"What is the meaning of this?"
Jonathan was frowning deeply when the servants woke him up and the rest of his family because of the arrival of unexpected, uninvited guests.
"You may be the heir and head of the other two big families, but this is utter disrespect," he added, slamming his cane on the ground.
Sitting opposite him were Dominick, Sabrina, Lenon, Tiffany, and Shawn.
"Father, calm yourself," Charlie spoke up, but was also frowning deeply towards them.
Minerva was scowling at Tiffany, who kept a smile she usually sported when facing the reporters back in the day.
"Don't worry, we won't be long, Mister Morgrave. There is just something we wish to retrieve from here," Dominick spoke up.
Of course, he couldn't let his son speak here.
They were still facing the master of the Morgrave Family.
Though Lenon was the best choice to speak as he too was now the master, but their family only pulled the couple into this, he couldn't ask him for more.
But Jonathan had different thoughts, because he did not look at him and was instead looking at Lenon.
Lenon could tell that Jonathan saw Dominick as below him because he had not yet inherited the title of master of their family. That is why he was blatantly ignoring him and was instead glaring at him the whole time.
Lenon smiled his business-like smile.
"Can I borrow that phone, son?" he said to Shawn.
Shawn readily passed his phone to Lenon with the audio message already on the screen.
Lenon played the message without saying anything more.
Minerva's eyes widened.
Nora instantly looked at Jonathan.
Charlie frowned as he clenched his jaws.
Jonathan's grip on the cane tightened.
After the audio message played, Lenon returned the phone to Shawn.
"I guess you already know why we are here, Sir Morgrave," Lenon said to Jonathan.
"What does that audio have to do with us?" Jonathan replied.
"Please, Sir Morgrave. The reason why we came here before the dawn broke was all because we did not wish to make a big deal out of this."
Jonathan glared at him, "You may be the current head of Ashcroft Nexus, but you are still wet behind your ears. Who do you think you are, barging in here early in the morning and accusing us of such absurd things?"
Lenon shrugged, "If it is indeed absurd, then I suppose you wouldn't mind us going to the dot location we received from that same person who sent such an audio message."
"Mister Ashcroft, do you really think I would play along with that game of yours? This is my house. I can get you arrested for such accusations."
Lenon chuckled, "I have not accused you of anything, Sir Morgrave."
Jonathan gritted his teeth, "That recording was enough for me to say that you are accusing me. How can you be sure that that person is my granddaughter?"
"But we also received her location. She sent it to us, and it even showed a lot of details."
*SLAM*
"Enough with this nonsense. Please leave. I may not know what else I will do if you keep this up. I might forget that you are the CEO of Ashcroft Nexus!" Jonathan roared.
'Well, we are also here, though,' Dominick thought.
It was his family who pulled Lenon and Tiffany into this. They were the ones directly involved, but in the end, Jonathan would see only Lenon as someone worthy of his time.
'Even though I was the heir, I can't do anything.'
Dominick clenched his hands into fists.
If it directly involves his children, would he be as powerless as he is now?
He did not want to think about it one bit. A different determination appeared within his eyes as he pondered over this.
Shawn was also nervously looking at them.
He truly had no power right now, it was a good thing he went ahead and asked for his parents' help.
And he was also made aware that, as much as he had no power, Wynter was the same.\
'Just how are you doing now?' he wondered.
He knew she would not be left unscathed, but what he was wondering about was how much she would suffer.
He wished he could just barge in there and get her out, but as obvious as it was, he couldn't.
"As I have said, Sir Morgrave, we would leave as long as you take us to where your granddaughter is. She had asked for our help in such a way that makes us want to move,"
Lenon kept his business-like look.
Tiffany glanced at her husband. She had seen this look of his only a few times.
It was his look when he was transacting for a very important business deal.
She couldn't help but smile inwardly.
The Lockhart Family is a very close family to the Ashcroft Family since Lenon's grandfather. They had asked one another for help, but not to the point of using the power of the other for their own family to gain more power.
That is why she was glad to have married this person. He was not directly involved, but because he was the only one who could talk right now, he decided to take this seriously and give his full support to his friend.
It was even she who agreed to help them.
"How many times must I tell you that person is not Wynter! She is currently sleeping peacefully in her room, and I have no desire to wake her up for such petty reasons of you saying, you came here to save her," Jonathan angrily said.