h4Chapter 157: Chapter 155: I’m Here/h4

    More than ten minutes had passed, and Elliana Lyle still hadn’te out of the bathroom. Shawn Lyle looked at his watch, his face clearly showing impatience.

    But he couldn’t urge her further, and with Elliana’s phone in his possession, he couldn’t even send a message.

    However, he wasn’t worried that Elliana would run away. This café was operated by his people, otherwise he wouldn’t have chosen this ce.

    Bringing Elliana back to the Lyle family was a must, and severing thepanypletely from the Bet Family was his current primary objective.

    The first step was to quickly back out of the marriage.

    At that moment, his phone rang; it was a message from Mia rke.

    "Mr. Lyle, I wish you a happy cooperation."

    Seeing this message, Shawn Lyle didn’t want to respond. His acquaintance with Mia was quite coincidental; the future husband he chose for Elliana turned out to be Mia’s younger brother, William rke.

    William was a new talent who returned from abroadst year and happened to join the Lyle Corporation, bringing considerable benefits to the group, which caught Shawn’s attention.

    But Mia had contacted him first. It was through her he knew that William was actually the stepbrother of Norman Bet’s stepmother.

    Although the two had reached amon intention, he began to suspect William was nted in Lyle Corporation by the Bet Family.

    "Boss! Norman Bet is here!"

    This slightly frightened voice made Shawn’s heart sink! When he turned around, Norman Bet had already entered through the door with several others!

    Though a young junior, Norman’s cold demeanor instilled some fear in Shawn.

    Just as he stood up, he noticed Norman had no intention of giving him attention. Instead, several cold-faced bodyguards stood beside him!

    Looking at Norman’s indifferent back, he felt all the blood in his body run cold.

    How did Norman Bet know Elliana was here?

    At this moment, an image shed in his mind of a slight movement Elliana made when she stood up!

    The watch!

    Upon realizing this, he angrily patted his forehead, regretting not noticing it earlier!

    Forcing down his anger, Shawn slowly sat back down, intent on staying put until the two came out.

    After all, Elliana was his daughter. As an elder and a father, how could he be intimidated by a junior?

    ...

    Knock, knock, knock!

    "Girl, it’s me, open the door."

    As the words fell, there was a sound of the door opening along with footsteps, and then the door in front of the man was opened.

    "Norman Bet!" Elliana didn’t say any extraneous words; she wrapped her arms around the man as if having survived a catastrophe.

    It must be known that being taken back to the Lyle family by Shawn would lead to no good end!

    Looking at Emily Lyle’s oue, one could see how ruthless Shawn could be!

    Clearly, they could have acknowledged Emily’s identity, but for the sake of face, Shawn refused. She even said that as long as Emily didn’t use her birth mother’s identity, any other identity would do.

    Yet, Shawn chose the cruelest method.

    Just half a month ago, Emily was arrested abroad by the police for fraud and sentenced to life imprisonment due to therge amounts involved.

    When she saw the news, she was totally shocked. Although she didn’t know Emily well, she knew it was impossible for Emily tomit crimes abroad.

    The foreign billionaire Adrian Davies, whom Emily defrauded, was Shawn’s friend!

    All these details left her deeply terrified upon closer thought.

    "There, there, don’t be afraid, I’m here." The man’s gentle voice indeed eased her tense nerves a little.

    She lifted her head from his embrace, slightly worried: "Norman, is my dad outside? My phone is still with him."

    The man didn’t say a word, he just held her hand firmly and led her outside.

    As they rounded the corner, she saw Shawn still sitting in his original spot.

    Her phone was also on the table.

    As they got closer, the smile on Shawn’s face grew, and he called out, "Elliana, it’s gettingte,e home with Dad."

    Elliana simply picked up her phone from the table, nced at Shawn, and said, "Dad, Norman and I are already married, so I won’t be going back to my parents’ home today."

    In the entire Lyle family, apart from Joy Lyle and Phoebe Lyle, there wasn’t a decent person, Grandma Lyle was fixated on Shawn having a son, while Shawn was determined to control her, and Ada Lee’s family had their eyes set on Norman!

    It was only now that she felt her aunt was actually a fairly good person.

    What kind of parents’ home was a family like this supposed to be?

    "What did you say?" Shawn was clearly taken aback, wondering if he heard wrong, his loving face tinged with confusion.

    "Dad, we’ve already registered, only the wedding is left." She said this as she hooked her arm through the man’s, eyes filled with a teasing smile.

    Norman lowered his eyes slightly, focusing all his attention on this little girl.

    Elliana admitted, with Norman’s arrival, she indeed felt a bit overconfident.

    Facing Shawn, she was no longer as fearful as before.

    After all, she knew her own limits, and when to concede, she must concede.

    Today’s events made her agree even more with Luna’s words, "Women should be independent."

    This independence didn’t mean true independence, but that she should be able to protect herself even when Norman wasn’t around.

    "Say it again!" This time Shawn heard it clearly, his expression showing he couldn’t maintain hisposure and his tone became much harsher. Where was the fatherly love?

    Shawn’s reaction was calmer than Elliana expected, but the heaving chest and slightly twitching chin showed how angry he was.

    "Uncle Lyle, from now on, I will take care of Elliana, there’s no need for you to worry so much."

    The final four words were emphasized heavily by Norman, and with the man’s deep, cold gaze, Shawn was rendered speechless in anger!

    He never expected his daughter to have secretly registered a marriage with Norman Bet! This instantly wiped out all his ns!

    Currently, in order to survive, Lyle Corporation had allocated fifty-one percent of the major shares to shareholders, with the Bets holding fifteen percent, and Norman Bet holding ten percent personally!

    If the remaining small shareholders were bought out by the Bet Family, there’d be no need for him to remain CEO!

    But the current best scenario was that Bet Corporation and Norman’s shares were separate, and Norman didn’t seem to support the Bet Corporation, which was why Lyle Corporation hadn’t been fully acquired by the Bets.

    Everything now depended on Norman, but he knew this couldn’tst long, hence his n topletely escape the Bets’ control!

    As long as he attracted other investments, even if Norman withdrew, it wouldn’t be a problem. But what troubled him the most was that Florence Lyle would only merge the Lee Estate’spany with him after Elliana and Norman called off the engagement!

    But now that the two were married, even the possibility of calling off the engagement had vanished!

    When Norman took Elliana away, Shawn finally smashed the coffee cup in front of him, but it wasn’t enough to calm him; he had to kick over the table to regain someposure.

    "Boss! They’ve left, what do we do?"

    This question nearly made the already calmed Shawn lose his temper again. With Elliana gone this time, meeting her in the future might be difficult.