CHAPTER 537 BIG SURPRISE
The air seemed to be frozen all of a sudden.
The banquet fell into deadly silence.
None of them dared to make a noise under the threat of Louis, the Commander of the Action Zone in
Hopkins.
While his soldiers were all gobbling down food in the banquet, Ayan didn’t seem to be annoyed by that.
Instead, he appeared excited.
Every privileged family in Hopkins had ever struggled to ingratiate themselves with this commander at
all costs. But none of them had ever made it.
To everyone’s surprise, Louis actually showed up in his birthday banquet!
How glorious!
His family would definitely thrive as long as he could build a relationship with the Commander Louis.
But still, he remained sober though overwhelmed with excitement.
Louis abruptly changed his attitude as soon as Leo simply greeted him.
Obviously, there had been a strong friendship between Leo and Louis.
Soon, those soldiers finished all the dishes on table.
Ayan yelled loud to order, “Tell the chef to get as much food as possible! Now!”
His desire to please Louis was running wild at this moment.
Soon, more dishes were served.
Ayan somehow started to change his attitude toward Leo—his hatred against Leo had all gone. What
was more, he felt quite enjoyable when staring at him.
If it weren’t because of the fact that Leo had married, he would definitely make Laura Mrs. Cohen.
“Mr. Cohen, Commander Louis, how do you like the dishes?” Ayan asked with a fawning smile.
Seeing Emilia devouring the food, Leo nodded, “It tastes good.”
Louis nodded as well.
“Nice wine!”
Hearing that, Leo was rendered thrilled.
He had been standing still, ready for their disposal as if he were a waiter instead of the patriarch of the
Watts.
He could tell that the Watts would soon reach the prime as long as he could satisfy Louis.
“Mr. Cohen, may I?”. Louis proposed a toast to Leo.
“Sure.” Leo raised up his glass to clink with Louis’s.
Though it only happened within a second, Ayan couldn’t help sweating nervously.
He was struck by panic when he noticed that Louis was toasting Leo on his own initiative, which
indicated that Leo might be more superior than this commander!
It suddenly occurred to Ayan that he had been conspiring against Leo before.
At the thought of that, he almost passed out in horror.
Though Ayan wasn’t part of the army, he was clearly aware of the rules—the commander never toasted
others unless it was someone whom he paid great respect.
“Hey, don’t forget to toast Nadine.” Said Leo casually.
Then Louis did as told, “Nadine, cheers!”
Nadine replied by raising up her glass. Original from .
While watching, Ayan was overwhelmed with panic.
Now he was sure Leo was superior to Louis.
Then Leo pointed at Ayan, “Today is Mr. Watts’s birthday.”
Louis took a glimpse at him. But he still sat tight on the chair while raising up his glass.
“Happy birthday.” Louis echoed casually.
“It’s my honor!” Ayan got thrilled as if it were the greatest fortune for him.
Now his hostility against Leo had completely turned into gratitude.
“Grandpa, why do you keep him stay? What’s going on with all these soldiers?” somebody suddenly
questioned with anger from behind.
It was Jonah, who just finished cleaning up his body.
He shouted to expel those uninvited soldiers, “What the hell are you doing here? Get out!”
Ayan was pissed.
He slapped Jonah hard on his face and then he kicked him on his body.
“How dare you talk to Commander Louis like that? Get your fucking knees on the ground!”
Ayan didn’t stop. He kept smacking Jonah while cursing.
Soon, Jonah’s face got badly swollen.
Meanwhile, Laura shook her head while watching, looking upset because of his stupid move.
Ayan didn’t stop until Jonah was badly beaten.
He was shocked with his eyes wide open, “Grandpa, why are you hitting me? You are supposed to
beat them, those soldiers and Leo!”
“Shut up!” Ayan was horrified when hearing Jonah saying that. Then he told his guards to beat him
again.
Soon, Jonah was terribly battered.
It was Leo who stopped them, “Hey, stop. I don’t want to be interrupted during mealtime.”
Then Ayan told his guards to stop.
He smiled fawningly, “Gentlemen, I am so sorry to interrupt your dinner time.”
Jonah was stunned when seeing that.
What was happening?
His grandpa turned to be so humble while talking to Leo just after he took a shower?
Jonah huffed, “Grandpa, I am your inheritor, the patriarch-to-be of the Watts! It’s my duty to get them
out!”
Ayan slapped him on his face again!
“Jesus, I almost forgot that! From now on, you are no longer my inheritor!”
“What?” Jonah jumped up, dumfounded.
“Grandpa, what do you mean? How can you go back on your words?”
Jonah was burning with anxiety.
He would like to sacrifice everything just to be the next patriarch. Whatever it took!
But now every effort he spent had all gone in vain.
Leo put down the fork and suddenly glanced at him.
Ayan couldn’t help shivering when looking into his eyes. Now he believed that it should be a must to
deprive Jonah of the inheritance.
“You have offended both Mr. Cohen and Commander Louis! How dare you insist to claim to be my
inheritor! Bullshit!” Ayan cursed madly.
Then he looked at Laura with a smile, “Laura, I would like to make you my inheritor!”
Actually, that was what he had planned to do. However, he decided to punish her when noticing that
she brought Emilia here.
Meanwhile, Jonah froze on spot when hearing that. Then hatred started burning in her eyes.
“No! It’s unfair! How could you make her your inheritor? She betrayed us!” he shouted crazily.
“Get him out!” Ayan roared.
Then two guards were taking Jonah away.
But Laura felt quite upset when hearing Jonah screaming.
It should have been avoided.
She shook her head, “Grandpa, I am sorry. I don’t want to lead the family…”
“What?” Ayan was shocked.
But he couldn’t figure out a better candidate.
Leo smiled to suggest, “Actually, there’s a better option.”
Then he looked at Alan.
Soon, Ayan was rendered quite embarrassed.
It was he himself who expelled Alan from the family at that time.
Ayan felt like struggling when facing this decision.