My Accidental Husband Is My Revenge Partner - Chapter 281

Chapter 281: Some Punches
“Xander is a useless son!” He claimed. “There’s only one thing he can do in the company, and that’s to run it down!”

“Don’t be preposterous now, Thomas. I can’t believe that’s how you think of your very own son! Think for once in your life. Are you doing the right thing?” She questioned, ready to face him on that night.

Mr Wallace glanced at his wife, anger surging through as he resisted the urge to smack her across the face. He’d never beaten his wife before, but now he was tempted to do so.

Perhaps if she had not gotten pregnant with the twins back when they were still in college, he wouldn’t have had to marry her. Then he would still have Nora by his side.

“Don’t talk to me like that, woman!!” Mr Wallace demanded, and Xavier had to block his path more properly when he was about to attack his mother.

Xander came out of his hiding spot and blocked his path also.

“You’re drunk, father! Go rest and we’ll talk in the morning,” he said, but deep down, his tongue felt bitter after what Mr Wallace had said.

“You get out of my way!!” Mr Wallace shoved Xander out of his way and the latter ended up falling on the group with a harsh force that accidentally made him bruise his elbow. “Don’t you dare call me your father! I’m not your father!!”

Mr Wallace’s eyes were so red one would think that blood had flooded his eyes.

Everyone in the room was so frightened by his actions because they’d never seen him react that way before. He was always calm and collected until his father died, making him the head of the household and everything that belonged to the Wallace family.

“What is wrong with you?!” Mrs Wallace bellowed. “Is it because you’re drunk you can’t even think straight anymore?”

She wanted to understand the situation, but the way her husband was acting towards Xander couldn’t help but make her wonder if he truly despised his son.

Xavier intended to help Xander off the ground but the latter swatted his hands away.

“I don’t care what you say, but there’s no way Xander is going to get a share of my properties. And that’s final!!” And then he stumbled his way inside the room, ending the conversation before Mrs. Wallace could spew out anything anymore.

But the wife was insistent on pushing some sense into her husband’s head. She followed behind him, leaving Xander and Xavier in the living room.

“Don’t mind anything dad just said. He’s drunk,” Xavier said in a way to make him not think too much about their father’s words.

The living room felt awkward for a reason and the air was becoming too tense.

“But they say people tend to tell the truth when they’re drunk! Isn’t that right?” Xander questioned, his eyes peering up at Xavier with a cold glare that had the latter instinctively take a few steps away from him. “Dad’s right,” he agreed, shocking his brother.

“What do you mean?” Xavier asked, confusedly.

“You’re dad’s favorite, and you’ve been favored by him all the time. Even before Grandpa died, he favored you more than me. Grandma favors you even more.” Xavier was not liking Xander’s tone but he kept mute to listen to him properly. “Every freaking damn person on this earth favors you and I’m sure you must love all that attention.”

He glared at Xavier as if he’d tried to steal something from him intentionally.

Xander was about to walk off, but Xavier held him back.

“Why are you talking so bitterly? You’re talking as if I was the one who chose this kind of life.”

Xander scoffed. “As if you don’t enjoy the attention you’ve been getting all this while.”

“Do you even know the pressure on my shoulders just because Dad expects so much from me? All because you can’t put your mind down and do something right!” Xavier bellowed this time around, mirroring Xander’s expression.

“It’s either the teachers call to report you for some shenanigans you know you SHOULD’NT do which will grab Dad’s attention, or you go attend some stupid damn party when you have an exam the next day. In the end, you still fail it. I wouldn’t blame Dad if he found you as a disappointment because that’s the only thing you’re proving to him….”

“How dare you!!” Xander punched Xavier across the face which caught the latter off guard.

The both of them have had their disagreements in the past with some playful punches but never a real painful, bone-shifting punch.

Despite the attack, Xavier stood calm and collected while the corners of his lips dripped blood.

“Did that hurt?” Xavier asked, yanking away Xander’s fist that was wrapped around his collar. “That’s because it’s the truth.”

Xander gritted his teeth in rage, ready to hit Xavier again but the latter caught his fist in the air.

“I think you’ve done enough,” said Xavier as she wiped off the blood on his lips with the back of his palm. “If you’re raging because of what I said, then that’s because of what you’ve done. If Dad wants to make me the CEO of the family’s company, then so be it. You’ve proven to be useless anyway,” he spat out.

He knew his words would hurt, but he internally wished Xander would buckle up and act like a man instead of wasting his life all the time.

He found a twinge of pain pass through Xander’s eyes and he knew he’d hit a spot. Now, he can only hope Xander will change for the better.

Without any more words being exchanged, Xavier walked away, leaving Xander to fume alone in the living room. He caught the shadows of their butler in the kitchen area, and that was when he realized they might have been a little too loud.

However, Xavier ignored the butler and went his way.

Xander’s fist clenched so hard his knuckles turned white.

‘So that’s how it’s going to be?’ He thought.