Broken Memories, Intertwined Hearts

Chapter 71

"Ms. Ines." Eda muttered anxiously as Ines said this. Eda saw this as a golden opportunity.

But Ines didn’t budge, she just kept eating her meal at a slow pace. Hunter watched Ines, then turned to look at the two greedy faces beside him. A wave of sadness swept over him, had he really made a mistake?

Shirley and Emma breathed a sigh of relief. "Hunter, if Ines doesn't want to, we shouldn't force her. Let's just drop the matter." Shirley suggested.

"Yeah, Dad, you promised me you wouldn't let Ines join the company." Emma pouted.

"Do you remember what you promised me? Have you ever kept our agreement? What's with all the shouting in front of everyone? Are you trying to embarrass us even more?"

Emma immediately lowered her voice, "I'm sorry, Dad. I'll be careful next time."

"If you can't keep your word, don't blame me for not keeping mine. I'm only going to say this once." Hunter said coldly.

Upon hearing this, Shirley quickly signaled Emma to behave. Emma obediently reassured, "I promise it won’t happen again." Property belongs to Nôvel(D)r/ama.Org.

Hunter picked up the dinner napkin from the table and wiped his mouth, "Come to my study with me, Ines."

Ines pretended not to hear him. Hunter looked at her and reiterated, "Or do I have to call the bodyguard?"

Having experienced his tactics before, Ines knew he was capable of doing it. She got up, wiped her mouth and followed Hunter to his study. Eda, worried, said behind them, "Ms. Ines, be nice with

your father, don't fight with him."

Eda might not agree with Hunter's actions, but she was all in for Ines joining the company. After all, why should the mother-daughter duo get all the benefits?

Hearing Eda's words, Shirley and Emma glared at her unhappily. Eda headed straight for the kitchen. She couldn't stand the mother-daughter duo who were always scheming to divide the Galeana family's wealth.

Once in the study, Hunter took a seat and said directly to Ines, "There are two vacant positions in the company, Purchasing Manager and Marketing Director. You can choose either one."

"I've told you, I won't join the Galeana Group." Ines said firmly.

"You're not a child anymore, stop being so stubborn." Hunter's hand twitched on the pen.

"Don't think the Galeana Group is so good that everyone is trying to get in, it’s only your wife and daughter who want it so much. I'm not interested at all." Emma, who was eavesdropping outside the study, clenched her fists so hard that her nails dug into her palms. She had managed to climb from the bottom to the position of PR Manager in the Galeana Group over the past two years.

But the positions Hunter offered to Ines, Purchasing Manager and Marketing Director, were much higher. Both positions had huge potential for promotion if performed well.

As far as Emma knew, Ines had been working in auditing for the past few years and had no experience in either of the roles. How could she suddenly be offered these positions?

"Dad, why are you so biased?" Emma thought bitterly.

"That place also contains your mother's hard work, don't you want it at all?"

"The only thing I want right now is to have nothing to do with you guys." Ines said in a deep voice.

Hunter tried to suppress his anger, after all, he was the one who had wronged them in the past. But Ines' repeated provocations finally made him lose it, "For what? For that man you married?"

"My husband naturally doesn't want me to have such relatives."

"Husband? You mean that poor guy you married? I don't care what happened between you two, divorce him immediately." Even considering how he spoke to him last night, he wouldn't allow her to marry such a man.

Ines couldn't help but laugh as if she had heard the biggest joke in the world. She looked at Hunter and said word by word, each one like a needle stabbing into Hunter's heart, "Hunter, I can't believe you would say such a thing. Aren't you embarrassed? Aren't you ashamed? How can you say this with a straight face? Weren't you a poor guy once too? It was my mom, my grandparents who supported you, and that's how you built the Galeana Group. You sat on top of the world and had the means to cheat and find a mistress. Shouldn't you feel a kinship towards him? Or are you afraid he might be the next Hunter, using his wife and in-laws for his own benefit, then discarding his wife, even driving her to death, angering his in-laws, and then finding his old lover again?"

"You..." Hunter pointed at Ines, trembling. His whole body swayed a little.

Ines looked at his dark old face, feeling a sense of satisfaction she had never felt before. She continued, "What? Are you speechless? Do you think I hit the nail on the head?"

A crisp slap rang out, and Ines' face was slapped to one side, a bit of blood seeping from the corner of her mouth. Hunter must have used a lot of force.

Hunter was stunned by the slap. His hand was still trembling in the air. He remembered that he had never hit this daughter, even when she did something crazy years ago, he never laid a hand on her.

The clear imprint of five fingers on her face served as a reminder of what he had just done. Ines felt a buzzing in her head, the pain in her heart was much worse than the pain on her face. She smiled and looked at Hunter, "Hunter, I severed our father-daughter relationship five years ago. This slap is repayment for your nurturing. From now on, please don't show up in front of me."

Ines swiped the blood off the corner of her mouth and made a beeline for the door. After a few steps, a loud bang rang out behind her, but she didn't miss a beat, pushing the door open without hesitation.

"Dad, are you okay?" Emma, standing at the door, caught sight of Hunter who had already hit the deck and let out a scream. Silas and Shirley rushed up from downstairs as soon as they heard the noise. Shirley bolted straight into the study, while Silas froze for a moment when he spotted the finger marks on Ines' face.