Chapter 965
Chapter 965: Shifting Targets
Conrad stared closely at Florence with his sharp, hawk-like eyes and said coldly, “No matter what, I am your elder and your father’s best friend. Do you think I’d deliberately deceive you about this?”
Florence’s face turned sullen, and she said firmly, “Uncle Conrad, in that case, I’ll tell you sincerely that my father has already passed away and I’m now the helmsman of the Howards. It’s up to me to decide my marriage. I don’t care whether you really came to an agreement with my father, but it’s all pointless now!
“Moreover, I make my own decisions on my own matters, and I call the shots in the Howards now!”
Florence’s blatant contradiction made Conrad’s wrinkled face even more gloomy.
“What if I insist that you marry into the Piers?!” Conrad narrowed his eyes and stared at Florence with a threatening gaze.
The rest of the Howards watched on without saying anything.
In fact, Conrad was already behaving very rudely.
It was extremely impolite and inappropriate to propose marriage at someone else’s funeral. Furthermore, Conrad had shown no respect to Florence, the head of the Howards.
The reason he wanted Florence to marry his son was obviously for profit.
The Howards and the Piers were both among the top eight families of DC, which meant that they were on par.
If someone had dared to speak to the Howards’ helmsman like this in the past and even disregarded them, the Howards would definitely have been displeased and stepped forward to defend the helmsman.
But the new helmsman was Florence, who didn’t rise to her position in a glorious manner. She and Lucas had forced Felix to step down, and many people were indignant about it. Moreover, she was a woman, and many people looked down on her in this chauvinistic family.
So even though Conrad was insulting and forcing Florence, none of the Howards stepped forward to stand up for her, for fear of offending the Piers.
“You have no evidence. Why should my mother be forced to marry your son?” A furious voice suddenly resounded in the funeral hall.
Cheyenne walked out and looked at Conrad with anger written all over her face.
She couldn’t stand it anymore. No matter what, Florence was her biological mother, and she couldn’t stand watching her mother being forced to marry someone!
Everyone turned to look at Cheyenne.
Seeing Cheyenne standing up for her and even saying the words ‘my mother’, Florence felt her chest tighten as her tears instantly flowed out.
This was the first time she heard Cheyenne acknowledge that she was her mother…
Moreover, when no Howard was willing to speak up for her, Cheyenne, the daughter she had never raised, was actually willing to stand in front of her to help her against the Piers’ overbearing forcefulness.
If not for the current situation, Florence would have wanted to hug Cheyenne and cry.
But although Florence was very touched, she knew that Conrad wasn’t a benevolent person. Now that Cheyenne was speaking up for her, she would probably get schemed against by the sinister Conrad.
So Florence immediately said to Cheyenne, “Cheyenne, stop talking!”
There was nothing but anxiety and concern on her face.
The Piers were obviously targeting her, and Florence didn’t want to get Cheyenne involved.
But Adam, standing beside Conrad, finally discovered that the woman he had met at the airport was also in the funeral hall of the Howards. Moreover, the damn Lucas, who had the guts to hit him, was standing right next to her!
Tension was bound to arise when enemies met. The moment Adam saw Lucas, his eyes turned red in hatred. He clenched his fists, wishing he could immediately charge forward and beat Lucas to a pulp!
But he soon realized that this occasion wasn’t suitable for a fight.
Adam’s eyes glowed, and he immediately thought of a good idea for revenge. He inched close to Conrad’s ear and started whispering something.
After Conrad heard what Adam said, surprise appeared in Conrad’s eyes, and he turned to look at Cheyenne.
He felt that she was indeed a good woman.
To be honest, Conrad’s purpose today was to get Florence to marry his son. Once the head of the Howards became his daughter-in-law, at least some of the Howards’ massive fortune would probably belong to them.
But when he saw Florence’s firm appearance, Conrad felt that it was probably impossible to force her to marry his son.
Moreover, if Florence really got married, the Howards would probably re-elect a new family head, which would defeat his purpose.
In that case, since this young woman was Florence’s only daughter, there would also be huge benefits to the Piers marrying her.
Based on their interaction, Florence seemed to care about her very much.
In that case, getting hold of Cheyenne was akin to getting hold of Florence, the head of the Howard family. It was also equivalent to getting hold of the Howards.
In that case, having Cheyenne marry into the Pier family seemed to be more beneficial to them.
After figuring this out, Conrad suddenly asked Cheyenne, “Are you Florence’s daughter? What’s your name?”
A look of great interest appeared in his eyes.
No matter what, Conrad was the former head of one of the top eight families of DC, and he was deliberately making himself look more dignified and austere.
Facing Conrad, Cheyenne felt some fear.
It wasn’t that she was timid, but rather, she was still too young and inexperienced. She couldn’t compare to Conrad, who had lived for nearly eight decades.
Seeing Conrad shifting his interest to Cheyenne, Florence immediately became anxious and stood in front of Cheyenne.”Uncle Conrad, on account that you’re an elder, the Howards will naturally be willing to welcome you if you’re here to give your condolences to my father. But if you have other plans in mind, pardon me for failing to serve you well!”
She had always been concerned about Conrad’s status as an elder and didn’t want to fall out with him. But given the way Conrad looked at Cheyenne, he clearly had ill intentions. Florence would never let the Piers covet her daughter!