Chapter 84
Robert immediately hung up the phone.
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When Layla tried to call back, his phone was already switched off.
She opened her WhatsApp and tapped on the voice message button to record her furious shouts, “Old man, you’re destined to fail at cultivation with that mindset of yours.
“you shouldn’t even bother, you’re an insult to the sacred land of Elmsbury! I hope you fail at cultivation in this life and the next!”
After sending the voice message, she added another, “And in the life after that too!”
Finished with her rant, she angrily tossed her phone onto the dressing table and turned to glare at Stephen. “Whenever you two are on the phone, you’re always plotting how to get me to have your child, aren’t you?”
Stephen had also heard the entire conversation. He was just as shocked as Layla by what Robert had said. “This is the first time.
Layla snapped, “You better go to Elmsbury tomorrow and pull out one of his hairs for me. I need a DNA test to see if I’m adopted by the Murrays, and if you’re actually the Murray family’s biological child.”
It was bad enough that the CEO position of the company had gone to Stephen, but now Robert was plotting against her with him, trying to get her drunk. And for what?
Stephen looked at her and calmly said, “Layla, you’re not wearing any clothes,”
“I’m wrapped in a towel!”
That night, Layla kicked Stephen out of the bedroom in rage.
Feeling rather wronged, Stephen knocked on the door of the primary bedroom, only to be met with a shout. “Go to the study. Don’t bother me.” There was nothing Stephen could do. Right now, Layla was like a ticking time bomb, and if he pushed her any further, he’d be the one to get blown up. Stephen was sent to the study for the first time since their marriage.
At two in the morning, Robert secretly called Stephen and whispered when he answered, “stephen, is Layla asleep?”
His voice was hushed as if he feared that the “timebomb” might overhear.
Leaning back in his chair, Stephen rubbed his face. “I’m in the study right now.”
“Why are you in the study? Robert’s voice returned to normal.
Then, he asked after a brief pause, “Did she lick you out?”
Stephen responded with a simple hum.
Robert sighed. “She has a really terrible t
“No, she’s sleeping in the bedroom.”
temper, Stephen. You need to do something about it. She’s not around now, is she?
Robert started giving advice again. “Stephen, I really want a great–grandson. I go to the church every day just to pray that you two will have a harmonious relationship and to give me a great–grandson.
“You should hurry up and solidify your relationship with Layla. How can a married couple share a bed every night and yet nothing happens?”
Stephen asked, “Grandpa, why are you in such a rush?”
“I’mold, of course, I’m in a rush. Let’s get a rule fixed, Layla must be pregnant by this winter ”
His words put Stephen in a difficult position “Layla is still young. She needs to focus on her studies.”
“That doesn’t interfere. It’s settled, goodbye.”
Pobert hung up the phone. After hearing the hysterical voice messages Layla sent, he pursed his lips and quickly tossed his phone aside.
