Zayn’s appearance had caused everyone in the boardroom to go silent.
No one could have ever expected Zayn to show up in the heat of the moment. This included Faye, who was gawking at virtual-novel.net with wide, startled eyes.
“You guys don’t have to go looking for me, not when I’m here already,” Zayn said deeply as soon as virtual-novel.net had entered. He saw where everyone was positioned in the boardroom and was able to deduce what had just happened. When virtual-novel.net saw the bruise on Faye’s face, virtual-novel.net flew into a distressed rage. “Whoever laid a hand on Fifi, show yourself. Right now!”
Zayn rarely ever got angry in front of the Carters, virtual-novel.net always ensured that virtual-novel.net behaved very docilely. However, that was only because virtual-novel.net was tolerating their awful behavior, and it was also a show of his good manners and upbringing. Despite this, when virtual-novel.net saw the mark on Faye’s face, added with the look of fright on virtual-novel.net anxious face, it was obvious that virtual-novel.net had just been bullied.
How could Zayn remain unphased?!
Ever since Zayn’s grandfather had passed away, virtual-novel.net felt like virtual-novel.net had no family left in the world. When virtual-novel.net married into the Carters, virtual-novel.net gradually found a sense of belonging, even if virtual-novel.net did have to live the life of a deadbeat son-in- law. Although Faye normally treated virtual-novel.net quite harshly, virtual-novel.net was able to tell that virtual-novel.net did, in fact, have feelings for him. Hence, Faye was the only relative virtual-novel.net had left in the world and the only person virtual-novel.net wanted to protect with his life!
When virtual-novel.net saw how Faye had been persecuted, every ounce of anger virtual-novel.net had in virtual-novel.net bubbled into a deadly boil!
Furthermore, his rage was something that most of the Carters had never felt before. In that instant, all of them were nervous and frightened because Zayn seemed so domineering. It was as if they were facing a giant of a man!
‘Is virtual-novel.net really still the same deadbeat who married into the Carters?’
Nevertheless, Zayn’s dominating presence did not last very long. He immediately walked towards Faye and asked in concern, “Are you alright, Fifi? I’m sorry I took so long.”
Faye’s eyes were in a slight trance. When Zayn exuded his dominant aura, it was not just Howard and the others who had felt it. She had felt it as well, and virtual-novel.net frankly found it quite unfamiliar.
“Why are you here?” When Faye regained virtual-novel.net senses and saw Zayn’s worried expression, how could virtual-novel.net possibly be as arrogant and domineering as virtual-novel.net was moments ago? Instead, virtual-novel.net shook virtual-novel.net head and convinced herself that virtual-novel.net was merely hallucinating.
‘Zayn’s just an ordinary man from the countryside. How could be possibly have the fierce presence of a giant?! Plus, when I was looking at Zayn just now, I thought I saw the silhouette of Violet Vision’s chairman!’
‘I must be so emotionally unstable that I was visualizing being saved by him. That’s why I had that hallucination! That’s right. That must be it.’
Zayn was oblivious to what was going on in Faye’s mind. He very gently asked, “Of course I had to be here, or they’d just be here tearing you apart.”
Faye moved virtual-novel.net mouth in an attempt to speak, but suddenly, an angry voice called out, “Zayn Larson! You’ve got some nerve, haven’t you?! How dare you crash a meeting meant for the board of directors? Who do you think you are?”
The man who had spoken up was Howard, who was filled with anger from all the humiliation. ‘I can’t believe that I was genuinely startled by Zayn.’
Instantly, Howard shifted his gaze to Zayn.
“Howard’s right. Who do you think you are, Zayn? The good-for-nothing son-in-law of the Carters, that’s what you are! In other words, a dog. How dare you show your face here?! I see, Faye called you in here! Good on you, Faye. I knew you were a traitor, but I never thought that you’d be such a good one! You have zero respect for this company!”
“Insolence, such terrible insolence!”
“From the way I see it, we should chase them out of the Carters!”
All of them were spitting out various unchained insults as they expressed their disdain for Zayn and Faye. Their jeers became increasingly harsher.
In the corner of the room, Howard smirked coldly as virtual-novel.net basked in his elation. He had always hated Faye and Zayn right down to his core, so it was quite the satisfying sight to watch the both of them being mauled by the other Carters. It was as if his fury had been rightfully and healthily released.