Chapter 38: You Are Disobedient

"No, I cannot allow for your divorce to be announced.Just because you're a grown man doesn't mean
that you have the right to become disobedient of me.You never fail to disappoint me! When you did
this, you didn't plan on discussing anything with us, did you?"

Donald's voice echoed in the room, filled with anger.

At that moment, he was full of rage and didn't look like an older man.

"You must have known this would happen when you forced me to marry that woman."

Rayan wasn't the kind of man who allowed someone to trample on him.

In the beginning, he only agreed to marry Janessa because his mother forced her will onto him.

Now, he had to make an effort to resist his parents so he could be with Gracie.

"I've told you before, you can marry anyone you wani, except for Gracie!"

Donald was furious with his rebellious son.

Rayan had been friends with Gracie since they were children.

His parents thought their friendship was harmless because they never expected Rayan to fall for a
woman like her.

But he now actually got divorced because of this very same woman! "Your father is right.You cannot be
with a woman like Gracie.Aren't you aware that you're the sole heir of the Lu Group? That woman's
parents are just servants! She's not good enough for you!"

Sarah commented.



She attempted to talk Rayan out of his decision and ease her husband's anger.

"Donald, please calm down.You have a heart problem, and you can't get riled up like this.Try and _ talk
reasonably with your son."

Sarah's brows furrowed as she gave Donald a reassuring pat on the chest.

Wendy was notorious for being a gossip.

When she heard that Rayan would prefer to marry a daughter of a humble servant than the daughter of
the Qiu Group, she suddenly had an idea.

"Rayan, I give you my support.You have the right to marry the woman of your choosing.Both of you
love each other, so there's no reason for you not to get married.Why do you keep holding me back,
Glen? Did I say something wrong?"

Glen tried to stop his wife, but she was determined to say her piece.

Donald had invited the both of them to help them with Rayan, but his wife only made things worse.

"Shut your mouth! Donald, please forgive my wife.She doesn't know what she was talking about," Glen
apologized.

His wife had humiliated him enough today.

"Aunt Wendy has a point.I don't love Janessa, and she doesn't have feelings for me in return.All of you
know the real reason why we decided to get married.The only woman I've ever loved and will always
love is Gracie.I will love her until the day I die.I'm asking you not to interfere with our relationship.That's
all I want."

Rayan knew that Wendy was up to no good, but at the moment, she was the only one on his side.



His eyes landed on Janessa, who was seated next to his mother.

Judging by the look on his face, it was obvious that he wanted her out of his sight.

"It doesn't matter why you want to get married to this girl! What I want to know is why you never
thought to tell us that you were getting divorced.Now, you've brought this scandal to our family.How do
you plan on fixing this mess?"

Sarah asked in a calm but firm voice.

"What's the point of informing the public about their divorce? Today, I want you to remarry Janessa and
hold a press conference immediately.You must tell the media that what happened was a
misunderstanding and convince them that your marriage is solid! Tell them that you were drunk and
that Gracie took care of you since she's our family doctor.Inform them that Janessa wasn't out
yesterday.The photo of her in the bar was taken long ago."

"That would be impossible! I cannot remarry her! The only way to solve this mess is to hold a press
conference to announce our divorce to the public.The company shouldn't be affected by my personal
matters."

In the past, he didn't have the power to protect Gracie.

Now that he was in the position to, he refused to go down without a fight.He couldn't let Gracie suffer
this injustice.The situation was going nowhere.

Two stubborn people were facing off with one another, and neither would budge.

At that moment, the phone suddenly rang, and Atlas moved to answer the phone.

His face changed drastically when he came back.



"I have some bad news.News of their separation has been exposed, and now it's trending as a search
topic."

Atlas wiped the sweat from his forehead as he thought about who was causing the trouble.

If news of their separation was revealed, it would almost be the same as telling everyone they had
divorced.

"Look at what you've done!"

Donald was so furious that he picked up a pillow and threw it at Rayan.

Janessa didn't expect the news to travel so fast.

Who revealed Rayan's "affair"? Did Rayan do this? Either way, this would bring no good to himself.

Why would he do such a thing? What could he possibly get out of it? In Rayan's eyes however,
Janessa was the culprit.

News of their divorce wouldn't impact her life in any significant way, and she could even gain from it.

"It was you! You exposed the news! I took revenge on the Qiu family and withdrew the investment, so
you were angry with me, weren't you? How could you do something like this?"

You're desperate to do anything to get revenge!"What do you mean? Did you withdraw the investment
from the Qiu Group? I can't believe it! How dare you!"

Donald fetched another pillow and chased after Rayan in the living room.

The living room turned upside down as Donald continued to chase after Rayan.

"That's enough!" Janessa yelled.



She had been silent the entire time but decided that she needed to intervene now.

She stood up and pulled Rayan out of the crowd.

The others stopped to see what she would do.

"Do you have proof that I asked someone to expose the news? Did you find out that I hired someone?
Stop talking nonsense without evidence."

"It wasn't you? Who else could it be?"

Gripping Janessa's arm, Rayan glared at her and looked as if he wanted to burn her alive.

"Who else would it be except for you?"

Even though they hadn't been married for long, Janessa couldn't believe that Rayan actually believed
she would be capable of doing something like this vicious.

No matter where she came from, she knew that she was no match for the woman he loved.

Janessa refused to answer Rayan's ridiculous question.

"Dad, I have something that I need to tell you.Could I talk to you alone in the study?"

This matter had to be settled sooner rather than later.Janessa followed Donald into the study.The
people downstairs looked as they walked past them.

Glen immediately escorted his wife out of the old house, and the others also left.

Only Rayan and his mother were now left in the living room.

They hadn't had a moment to talk with just the two of them, but now wasn't a good time to do so.



"I have some matters to attend to.I'll leave now."

"Rayan, you..."

"Mom, you can't stop this from happening.I hope that you won't take things too far.No matter what, I'll
protect the woman that I love."

After receiving an urgent call from Corbin, Rayan left the house in a hurry.

Atlas came out from the backyard and noticed Rayan leave.

After that, he went back into the house to notify Sarah.

"Ma'am, it has been done."

"What about her parents?"

"Everything has been arranged.I'm certain that Mr.Rayan won't be able to locate them."

Sarah knew her son too well.

Rayan would fall into her trap this time.

Atlas thought about what would happen next and shook his head silently.

This time around, he had no choice but to take Sarah's side.

An hour later, Janessa walked out of the study with a calm look on her face.

Donald was also not as angry as he had been hours ago.

"Now go ahead.Take that brat with you."



Donald looked around the living room but found no trace of Rayan.

Janessa's smile faded when she noticed that he was gone.

"I can go back by myself," she said.

"I'll have Atlas drive you back to the company.I have something I need to discuss with him."

"Thank you, Dad.I should leave now."


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