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Chapter 354 This Is A Family Matter
Chapter 354 This Is A Family Matter
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Everybody in the room looked at Eugene, as they waited for his explanation. They couldn't understand how he came to know this person in front of them, so, they were curious about it.
But of course, they could already guess what happened. After all, they knew Eugene all too well. Back in Summer City, he was someone who always did what he pleased, because that was his home ground.
But now that he had gone away from his home ground, he might have forgotten about the fact that there were other people that were out of his league as long as he was not in his area.
"Eugene, speak up right now. What did you do to offend… him?" Henry Smith, the family head of the Smith family asked Eugene. All the same, he did not know how to refer to Jack and as a result, he could only say 'him'.
Eugene remained silent, as even he himself didn't know how to answer. All the same, it wasn't his fault at all. Otherwise, had it not been for the fact that they had shown him Celine's image, then, he would not have come over to Kartu city, at least not now.
"We are all waiting for you here! Do you think that we have all day to wait for you to speak?" Henry asked irritatedly.
Pursing his lips, Eugene finally replied, "This is not my fault at all. You are the ones that were involved with the arrangement of this marriage. And now, I came to take my bride to be, but I found out that she had been engaged to that piece of trash there…"
"What did you just say?!" Henry Smith got to his feet and interrupted Eugene from continuing. He couldn't believe that the reason as to why all of this had been happening was simply because of the marriage agreement.
During the past few days, the family businesses had been suffering several losses, but they didn't know whom it was that they had offended. But it was just recently that they had been informed that if they wanted to meet with the person that was involved in that, they had to come to the Glaze hotel conference room number 3.
And here, they had met with Jack. And since Jack was the one that was engaged with Celine, it was obvious that he had a reason to attack them. But still, they didn't believe that it was Jack personally doing this, but they believed that it was the background behind him.
"I'm not the one at fault here. He is the one that took away my girl…" Eugene began explaining himself once again.
"Shut up already!" Henry roared angrily at Eugene. This stupid kid did not know about how to go with the situation. Currently, their family businesses were still encountering trouble, yet here he was trying to provoke the person that had caused it.
Eugene was forced to remain silent as he knew his father well. Even though it was true that he was always good to him, that was if he was happy. But if he was angry, the pain that Eugene was going to undergo was just as much.
After that, Henry turned his attention towards Jack. Then he said, "Mr.…"
"You can just call me Jack." Jack said the moment that he realized that Henry didn't know how to address him.
"Yes Mr. Jack. What I'm trying to say is, although it is true that you have already gotten engaged with Celine, I don't believe that this is something that should make you attack our families, right?" Henry asked with a forced smile on his face.
Since he knew nothing about Jack's background, he decided to be careful. He had to ensure that they did not provoke him any further, without coming up with countermeasures that they were going to use to handle him.
"You guys are funny. Why do you think I attacked your families' businesses? It is not simply because of the fact that this wastrel of yours came to look for my fiancée, but because of what he did after he realized that the two of us have already gotten engaged." Jack replied calmly.
"What did he do?" Henry asked. Although he wasn't pleased that Jack was referring to his son as a wastrel, he didn't want to dwell on the matter for the moment.
"Just ask him what he did." Jack shook his head and leaned back on his seat.
Henry was getting frustrated at this moment. It was not just a matter of the fact that the person in front of them was younger than him, but even the treatment that he was receiving from Jack didn't contain any respect at all.
But all the same, he decided to bear with it. Once he found a way to deal with him, that would be the time that he would teach him a lesson.
He looked at Eugene and asked, "What did you do?"
Eugene remained silent for a moment, before he replied, "I did what I always do. I had already tried telling him to leave her alone, but he refused. For that reason, then I could only do what was possible, and that was to eliminate him. With him out of the picture, then Celine wouldn't have to think about another man who does not exist anymore."
Looking at the nonchalant expression on Eugene's face, Henry's face darkened. At the same time, he began regretting not teaching this stupid son of his a lesson.
'It is no wonder Mr. Jack decided to attack our families. After all, if someone attempted to kill you, you will definitely get angered.' Henry thought to himself.
Then with a forced smile on his face, he looked at Jack and said, "Mr. Jack, all of this is a misunderstanding. Although it is true that he attempted to kill you, but aren't you still alive?"
Jack narrowed his eyes as he looked at Henry. Although he had expected that these big families always acted in this way, he had never expected that even when they were in a perilous situation, they were actually capable of saying such words to him.
They were actually asking him to let them go after they failed to kill him. What did they take him for?
"You should know how presumptuous your words are. Had I not been strong enough, I would have been the person that would have been dead already. You should already be thankful to me that I haven't killed off that stupid son of yours, and neither have I done a massacre on your family." Jack said in a cold voice.
"Had it been just an attack on me, then I might perhaps be lenient enough and tolerate it. But, there's something that I cannot accept. That is, what he tried to do to Celine."
"Since he failed in his attempt to kill me, he at several times attempted to kidnap her. And of course, we all know what would have happened if he had succeeded. For me, that is the worst crime that you can commit."
As he said these words, killing intent surged from him. The temperature in the conference room dropped, making all the people present to shiver slightly.
"Excuse me Mr. Jack. But, don't you think that you are getting involved in something that you should not be? Celine is my granddaughter. And, we had already come to an agreement a very long time ago even before she was born, that she was going to get married to someone from the Smith family." At this moment, Owen who had been silent all this while finally spoke.
Noticing that he had already grabbed Jack's attention, he continued, "This can be as well considered as a family matter. Although it is true that the two of you have gotten engaged, but the family that the girl belongs to hasn't agreed to it. So, I hope that you can annul the engagement between the two of you."
Jack narrowed his eyes as he looked at Owen. In the next moment, he said, "Old man, I don't care if you are Celine's grandfather or not. Ever since she was born, she has never seen you, and neither has the Gravy family done anything for her. For that reason, she doesn't owe your family anything."
"And let me warn you. Don't treat my girl as a product or an item that you can make decisions for. She is a human being, and she has her own mind and feelings. For that reason, she has the right to make her own choices, on what is to be of her life."
"Believe me when I say it. To me, it doesn't matter if you are her grandfather or not. As long as you attempt to say anything like that again, then, I will definitely beat you up regardless of your age."
"Even if Celine will hate me for this, I won't care about it because I am sure that I will be able to steal her heart again and make her love me once more."
Owen suddenly felt frightened by the aura that was emitted by Jack. This was the first time that he had encountered a person that was as domineering as Jack.
"But we are her blood relatives. There is no way that you can make decisions for her!" Although he was a little scared, Owen still tried to argue.
"Yes you are her blood relatives. But you don't have the right to make decisions for her." Jack replied nonchalantly.
And before Owen could say anything else, he said, "Now that's it. Now then, let's talk about compensation for the actions that you have taken. You have to make sure that you pay enough price for the damage that you have caused the two of us."