Chapter 32
After David bounced, Marcus bolted outta the restaurant.
When he got home, Juniper and Celeste were chowing down.
Seeing Marcus stroll in, Juniper looked kinda shocked, "Didn't you say you had some social thing tonight? Why you back so early?"
Marcus was fuming and ripped off his suit jacket as soon as he stepped in.
Not even mentioning tonight's plans, Marcus still wanted to hash things out with Juniper. As soon as she brought it up, his anger hit the roof, and without a word, he stepped up and slapped Juniper hard.
"Ah!" Celeste screamed, rushing to Juniper's side. She stared at Marcus, wide-eyed, "Dad! Why'd you hit mom!"
"Shut up!" Marcus roared, pointing a shaky finger at Juniper, "You tell me, what the hell have you been doing behind my back!"
"What could I possibly be doing behind your back?" Juniper snapped, the red mark on her face glaring. "You think I'm cheating on you!"
"Stop dragging up old crap!" Marcus was sick of Juniper using that against him, "I'm talking about now! Why are you snooping on David? Didn't I tell you to leave him alone! Why can't you listen!"
"How did I mess with David, I..." Juniper hesitated.
"Who do you think I was having dinner with tonight!" Marcus cut her off, "David came to see me, and you still won't admit it?"
Juniper's eyes went wide, and Celeste looked at Marcus in disbelief, "Dad, David came to see you?"
Marcus tossed his jacket on the sofa, pacing the living room.
"Would he meet you instead of me? How many times have I told you not to mess with David! You think the toughest guy in the Tudor Family is Gavin? No way! It's David! You think his polite, gentlemanly act hides his vicious side? When David gets nasty, even Gavin can't compete!" Marcus shouted.
Marcus was so mad his head was pounding, "And you, spill it, how many times have you secretly met with Alice!"
Juniper got it right away. "That bitch must've snitched to David, huh?"
Marcus glared at Juniper with disgust, "Do you always call Alice that?"
Juniper was taken aback, then realized what Marcus meant.
With a bit of awkwardness, Juniper coughed and changed the subject, "Alice says whatever she wants and David buys it. Why doesn't he suspect Alice is pissed at me and Celeste and wants to use him to screw us over? Besides, she's in college. She could just stay on campus. Why'd she move in with David? If people find out they're living together, their reputations would be toast!"
"That's because they already have a marriage agreement. What's wrong with living together!" Marcus blurted out in a fit of rage.
Juniper and Celeste's eyes popped open, "What?"
"Marriage agreement?" Celeste stepped up and grabbed Marcus's arm, "What the hell is it? How could Alice have a marriage agreement with David! Dad, what's going on? Why don't mom and I know about this? Who set this up?"
Marcus was beyond irritated, "Of course, it was Lucas, and the Tudor Family agreed. Otherwise, why'd Alice move out after Lucas got hospitalized? It was to make their relationship easier!"
Marcus shook off Celeste's hand, pointing at her and then at Juniper, saying in frustration, "I tried everything to get this marriage agreement for Celeste, but Lucas went straight to Gavin, and they set it up for Alice. Fine, I sucked it up, thinking after Lucas passed, I could find a way to switch the marriage partner to you, and everyone would be happy."
"Now look at what you've done, you two kept causing trouble, and their relationship has blown up. Happy now?" He knew David wasn't the type to solve problems for others, but now, he'd personally come to him twice for Alice, showing Alice meant something to him.
Marcus looked at the useless Celeste and sighed deeply.
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