Chapter 466
Wilma gave an awkward laugh.
"Tyler, don't say that. There's no need to care about what others will say. All we need to do is release a statement. Given your influence in Yurelia City, no one would dare say anything about you."
To that, Tyler replied, "Seems to me that you don’t even care about your reputation if it concerns Sheryn’s marriage. But let me make this straight–I respect you as my aunt, but I don’t need anyone butting into my private affairs. Since you’ve harassed and threatened Rachel, you can bid farewell to the life you’re enjoying right now. From now on, I won’t give you and your family a single cent! Also, tell Sheryn to stop sending me soups or whatever."
Wilma’s head buzzed with shock. Never had she expected Tyler to fall out with her over an illegitimate child who was also a divorcee. Her family’s comfortable life right now was all because of Tyler. Without him as their pillar of support, life would certainly be a living hell from now on!
Wilma sat dumbfounded, silent, not daring to utter a word. She lowered her head, the assertiveness and arrogance she had shown Rachel earlier that day all but gone. Though she had watched Tyler grow up, she finally realized that when provoked, he didn’t give a damn about anyone’s feelings. Wilma was no longer in the mood to enjoy the coffee before her.
She stood up shakily and said, “I… I’ll be off, then.”
“Aunt Wilma, I heard that you didn’t just try to attack Rachel. You even hurt my dog and insulted me, the owner. Is that right?”
Wilma stopped dead in her tracks as tremors shook her entire body. She couldn’t believe that dirty wench Rachel tattled on her to Tyler! Wilma was indignant. Not only did Rachel tattle on her, but she even exaggerated things! She had been careless to assume that the Lloyds‘ illegitimate daughter–and a divorcee at that—wouldn’t pose a threat to her.
To think that…
Tyler immediately saw through Wilma’s thoughts. He turned the cup in his hands and said casually, “Rachel didn’t rat you out. In fact, I haven’t seen her since I reached home. I have surveillance cameras in my house. They record sounds, too.”
Wilma’s knees immediately went weak. She was deathly afraid that Tyler might cut off his financial support for them. Desperate, she tried to explain herself to Tyler.
“Everything today was my fault, Tyler. I was just worried that you’d be tricked by a woman. You don’t have dating experience, after all. You haven’t had a single girlfriend all these years. I admit that I was a little extreme in my approach, but I didn’t know that dog was yours. I thought it was that woman’s–I mean, Ms. Lloyd’s. I was just…”
When she saw Tyler’s eyes turn cold, Wilma immediately changed the way she addressed Rachel.
“Remember this, Aunt Wilma,” Tyler said firmly. “Rachel is my girlfriend. I’d say that my only weakness is that I’m rather defensive of her. Showing her disrespect is equivalent to doing the same to me. Keep at it, and don’t blame me for being nasty!”
Wilma never thought she would be on the receiving end of a lecture by someone younger. Yet, that was to be expected of Tyler’s temperament. He wouldn’t even give in to his father, not to mention her.
Later, Wilma returned home despondently.
All the while, Sheryn was waiting anxiously. Seeing her mother at the door, she hurriedly approached the latter.
“Mom, how did it go? What did Tyler say? Did he take your advice and agree to stop seeing that woman?”
Sheryn was aware that she and her family were the only ones Tyler supported financially. Naturally, she assumed that they had a special