UNTOLD SECRETS

Chapter-3

Meanwhile, the Johnson Residence was ringing with cheers and laughter. Blessed with incredibly pretty looks, Kousini was holding Logan’s arm as she pleaded like a spoiled child, “Please buy me a Maserati, Dad. Our family received 30 million from the Evans, so we don’t have to worry about money anymore!”

Logan was sitting on a chair and reading a newspaper. Upon hearing her words, he turned his head and glared at her peevishly. “How could you have the guts to ask for a luxury car? You refused to marry Evans when you were asked to. I really have no idea what you were thinking about. The Evans are so rich, would you not have whatever you wanted once you married into that family?”

Kousini wrinkled her nose with a disdainful expression. “Dad! Ryan Evan looks extremely ugly and is said to have an eccentric character. It disgusts me just to think about him, so I’ll never agree to marry him! That's the reason Subhasini, that forsaken mute, married him in my stead, didn’t she?” she protested before pausing for a moment. Then, she rolled her eyes and smiled slyly. “I would be willing to get married if I were to marry Julian Walker, though. He is said to be a Doctor of Medicine in France. He’s such a handsome and promising young man, who is pretty close to my ideal type of person.”

She’s the apple of my eye, after all. I have spoiled her ever since she was a child. I can’t force her to marry someone whom she dislikes, but she has become more and more unreasonable as I spoil her, Logan thought to himself. He poked Kousini in the nose and replied, “Julian Walker is Amber Walker’s son, not the heir of the Evan Family. What’s so special about him? Besides, Ryan Evan will not be made a fool of easily. Where was I supposed to find a substitute for you in a short time if it weren’t for her?”

Kousini raised her chin disdainfully. “Even if she wasn’t there to substitute for me, there would be someone else. Perhaps she wasn't the only one who was too eager to marry into the Evans! A mute who cannot speak should simply be grateful for being able to marry into a wealthy family!”

Logan merely smiled without saying a word. Only he knew that how he had forced Subhasini to marry Ryan using her grandmother’s life-saving money, but there was no need for his little princess to worry about that. Even though Subhasini was also his own daughter, a mute who had been left in a remote mountain village for many years before resuming her relationship with him, he had no comparability with a beloved daughter who had been spoiled and doted on since childhood. Moreover, unlike Kousini, Subhasini couldn’t win glory for the Johnson Family.

As the father and daughter were chatting happily, Logan suddenly received a call from the company. After Logan answered the phone, his countenance changed all of a sudden. “What did you say? The funding from the Evan Family is empty? That’s impossible!” Then, his face became increasingly grave as the person on the other end said something.

Kousini was seated near Logan, and she turned ghastly pale when she heard that the money that should have come into their hands was gone. “What should we do, Dad?”

Logan knitted his brows as he thought of something. Then, he uttered bitterly between clenched teeth, “What a bustard Ryan Evan is! How dare he play tricks on me? How could he go back on his word after I married my daughter to him?”

“That ugly monster is simply too annoying!” Kousini thanked her lucky stars. “It’s lucky that I didn’t marry him. It’s crude for that scum to go back on his word!” Then, she looked at her father and asked hesitantly, “What should we do next, Dad?”

Logan collected himself and pondered for a moment. “Since he’s being unkind to me, he shouldn’t blame me for being treacherous. Don’t forget that Subhasini is now one of the Evans.”

Kousini smiled instantly when she saw how her father appeared to have a card up his sleeve. She thought to herself, Dad has always been wise and resourceful. Well, Ryan can only resign himself to getting ripped off!

In the meantime, in Evan's residence, Subhasini was mopping the floor while Amber sat on the sofa and drank some tea, eyeing the other woman in a nitpicking manner. “Be sure to mop the floor clean. As the daughter-in-law of the Evan Family, you ought to manage your household with industry and thrift. You shall sweep and clean up the rooms every day from now on. Mrs. Wilson is an old servant of the Evans, so we shouldn’t keep overworking her. Share some of her burdens as you should, since we Evans don’t want a lazy daughter-in-law,” she said.

She despised this mute, but she couldn’t drive the latter away in a flagrant way. After all, it was mainly out of concern for the Evan Family’s reputation that had lasted for 100 years. Therefore, she wanted to make Subhasini back out and go away by herself in the face of hardships.

“Of course, if you feel wrong, you should leave the Evan Family. All right, I’ll be having afternoon tea with someone else outside very soon. Hurry up and work, and don’t be lazy!” After finishing her sentence, she picked up her handbag and went out.

Subhasini watched until Amber had gone out before she heaved a long sigh. She thought to herself, Amber Walker was simply too difficult to deal with, and it was quite tiring to get along with her. It would be a bit difficult to convince her or make her accept me as the wife of her nephew.