Chapter 750 - 738: I Want You to Marry Me (25)
And from the looks of it, he really was quite capable.
After waking up, it only took him three months to take down the mayor and reclaim his position.
Not long after Archie Lockwood left, a woman in a wheelchair appeared at the study door.
"Dad..."
"Why are you out here?" Harold Bishop stood up, his tone cold and displeased.
"I..."
"Don’t you worry. I can’t push that kid around. No one from the Lockwood family is a pushover."
The last one, Jason Lockwood, was so vicious it was terrifying. And this Archie Lockwood, who was capable of defeating Jason Lockwood, was naturally an even more formidable character.
He really couldn’t push him around.
And naturally, he couldn’t trust his own daughter with a character he himself couldn’t handle.
"That’s not what I meant." Eleanor Bishop shook her head, her spirits low.
"Oh? Then what did you mean?"
"..."
’I don’t understand... why would Archie Lockwood want to be with me just because I was in a car accident?’
’He hates me so much. Shouldn’t he be wishing I’d just disappear, that I’d just die?’
’I don’t get it. I really don’t understand what’s going on.’
After a long pause, Eleanor Bishop seemed to think of something. She looked up at Harold Bishop, troubled. "Dad, I heard... Mom came by again today."
"Yes." At the mention of Yara Ross, Harold Bishop’s expression turned incredibly grim.
With red-rimmed eyes, Eleanor Bishop pleaded softly, "Dad, no matter what mistakes Mom made, she’s really suffered all these years. So, can’t you let her come back...?"
"Come back? Let her come back for what? To keep upsetting the two of us, or to keep tormenting us?"
"But no matter what, she’s still your wife, and my mother."
"Just stay out of this. Let her suffer out there for a while longer." ’She was, after all, his wife of many years. It would be a lie to say he didn’t feel a pang of sympathy or care at all.’
But when he thought about all the things Yara Ross had done, he just couldn’t stomach it right now.
"..."
「Siren’s Night.」
Archie Lockwood stared at the man across from him, his brow tightly furrowed.
"To be honest, I kind of agree with what Eleanor Bishop’s father said." Leo Joyce poured Archie Lockwood a drink, chuckling softly.
"Why?"
"Bro, seriously, do you actually like Eleanor Bishop or not?" Loving a woman wasn’t supposed to look this calm.
"Like?" Archie Lockwood’s eyes darkened as he quietly chewed on the word.
In truth, it seemed he didn’t know whether he liked her or not either...
’It’s like that question doesn’t even exist between me and Eleanor. There’s only money, transactions, exploitation, deception... As for ’like’?’
’I seem to really like her body. Whenever I’m with her, I just want to possess her.’
’Rory wants a mother, and I don’t want this woman to leave me again. I want to build a family with her, a normal family.’
Leo Joyce rolled his eyes, utterly speechless. "So you’re telling me you don’t even know if you like the woman or not?"
"Do I need to like her? She likes money, so I’ll give her money. As long as she’s willing to come back, I’ll forgive her. I have plenty of money, anyway," Archie Lockwood retorted, his anger baffling.
’As long as she’s alive, as long as she comes back, I can let everything else go.’
Leo Joyce pointed at Archie Lockwood without holding back. "Archie Lockwood, if I were Eleanor Bishop’s father, I wouldn’t let you see her either. A guy like you deserves a punch in the face!"