Ex-Husband’s Endless Pestering

Chapter 54
Ashley held Henry’s arm and plastered a smile across her delicate face as if she was declaring her relationship with him.
Josie glanced at Rebecca and whispered, “Do you want to switch tables with us?”
Rebecca looked around helplessly. “There aren’t empty tables around.”
Josie sighed. “Let’s go, then.”
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Rebecca got up and directed her sarcastic words at Ashley as she said, ‘I’ll come with you. It’s no fun to stay at this party when we don’t have a sponsor, unlike a certain someone.”
“Sit down,” said Henry in a low voice as he darkened his expression.
Josie and Rebecca felt an intense chill in the room, unsure whether it was because the room was not heated.
Josie pretended not to hear Henry and moved her chair.
“Josie, don’t let me repeat my words.” Henry frowned. His tone made it evident that he was threatening Josie.
Despite her anger, Madelyn dared not say a word. If it weren’t because Josie had signed a confidentiality agreement, Madelyn would have ripped off Ashley, the mistress’ ugly face.
“Da m n… You really irritated Henry, didn’t you?” Rebecca whispered in Josie’s ear and shuddered in fear.
“Are you afraid now?” Josie asked. Her face had turned pale.
“Why would I be afraid of him? I don’t rely on his money. Rebecca rolled her eyes.
The two sat back down in their seats. Josie did not want to become the center of attention.
However, it seemed that everyone else had already shifted their attention to Josie.
The entire banquet hall instantly erupted in an
Uproar.
It seemed that the rumors were true. Henry and Josie did look like they had a grudge against each other.
Not many people knew Josie was Henry’s sister. Back when they were in college, there were even rumors that Josie was an adoptive daughter of the Gibson family, whereas Henry was the eldest son of the Gibson family.

“How could an adopted daughter like her have the nerve to fight Henry for the family assets?”
“She should be grateful that the Gibson family adopted her.
Other guests from other tables discussed among themselves and were not afraid that Josie would hear them.
Since Josie had offended Henry, these people assumed they could t r a m p l e on her dignity to please Henry.
Madelyn’s face turned pale in anger, but Josie held her hand tightly.
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Josie shook her head and smiled calmly at Madelyn, gesturing to Madelyn that they should not mess with Henry in public. Given Henry’s personality, there was no guarantee of what he would do when angered.
“Mr. Gibson, here, let me propose a toast to you. Do you remember me? I’m your senior in college, Larry Palmer.” Not long after, someone took the initiative to walk over to their table and make a toast.
With that, Larry turned around and glanced at Josie. “Oh, isn’t this the campus belle from our faculty? How did you end up becoming a joke now?”
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Josie slowly curled her fingers upon hearing that.
“Larry, right? Why don’t you walk out at here and turn right? There is a mirror there. Look at yourself in the mirror. You look more like a joke now,” said Rebecca angrily. She could not maintain her calm in front of these snobbish people.
“Aren’t you a celebrity? Did you forget sleeping with me when we were in college? Or do you have too many flings with other men that you can’t recall me? I wonder why you still aren’t successful in the entertainment industry when you’re so used to sleeping around with other men.”
Rebecca was unfazed by Larry’s harsh remarks. She raised her brows and said, “I’m sorry, but I don’t remember men who barely satisfied me in bed, especially men who couldn’t last more than five minutes. It’s too embarrassing for me to recall them so often
That startled Josie and Madelyn. They did not expect Rebecca to be bold enough to publicly talk about things like that.
The two gave Rebecca a thumbs-up.
Rebecca raised her chin like a proud swan and said, “Shh. Stay humble.”
“You!” Larry’s hands trembled out of anger.
Someone who came with Larry quickly tried to smooth things over by saying, “Larry, stop flirting around with your juniors and hurry up with your toast to Mr. Gibson.”
Henry glanced coldly at Larry and did not even bother raising his fingers. “Who the hell are you?”
Larry was startled for a moment. His heart tightened, and he wondered if he had said anything wrong to offend Henry.
However, Henry did not bother clarifying things with Larry. He saw Josie was dressed in thin fabric, so he stood up and took off his coat, walking over to cover his coat on Josie. “You should wear more layers next time.”
Josie felt rather uneasy at that gesture. She wanted to get up and return the coat to Henry.
The few people who came here to toast to Henry and the other guests in the banquet hall were dumbfounded by that scene. They could not help but wonder what was going on. It seemed to them that the rumors were fake. Josie and Henry did not seem to hate each other. As a brother, Henry clearly cared for his sister enough to even give Josie his coat.
Meanwhile, Ashley gritted her teeth so hard, and her fingers curled up slowly.
“Henry clearly still cares for Josie, Ashley thought.
“Keep it on you,” said Henry in his usual emotionless voice. It made him sound like a machine, yet his tone was mixed with an intense hint of threat.
Josie dared not get up, but she felt even colder despite having Henry’s coat around her. Her legs even trembled out of fear, She wondered, “What does he mean? Is he allowing people to spread rumors and humiliate me, only for him to step in and help me out? Is this how he tells me I will not end up well for crossing his line, and that I should just stay obedient to him! 1 should have anticipated this. He’s always controlling everything in his life.”
“Jo, you should just obey me. Look at the senior who’s trying to pursue you. Is his name Ezra? Anyway, he doesn’t even dare to look at you now,” whispered Henry as he leaned closer to Josie’s car.
Henry forced Josie to look in Ezra’s direction as he uttered sarcastic remarks in her ear, saying that a loser like Ezra did not deserve to be with Josie and become family with him. He specifically mentioned that even though Josie was not his wife, she was still family to him, and he would never allow Ezra, a loser who could not endure slight hardships in his life, to be with Josie.
Josie grabbed the hem of her dress with trembling fingers, and her knuckles turned white as she listened to everything Henry told her.
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Josie did not say anything in response, treating him like he was throwing another tantrum.
Henry didn’t say anything else and turned around, returning to his seat.
Ashley hurriedly took Henry’ carm intimately and asked with great concern, “Henry, is Josie not feeling well?”
Henry said nothing in response. His eyes had been fixated on Josic all this while.