The Unparalleled Ex-husband is Back!

Chapter 7

But Nolan wasn't the kind to find pleasure in showing off his wealth in a rather flamboyant manner. He was always like this even before he decided to take the long break. It was also the reason that incited the idea of taking a long break in the first place… not entirely, though.

Nolan liked to keep a low profile. He didn't see any reasons why he should reveal his identity to the couple before him and humiliate them in public.

It would only make matters worse since they won't believe him in the first place. Rather than wasting his time trying to reveal anything, Nolan leaned back on the chair and just watched them, silently.

“Hehehe! You're clearly ignorant of the fact that the Wilton family wields vast amount of power and influence in this city. They could make you disappear without even trying to. That's how terrifying they are. However, you're in luck that the Wilton family cares less about a good-for-nothing trash like you. If not your entire family would've suffered darely for your ignorance. So if you know what's good for you, knee down and apologize to my boyfriend. And hand over the table to us. Then maybe my boyfriend would be so generous to spare your worthless penniless life.” The beautiful woman that came along with Harry sneered at Nolan as she said. 

The woman glared at Nolan in disgust, her eyes hinting mockery and amusement.

‘That’s it, knee down and beg for your life. I will completely humiliate you for daring to embarrass me and my boyfriend in public in front of all this distinguished guests!’ She thought to herself. The woman’s crimson lips cracked into a wicked sadistic smirk.

“She’s even bothered about him?! They are ready to let him go if he just apologize?! How generous of them! I would've had him beaten to a pulp if it were me he’d dared to mess with.” One of the wealthy businessmen in the cafe suddenly shouted.

“Young man, what are you waiting for?! Quick, knee down and beg this amazing couple for their forgiveness!” 

“He's still sitting down there?! Don't he understands the mess that he’s in?! Why isn't he begging yet?!” 

“I guess he is still trying to save some face. Young children of nowadays would prefer to rather pick their pride over begging for mercy!”

“Is that so?”

“What foolish pride?! Has he taken a good look at himself in the mirror?! Are poor people this cocky nowadays?! There's no use being generous to this complete loser, have him beaten up immediately!” Another wealthy tycoon shouted in a hoarse voice. The crowd nodded in agreement.

“You heard my girlfriend. All you've to do is just fawn to your knees and beg to be spared. It's just as simple as that. And maybe I will find a place in my generous heart to forgive you. What do you say about that?” Harry said with a snicker. He was starting to enjoy the pleasure of humiliating Nolan in front of all these wealthy businessmen.

He’d wait for Nolan to cower before him in defeat, and then he’d ask him to lick his shoes like a dog before spitting on him and further humiliating. This was Harry's plan.

“I refuse.” uttered Nolan in an indifferent manner as he crossed both his arms in front of his chest.

“You said?!” The rich couple were shocked beyond reasoning. How's he still resisting?

“What…?!” Everyone inside the cafe were left dumbstruck after hearing Nolan bluntly refuse to apologize to the rich couple.

The small crowd of wealthy businessmen who had earlier wanted to enjoy a peaceful and quiet breakfast in a fine upscale cafe such as this, were now completely pissed. How could the rich couple show Nolan so much level of generosity and yet he still refuses to apologize to the couple for deeply wronging them?

“This brat clearly needs a beating!” They all blurted out in anger.

“Where is the assistant manager of this place?! Get me assistant manager Grace this instance! Since when did this hotel start welcoming peasants as guests?!” A very wealthy and influential business man, Chairman Raymond, thundered in an aggressive tone.

He'd been quietly sipping his tea and watching the scene unfold before him from a corner inside the cafe. Initially, he didn't step in, he simply ignored them. But the ranting kept coming on and on. And It was becoming frustrating and unbearable for him.

“Oh my God, isn't that Chairman Raymond from Raymond Corp. What is he doing here?” mumbled someone within the crowd.

“I swear I didn't notice him earlier until now. This young man has ended up offending an influential figure such as Chairman Raymond as well. He should consider himself as good as dead. Chairman Raymond knows a lot of powerful people and he is friends with the assistant manager, Miss Neil, of this hotel. He considers himself as her god-brother.” Another person added.

“Now Miss Neil will not let this slide so easily. She might even order the security officers to beat this loser up.”

Everyone kept chattering amongst themselves as they watched Chairman Raymond stand up from his seat and walk towards the trio's table with his hands in his pocket.

A stern look etched on his face adding to his domineering demeanor.

“What is happening here?” The young man in his early thirties, chairman Raymond, asked in a rather cold tone as he glared at Nolan contemptuously.

“It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Chairman Raymond. Sorry to bother you with our problem.” Harry said with a nervous smile.

Harry knew that chairman Raymond was a well connected wealthy tycoon. Even though Harry had claimed to work for the Wilton family company, it was all just a facade. Though he worked for the Wilton family but it was under one of their smallest and unnoticeable firm, and he'd never met any of the Wiltons. The thing about the Grayson family being connected to the Wilton family was also a lie they came up with to scare their competitors. The Wilton family was so rich and powerful that they would have no business with a backwater family such as the Graysons.

“You know Chairman Raymond?” The beautiful woman tugged her boyfriend's sleeve as she asked clearly surprised. 

“Me and my father ate with him once.” Harry replied with a smile. Even he didn't expect chairman Raymond to walk up to them. The woman gave him the eagered look of wanting him to introduce her to this influential figure.

