SWNOVELS Chapter 40
Chapter 40 Embarrassed
The crowd shifted the focus to the entrance of the mansion.
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“Who are you?” asked Henry. He could not recognize the person who just came in.
“Good morning, Mr. Gray. My name is Donald Fowler, the general manager of the Mercedes headquarter at Hohenwald. There has been a misunderstanding. Your grandson mistakenly drove away the limited edition Maybach that was bought by Mr. Lucian Gray yesterday, so I’m here to collect the car,” explained Donald politely.
The crowd went silent. They did not expect that Lucian was the true owner of the Maybach.
Henry’s face turned cold. He had embarrassed himself in front of his friends after showing off a car that did not belong to him.
“Here’s the sales contract, Mr. Gray.” Jake showed Henry a document.
Henry read the document containing Lucian’s signature and the Mercedes company stamp. It was a legit document, which meant Lucian was the true owner of the Maybach. Henry pulled a long face.
William was stunned. He did not expect Lucian was telling the truth when they met at the dealership office. He also did not expect Lucian would come and reclaim the car at the Gray mansion and embarrass his grandfather.
“What’s going on?” Marcus asked William angrily.
“I don’t know, Dad.” William had no idea what happened. He remembered Chloe said she had been waiting for him and passed him the key when he went to the dealership office. William thought his grandfather sent him to collect the car he had bought.
“Who knows whether the contract is real or not? Everything in the Gray mansion belongs to me. Marcus, transfer fifty million dollars to Mr. Fowler. This car is mine now,” announced Henry.
“Excuse me, Mr. Gray. This is not about the money. In fact, you are not qualified to own the car,” said Donald. Many of the most affluent families in Hohenwald were not qualified to get the car, let alone Henry Gray from a small city like Sioux.
“What did you say? The Gray family is one of the most affluent families in the city. Not to mention, our company will be going public soon, of course we can afford a mere Maybach. You must sell us the car today!” said William angrily.
“Are you threatening us, Mr. Gray?” said Donald cautiously.
“I want the car now!” said Henry arrogantly.
“Mr. Gray, not only you asked your grandson to steal the car, but now you are threatening me!” said Donald.
At that moment, more than ten police cars drove into the Gray Mansion. Leading the team was Inspector Wilson Brown. “Henry Gray! Surrender the car immediately, or I’ll cuff you now!”
ordered Wilson.
Commotion erupted among the crowd. They looked at Henry in disdain. It finally confirmed their suspicion of the reason the Gray family got to buy the exclusive car when the other more influential families could not.
Henry started to panic when he saw the police and the inspector,
Lucian lit a cigarette and smoked casually. “Well, I’ll leave the matter to you. I hope you can send this car to my father-in-law before noon, or I will sue your company,” he said.
“Definitely, Mr. Gray. We’ll take care of it.” Donald promised.
“William, perhaps you want to eat dung in your own toilet so that you would not embarrass yourself. Oh, wait! You people had embarrassed yourself enough by parading my car as yours. Hahaha!” mocked Lucian. Everyone in the Gray family was too ashamed to raise their heads.
Seeing Lucian leaving, Henry was so furious he almost passed out. He could not believe he had embarrassed himself in front of Lucian over a car. He clenched his fists tightly.
Ba stard, I’m going to kill you one day!
Freya and her family were at their villa at the Maple Garden. They were still furious over the embarrassing incident the night before, especially Freya. She did not expect Lucian would do something like this to boost his ego.
They were not in the mood to cook, so they went out for breakfast and groceries. Then, a Panamera worth about a million dollars passed by the three of them outside of the villa.
The car stopped. “Oh, Frank and Annie!” A lady in expensive clothes and jewelry stepped down from the car.
“Serene? What are you doing here?” Frank and Annie were surprised to see Serene Meehan in the neighborhood.
“My son-in-law bought a villa in this neighborhood in cash a few days ago. He wants me to stay here too. Also, he bought me a Panamera. Well, it’s not much, just one million dollars. He got it for me for daily driving. What about you two? Why are you in an expensive neighborhood like this? Are you here to clean houses?” asked Serene.
“We have a house here, too,” said Annic.
“Oh, stop joking. Do you know how expensive the house is in this neighborhood?” Serene scoffed.
Annie and Serene used to be very close when they were classmates at the university. However, Serene started to get jealous when Annie married into a more affluent family. Now, Serene’s life
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took a turn when her daughter married a rich husband while Annie’s daughter was han dicapped.
“Annie, I heard that your son-in-law returned from the military, doing nothing but strolling the streets with your han dica pped daughter in a wheelchair. Sigh, I think you should just get another son-in-law!” said Serene arrogantly after seeing Frank and Annie look embarrassed.
my “Well, even though Freya is pretty, it’s difficult to find a successful husband like son-in-law because of her handicap. My son-in-law is a CEO of a listed company with a monthly salary of fifty thousand dollars. That’s more than what your son-in-law earns in a year. Well, I still consider Freya lucky to have a husband even though she’s han dica pped,” Serene continued.
Then, Serene turned and asked the man in the car. “Anthony, how much did you get for the year- end bonus?”
“About three million dollars. I get about ten million dollars a year from my job. I would get more than twenty million dollars when I got promoted in Hohenwald later,” said Anthony Selesner, Serene’s son-in-law.
“I bet my son-in-law’s annual salary is more than what your son-in-law could earn in his lifetime,” said Serene arrogantly.
Frank and Annie were surprised to find that Serene’s son-in-law was rich and successful while their son-in-law was a bum who did not even have a job. They still held grudges for the embarrassment they got when Lucian went to beg for the car from his classmate instead of buying it as he had promised.
“Stop it, Serene. It’s only a stu pid car, nothing to be proud of.” Annie was angry.
“A stu pid car? Hahaha. Your son-in-law could not even afford a second-hand junk car!” mocked.
Serene.
At that moment, a black Mercedes-Maybach parked next to the Panamera.