly drew the attention of others at the banquet.
They gathered around, including the Yoris and Cross families. However, not a single person stepped forward to speak up for Byron.
Even if they didn’t fully grasp the situation, they understood that Byron had already lost his position.
To be honest, Cora was quite troubled by this grand display. She hadn’t expected that they would actually be kicked out of the banquet, just like what she had imagined last night.
But just as she was thinking about how to defuse the situation to prevent Byron from losing his dignity, she heard him say,
“I have an invitation card.”
“What are you talking about?”
The most stunned person was Mark himself.
After all, he personally compiled the guest list for tonight’s banquet.
In order to ensure that the upper class of New York understood that Byron had been excluded from their family, and they should no longer be associated with him, he deliberately didn’t invite Byron.
But now, Byron actually claimed to have an invitation card.
Mark couldn’t believe it.
“Show me.”
Without hesitation, Byron took out the invitation card from his pocket.
Mark hurriedly took it over and opened it, only to see the guest’s name clearly written as: [Domestic
CEO of Sunda Group.]
Mark was shocked, and he even had some bad feelings.
Could it be that Byron was the domestic CEO of Sunda Group?
No…
Impossible!
He used to be in charge of the Hansen Group. How could he have enough time to do all this?
Amidst his self-doubt, Mark remained silent, causing Wesley to grow impatient.
Wesley took a glance at Byron’s invitation card and chuckled,
“This is an invitation for the domestic
CEO of Sunda Group. You’re not part of the Sunda Group, so why did you come to this banquet with this invitation?”
As Wesley finished speaking, people around him sighed in agreement,
“I never expected the once-
glorious Mr. Hansen to steal someone else’s invitation card just to attend his own family’s banquet.”
“How fortunes change.”
“To be honest, I think Mr. Hansen deserves his plight. He didn’t handle his interpersonal relationships well, always being arrogant and aloof. It was inevitable that he would have no friends and no one to help him in critical moments.”
The Yoris family continued to sit on the sidelines. In fact, solving Byron’s current situation was very simple for them. Each of them had an invitation card for the banquet, and each card allowed them to bring a partner.
If they were willing to speak up for Byron, he wouldn’t face any trouble.
But they didn’t. Instead, they all stood aside and did nothing.
Especially Sara, who sneered,
“Now we’re just waiting to see how the former Mr. Moneybags will be driven out by his own family.”
Jane didn’t say anything, her expression unreadable. However, she also hoped that Byron would understand that once Osborn was gone, without the support of the Yoris family, he would be nothing.
Even if Byron regretted it and dumped Cora to win her back, Jane wouldn’t easily agree.
Harry also did nothing while hugging his partner.
His partner even teased him,
“Mr. Cross, why don’t you go help Mr. Hansen?”
“No need. We’re not that close,”
Harry quickly shifted his gaze away from Byron as if he had forgotten that just over a month ago, he had boasted about being Byron’s closest buddy.
Eason and Lydia also looked at Byron as if he were a stranger.
Lydia told Eason,
“We’re not that close to Byron, so there’s no need to offend your other uncles for him and ruin our cooperation.”
Meanwhile, Eason thought,
“Cora, you’re such a stubborn girl. So, I can only let you suffer first. Once you and Byron are driven out together, experiencing the helplessness of having no power or influence and being bullied by others, you will realize how foolish you’ve been and come back to beg me to get back together with you!”
But Cora was unaware of what Eason was thinking.
She just watched those people mocking and distancing themselves from Byron, associating it with her own situation after the Lane family went bankrupt. She was ridiculed and avoided like a plague everywhere she went.
Suddenly, she felt that Byron was also quite pitiful.
“Pay no attention to them. The strongest ones are always alone, while the weak ones gather in groups,”
she comforted him, moving closer to him and speaking softly.