Chapter 680 - 677: A Sudden Disturbance (6)

Chapter 680: Chapter 677: A Sudden Disturbance (6)

Chloe Grant rolled her eyes at her father. "You guys can talk. I’m going to find Miles."

With that, she walked off to find Miles.

Jean Jarvis watched her daughter disappear into the crowd before turning back with a look of feigned innocence. "Did I bring it up? What did I say? I didn’t say a thing."

"You! Are you deliberately trying to ruin the entire Grant Family? Clara Grant is Seth Quinn’s wife now, yet you had the nerve to bully her right in front of him! Do you really think our family is powerful enough to withstand pressure from the Quinns?"

"Relax. You’re Theodore Quinn’s lifesaver. Even if Seth Quinn wanted to come after our family, Theodore wouldn’t allow it."

Cedric Grant was terrified, but Jean Jarvis looked completely unconcerned.

Cedric Grant gritted his teeth, leaned in, and lowered his voice. "Lifesaver? Don’t forget, that whole thing is a lie. If the truth ever gets out..."

"Relax," Jean Jarvis cut him off before he could finish. "My cousin promised he wouldn’t expose us."

At this, she suddenly shot Cedric Grant a sidelong glance, a hint of a threat in her voice. "However, if you decide to make me unhappy, I’ve said it before, and I’ll say it again: I don’t mind telling the Quinn Family the truth myself. We’ll all go down together!

So, you’d better stay away from Skylar Hayes and Clara Grant. Stop scheming to have that mother and daughter replace me and Chloe. Right now, I’m holding back out of respect for our marriage and all the years we’ve spent together. But if you ever push me to the point of despair, I’m capable of anything!"

Jean Jarvis’s voice wasn’t loud, nor was her tone particularly harsh, but it sent a chill down Cedric Grant’s spine. ’This woman,’ he thought, ’is perhaps not as weak, gentle, and understanding as she has appeared for the past twenty-odd years.’

Cedric Grant’s bravado immediately deflated. He opened his mouth and said, "Don’t forget your cousin’s relationship with Skylar Hayes. When it comes down to it, there’s no telling who he’ll choose to help."

"Heh," Jean Jarvis let out a soft laugh as if she’d heard something funny, then said with utter conviction, "You think my cousin is being genuine with Skylar Hayes? It’s probably just a novelty for him. What man would truly want a tainted woman like her? You’re a perfect example, aren’t you?

Besides, I’ve known Skylar Hayes for many, many years. We were apart for a few years when she went off to college, but I still know her quite well.

Once she finds out that Marcus Jarvis is my cousin, given her resentment toward me, she would never stay with him, no matter how sincere he is."

As soon as the words left her mouth, a stir rippled through the crowd at the banquet hall entrance. Both Cedric Grant and Jean Jarvis looked over.

Though the crowd was in the way, they immediately spotted Marcus Jarvis walking in slowly.

Jean Jarvis was delighted. "See? My cousin is quite capable. He’s only been back in the country for a short while, and he’s already received an invitation from the Quinn Family."

"Perhaps he wasn’t invited at all. He might have just come as Skylar Hayes’s guest," Cedric Grant said, throwing cold water on her enthusiasm.

"Tch, Skylar Hayes? Where is Skylar Hayes? I don’t see her with my cousin," Jean Jarvis said disdainfully and started walking in that direction. After a moment’s thought, Cedric Grant followed.

But after only a few steps, Jean Jarvis stopped abruptly. Cedric Grant looked at her, confused. Her expression was complicated.

Cedric Grant couldn’t help but look toward Marcus Jarvis. With his view no longer blocked by the crowd, he was stunned to see Skylar Hayes right there beside him.