Chapter 35: Don’t Be Angry

Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations

“I won’t affect your inheritance. This favor isn’t big enough for him to sacrifice the entire Wilson family.”

Toya, feeling a little melancholic, finished speaking in one breath.

After today, it would be difficult for her to act arrogantly in front of Reyes again.

After all, he already knew that the Madison family, who had supported her unbridled life, had changed. She and Butler were just a fake couple.

She was a stray dog who lived in Reyes’ house.

“I don’t care about the inheritance.” Reyes couldn’t help but emphasize. He felt that Toya was probably frightened by her brothers’ zeal for the inheritance. His conflict with her had nothing to do with the inheritance.

“Butler never planned on handing over the Wilson family’s assets to me. He always felt that my thoughts were different from his, and that I couldn’t inherit his mantle.” Reyes smiled indifferently.

He was 19 years old now. If Butler wanted to groom him, he would have done so long ago.

Butler had no intention of handing over the family business to him from the start. How could the nonexistent inheritance rights be influenced by others?

Toya frowned slightly.

“But I feel that you seem to be troubled by the fact that I became your stepmother?”

If he wasn’t fretting about the inheritance rights being distributed, what was he fretting about?

Reyes’ gaze darkened for a moment and he laughed to himself as he said, “What’s there to be upset about? I had … never hated you in the first place.” There was no way for him to hate her either.

“Even if you marry Butler because you need to be the madam of the Wilson family, I won’t hate you.”

It didn’t matter. If she had to suffer such humiliation today if she didn’t marry Butler, he would rather she marry him.

… Thinking about it seriously, his current status and influence were indeed inferior to his father’s.

If it was only Carter, he could still handle it, but if it were her brothers, he was not strong enough now.

Reyes clenched his fists and kept reminding himself to hide his feelings for Toya.

It was already very good that he could look at her like this.

He wasn’t going to let her see those thoughts and embarrass her the way Carter had.

He didn’t want Toya to hate him either.

Toya, touched, cocked her head at him. “You know what? You’re especially charming now, Reyes.”

She did not mean to tease him. Her eyes were filled with sincerity.

Reyes had just tried to bury his love for Toya, when she said that and rekindled it again.

He wanted to block her gaze, but he was afraid of scaring her, so he covered his eyes in the end.

He was afraid that something would show from his eyes and be seen by her.

“What’s wrong?”

Reyes’s oath relieved Toya, and her unhappiness was mostly gone.

“I just said that I won’t hate you. Is that considered charming?” He felt amused, but he couldn’t help but feel his heart skip a beat.

Because it was a compliment from the bottom of her heart, Toya felt a little shy. “Actually, it’s not just that.”

Her gaze drifted away in a sad way. “But I thought even if you didn’t hate me before, you should hate me after you heard what Carter said.”

With those words Carter had said, he no longer treated her as an aunt. To him, she seemed to be a shameless prostitute, a plaything for people to enjoy.

Her dignity had been crushed by him in front of Reyes. Even though Reyes had beaten Carter up, how could he still think of her in the same way he had before when he heard those words?

Especially when Carter said he wanted to hook up with her and sleep with her. It would disgust him to hear that, wouldn’t it?

But Reyes said he wouldn’t hate her.

It was… charming.

“Don’t mind his words.” Thinking of Carter, Reyes’ expression darkened and he couldn’t help but criticize him. “I think he’s mentally ill. What’s there to fuss about with a crazy person?”

Toya, clearly not comforted by Reyes’s words, said nothing.

Reyes coughed and tried a different approach. “I can tell he likes you a lot. He likes you so much, probably because you’re especially good.”

Toya shuddered visibly. Every pore on her body was resisting.

She was a little angry and turned back to glare at Reyes. “Shut up!”

It was strange enough that a nephew liked his aunt. How could Reyes comfort her like that?

“I don’t need such a weird crush!”

Reyes’ innocent face stiffened.

After being reprimanded by Toya, he tactfully shut his mouth.

Toya glanced at him from time to time, but he refused to say a word.

He didn’t react until Toya put her feet on the ground and was about to get up.

He wanted to hug her, but this time, she resisted very strongly. He had no choice but to lower his head and admit his mistake. “I’m sorry.”

Toya’s expression was cold. “I’m the one who should be apologizing. You didn’t say anything wrong.”

“You’ve been very kind to me. I was the one who threw a tantrum. I was ungrateful.”

Reyes felt resigned. He reached out and grabbed her wrist. He raised it close to his face.

“Don’t be angry, okay? Otherwise, how about you slap me?”