“It is only right to lend a helping hand to others when they run into trouble. What is the problem? Who dares bother you?” said Chairman Raymond as he sneered at Nolan.

“Well it's not much of a problem given that I could easily trample over this lowly peasant by myself,” replied Harry with a smile.

“I am Harry Grayson, grandson and heir to the Grayson family and this is my girlfriend Stacey Lee from the Lee family. It is our pleasure to meet you, chairman Grayson.” Harry quickly added.

“Same goes to me.”

“Well young man, isn't it obvious that you don't belong in a place like this! What are you still waiting for?!” asked chairman Raymond, sneering at Nolan.

“I’m waiting for the waiter. I want to place my order.” Nolan replied ignorantly.

“You want to order?! Hahaha… Does this place look so shabby to you? Do you think you can order even the cheapest meal in here.” Harry said in between a guffaw.

Hahaha!

Hahaha…!!

The whole crowd burst into laughter as they heard what Nolan had just said. Clearly, the lowly dressed young man was trying so hard to save face in their eyes.

“What a funny young man. Since he said he wants to order something, why don't we let him place his order. Who knows, he might actually be a rich tycoon in disguise.” chairman Raymond said with a snicker.

Another bount of laughter erupted inside the cafe. This noise drew the attention of the hotel's assistant manager and other staff members. 

The beautiful high-class woman with a beauty score of ninety percent, stormed into the cafe with a stern look etched on her face. She was sporting an expensive formal suit.

“What the hell is going on here?!” A cold voice suddenly erupted across the entire cafe from behind the crowd, drawing everyone's attention. The crowd of wealthy businessmen and rich heirs recognized the owner of that chilling feminine voice. It was the assistant manager of the hotel, Miss Grace Neil.

They all quickly turned to look back, with an expression of dread etched across their faces.

“Who dares cause such a ruckus in my hotel?” Grace asked with a cold voice which further amplified her stern demeanor.

Nolan looked at the woman as she strode coquettishly. She wore a black miniskirt exposing her long fair legs inside a pair of black transparent stockings. She carried herself with pride as she walked towards them.

“Assistant manager Grace, it is a pleasure to meet you.” Chairman Raymond quickly greeted her with respect. She glared at him briefly, before averting her gaze to examine the entire cafe. Her menacing cobalt blue eyes descended on Nolan and she sized him up with a look of contempt.

“Humph! What is going on here, chairman Raymond?” Grace asked as she ignored Nolan feeling disgusted by his mere presence.

“Heh! Well, this young man here has clearly been the one stirring up trouble. He doesn't want to order anything and has been staring at the menu all day. He has refused to evict from this table and allow this lovely couple to have a peaceful breakfast even when they offered him money. He has also embarrassed this couple in front of everyone here and has dishonored the Wilton family's name.” explained chairman Raymond.

“Is that true?” Asked grace as she stared at Nolan with a cold glare.

“Nope. I simply said that I came here first. And was just about to place my order before they came. If anything, they are the ones that are trying to stir up trouble. And I didn't dishonor the Wilton family's name.” Nolan replied honestly.

However, Grace simply ignored Nolan and stared at the rich couple as she asked one more time: “Is that true?”

“Yes. What chairman Raymond said is the truth.” Harry answered nervously. Grace wasn't the kind of woman anyone would want to mess with, after all.

Smack!

A loud slap echoed inside the cafe leaving everyone utterly dumbfounded. Assistant manager Grace had just given Nolan a tight slap across his face. Nolan's cheek was now burning red.

The slap had been unexpected, so Nolan felt it deep down to his spine. He was shocked as well. This woman had earlier ignored his own side of the story and had taken action immediately after hearing a one-sided part of what had happened.

‘You b*tch!’ Nolan cursed inwardly.

It was obvious that as long as he wasn't a rich heir or a wealthy tycoon, then his say in all of this didn’t matter at all to Grace. She'd seen how the young man looked at her with lustful eyes when she walked into the cafe! It had disgusted her so much! That lowly dressed peasant didn't have the rights to fantasize about her in his entire miserable life!

Finding out about this incident had been her excuse to release all that pent up anger!

“How dare you?! Who gave you the audacity to dishonor the Wilton family's name?! You're clearly courting death!” Grace yelled in anger.

At this point, Nolan was fed up with all this humiliation. At first, Nolan wanted to simply watch them and see how everything unfolds in the end. However, the situation had taken a drastic turn all of a sudden. And it would be wrong if he didn't do anything himself. It was only right to return the favour in sevenfolds.

Nolan picked up his phone and called a number. The call was immediately answered before it could ring twice without any delay.

"Good morning, Mr Wilton." A hoarse voice came through.

"Get me the contact information of the manager of Night Shade hotel, immediately." Nolan ordered.

"Alright, Mr Wilton."

Nolan hung up.

Beep!

It didn't take long before Nolan received the contact information of the manager of the Night Shade hotel. 

“G-good morning, Mr Wilton. How may-” 

“I am inside the cafe in your hotel. Why don't you come down here this instance. Let's have a little chat, Bob.” Nolan said in a rather cold but calm voice. His eyes burning with an immense fury. Nolan had allowed a lot of people trample on his dignity before in the past, all in the name of being a poor measly peasant. However, he wasn't going to let today past. The humiliation he had received today had reminded him of his in-laws which in turn reminded him of Megan. This caused a huge chain reaction in his heart that fueled his rage even more.

“Wh-what? A-alright... O-okay. I'm on my way.” Bob was dumbstruck from the other end of the line.