Her Rebirth of Retribution novel Chapter 84

Everyone was caught by surprise.

Was that Mr. Kallum? He was somebody who didn’t even attend his own family’s functions, so what was he doing at the Langleys?

Even Calista was surprised. Wasn’t Kallum very busy? What was he doing here?

Hans dare not slap Calista in front of Kallum.

Kallum walked towards him with large strides, pushing himself between both of them and pulled Calista into his arms, and stared at Hans with unfriendliness in his eyes. “Why? You want to hit her? Do you know who she is?”

Kallum’s intimidating presence enabled the four men who came in with him to glare fiercely at Hans, all of them ready to kill, and the temperature in the hall hit freezing point.

Hans meekly took his hand back quickly. There was no more of that commanding and arrogant attitude that he had earlier in front of Benedict. Hans' face had now gone pale and didn’t dare to say anything. Instead, Matthew was the first one to snap out of his shock and replied respectfully, “I see Mr. Kallum has come, I apologize for this mess. Earlier was…a misunderstanding. Callie and my daughter, Yelena, had some argument and Callie slapped Yelena twice, so in a fit of anger, my son…”

As he spoke, Matthew turned to one side slightly, and Yelena quickly went in front to show her red and swollen cheek.

Kallum snorted. “So the Langleys were ready to hit someone precious to me over an illegitimate daughter? How bold!”

Matthew’s smile froze on his face. Nobody ever dared to actually say out loud that Yelena was his illegitimate daughter, but there was nothing he could do about it – the person saying this was Kallum, and he represented the entire Fairchild family.

Matthew was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood out, but he had to swallow it right back. He went silent for a few moments, then suddenly reached out and gave Hans a tight slap! This slap was so fierce and with such great force that Hans' face was turned to one side from the impact.

“Dad!” Hans looked at Matthew with disbelief. But when he met Kallum’s murderous look, he suppressed the anger in him.

“Don’t you dare call me Dad! How many times must I say that the Langley family is a family that has high moral values and we value being reasonable! Callie is still young, but despite being an elder, you are picking a fight with her – aren’t you embarrassed? Apologize to Callie now!”

Hans could barely believe his ears. Calista had hit his sister but he had to apologize to her? What sort of logic was this?

Calista smiled as she saw how Matthew was able to hold his anger in and grovel at others’ feet, and she was sincerely impressed. With this ability to change his attitude depending on the situation, it was little wonder how the Langleys had remained such a strong family after so many years.

Matthew was really able to hold his anger in when needed, but he was also more vicious than others when necessary.

Calista touched her face and smiled gently. In her previous life, Matthew had hired someone to make many slits on her face because he was afraid she would use her beauty to her advantage. Even after she had healed up, there were still several scars left on her face.

The pain and despair she felt as she was being disfigured – she would remember it for life!

Hans shrank back under Matthew’s fierce glare, and he finally bent his high and mighty head in front of everyone and clenched his teeth as he said to Calista, “I’m sorry…Callie, I was wrong.”

Calista was held in Kallum’s embrace and didn’t say anything until she heard murmurs among the onlookers and Hans' face was burning from holding his anger in. Then she asked mockingly, “What did you say? I didn’t hear you clearly.”

Matthew laughed along with her, but only he knew what he was really thinking about.

Kallum looked at the mess on the floor and frowned. He had come to back Callie up, to tell the Langleys who was supporting Callie! But he was no longer interested in doing this, and just wanted to bring her out from this house.

“That’s enough for today, but I hope you will remember that Calista is one of mine. Before any of you cross her, you’d better think about whether you’re able to first.”

Kallum scanned the hall with his pair of bright and beautiful almond shaped eyes, ready to kill. Nobody dared to look him in the eye, but everyone understood what he had said.

Quintus was standing behind Kallum and wiping his sweat. After Mr. Kallum had fallen for Ms. Calista, he was making enemies everywhere he went. Even though these people were nothing to worry about, he didn’t have to spoil Ms. Calista like that! It would get to her head!

Kallum waited until there was absolute silence in the hall before he snorted satisfactorily and walked out of the main door with Calista and his bodyguards.

Benedict knew it would be awkward for him to stay, so he quickly took his leave after Kallum had left.

After these people had left, there was a tense atmosphere left in the hall. Every member of the Langley family looked terrible – this must be the greatest humiliation the Langleys had ever suffered in all these years!

Matthew was silent for a while, and then pointed a finger at Wyatt, his face deathly pale, “You! Go to the ancestral hall and kneel before your ancestors, and you’re not getting up until you know what you’ve done wrong!” The Langleys were a traditional family that maintained an ancestral hall, but this was the first time Wyatt was told to kneel in the hall.