I sneered. "What? You guys still want to play hardball?"
I took a step forward.
"Fine. All of you come at me. Let's see what you've got. I may not have much confidence when fighting others, but I might as well quit if I can't handle a few old geezers like you."
"You, you... Gabrielle, listen to what he's saying! So you brought this guy back to provoke us?"
Gabrielle hid behind me and whispered, "You were rude to him first."
"You!"
Just as the atmosphere grew tense with no one willing to back down, the door behind me opened, and a familiar voice came from the doorway.
"Is Gabrielle back?"
I turned around and froze when I saw the woman walking in. It was Charlotte.
How could it be her?
Suddenly, I remembered that when Kaelyn introduced the family earlier, she mentioned that Gabrielle's uncle was Matias Hayes. So, it turned out that Matias was Charlotte's father, the restaurant owner I had helped before.
I thought that the Whitehead family was some prestigious, wealthy family. After all that fuss, I was stunned to learn what their family consists of.
How dare they throw Gabrielle under the bus!
I was speechless.
When Charlotte saw me, she was clearly shocked. "William... Why are you here?"
The entire room was stunned to learn that we knew each other. "Charlotte, you know him? Who is this kid? What's his family background?"
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