Chapter 246 - 4: Running away from home
Four years had passed since then.
After Athan smiled and told Shawn he was glad to see him again, he left England and followed Knox to Australia despite the disapproval they made no effort to hide. Shawn had to go back home, but from time to time, Athan would send a picture of him and Knox, and later with a newborn baby, to him.
Knox remained his friend, and Athan contacted him as often as he could. He declared that he had no intention of marrying him just because of their families’ arrangement, so Shawn was at peace. If Athan doesn’t want to marry him, then, there is nothing he should worry about. As long as the engagement remained vague, his father would not search for another prospective son-in-law and Shawn gets to do what he wants in the meantime.
Not until that day.
"What are these?" Stuart slammed the papers on the table, right in front of his son, Shawn, who flinched at the noise and the angry voice. "Certificates of enrollment? Why are you trying to get to college with this course when you already graduated, Shawn Williams? Forget this, and prepare yourself to work in our company instead!" Stuart turned away, snatching the papers and mumbling, "Ungrateful kid. Everything you have had been spoon-fed since your birth and now you’re trying to spit at those who fed you."
He ripped the papers as he walked away, and Shawn couldn’t keep his emotions in check any longer. The tension with his father had been simmering for years, quietly lurking beneath his polite smiles and half-hearted nods whenever his father spoke of his plans. But as the conversation twisted once more toward the path his life was meant to follow, he found himself unable to stay silent anymore.
His patience he thought would never snap out to his family, did snap. "Ripping it won’t do anything, Dad. Like you said, I’ve graduated with flying colors with the degree you chose for me. Now, I want to pursue what I want—
"What nonsense! Once you have experience working in a corporate setting, you will be wed to young master Athan and will support him as his husband. You have to give birth to dominant al—
"Am I a f*cking horse?!" Shawn shouted.