Soon, Michael walked out into the open, with Levi Garrison in tow.
Levi was interested to see Klaus Gonzales for himself.
When the Joneses saw the crowd of people descending upon them, they started to panic. If it weren’t for Levi, they would unquestionably be trampled over without a second a thought. Klaus and his men really did look extremely intimidating.
Klaus yelled in anger the moment he had spotted Michael. “Michael Jones, look at what you’ve done!”
However, Michael merely chuckled in response. “Oh? And what have I done, Klaus?”
“Don’t you dare call me that! You had better explain yourself for what you’ve done to my son!” bellowed Klaus.
Michael smirked. “Your son ran his mouth and insulted others, so he was taught a little lesson. You should really spend more time teaching your son how to behave, Mr. Gonzales. Because if you don’t, someone else will certainly ‘educate’ him for you.”
Klaus was thoroughly peeved. “How insolent! Neither I nor my father has ever disciplined this precious son of mine! So what gives others the right to even touch a single hair on his body? Just who gave you the right to discipline my child, Michael!”
Michael’s smirk only deepened. “Actually, I wasn’t the one who had disciplined him. He had insulted someone he wasn’t supposed to. And so, that person kindly took it upon himself to teach your son a lesson.”
“It was Levi Garrison, wasn’t it? Get him out here right now!”
At that moment, a calm voice cut through the tension. “I’m right here.”
When Klaus identified Levi, he nearly blew a gasket.
This is that b***h’s son?
He forced his anger down before speaking again. “What’s this? You Joneses actually welcomed Emma’s son back into the family? Does this mean that you’re acknowledging him as one of yours?”
Michael didn’t dare to answer on Levi’s behalf, so he glanced at the younger man instead.
He mentally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Levi giving him an affirmative nod. It appeared that he was okay with being formally known as Emma’s son.
“That’s right. He’s now here with the Joneses, which means that we’re acknowledging his birthright! He is indeed my daughter’s son!” declared Michael firmly.
Klaus glared at him angrily. “You do know that you are blatantly insulting me by doing this?”
Michael scoffed, “Just what has any of this got to do with you? It’s not like you’re related to him anyway.”
“Emma was my fiancée back then, but she had slept with some other man and had given birth to this bastard! What about my reputation, huh? That b***h has already humiliated me enough, and now you Joneses are going to pile on?” roared Klaus.
“Your fiancée? The only reason she became your fiancée was because you had forced me to marry her off to you! All because you took a liking to her!” retorted Michael.
“Fine! Say what you will. You have the balls, I’ll give you that, Michael. But aren’t you afraid that a certain someone will come after you? They ensured that the Joneses, including Emma, broke all ties with that bastard child back then, but now you’re so flagrantly welcoming him back? What do you think is going to happen to you when they find out?”
