After Prison I Rushed into Marriage with a Comatose Tycoon-Chapter 57: Eliza Sutton Seduced and Abandoned Me

Chapter 57: Chapter 57: Eliza Sutton Seduced and Abandoned Me

Eliza’s gaze drifted over. "Looks like those two kicks from yesterday weren’t enough for you."

Ivan Willow immediately leaped away, a fearful expression on his face. "Isla, a guy my size really can’t take another round. Please, have mercy."

Eliza couldn’t be bothered to look at Ivan Willow. She grabbed her suitcase. "I’ll be taking my leave."

With that said, Eliza turned and left without a backward glance.

Chairman Willow glanced at Harrison Sutton. "You’re on your own."

Ivan Willow suddenly got right in Amelia Sutton’s face, flashing her a wide, toothy grin. "Miss Sutton, this business with you scheming against me? It’s not over. Just you wait."

The moment he finished speaking, Ivan Willow immediately chased after them.

"Dad! Isla! Wait for me!"

Once they left, the Sutton living room fell silent.

Amelia Sutton fumed resentfully. "This is outrageous—Ah!"

Before she could finish, Harrison Sutton slapped her across the face.

Amelia was knocked to the ground.

Clutching her already swelling cheek, she couldn’t help but shout, "Dad, why are you hitting me too?!"

"Hitting you? Let me tell you, if you can’t get Eliza back, I’ll do more than just hit you!"

"Harrison, how can you speak to our daughter like that? You know perfectly well this isn’t Amelia’s fault! It’s that other daughter of yours who resents you and deliberately set this trap. If you need to vent, you should be taking it out on her!"

"Enough! Stop slinging mud at Eliza! No matter what I’ve done, she is a Sutton, and she is my daughter! She is also my rightful heir! Don’t you forget, she is my one and only legitimate, born-in-wedlock child!"

At Harrison Sutton’s words, the color drained from Mae Sheffield’s face, and she nearly fainted.

"Mom! Mom!" Amelia Sutton cried out, supporting Mae Sheffield’s limp body. But Harrison Sutton stormed out without so much as a glance in their direction.

「Outside the Sutton villa.」

Chairman Willow said graciously, "Miss Sutton, allow me to give you a ride."

"There’s no need, I drove—" Eliza began, then suddenly remembered. For the sake of realism, she’d had Butler Lockwood drop her off at the Sutton residence and leave right away.

Chairman Willow insisted, "Miss Sutton, there’s really no need to be so formal. You disciplined my son on my behalf. I should be the one thanking you."

Eliza asked, "Is this a veiled warning, Chairman Willow?"

"No, absolutely not."

Ivan Willow popped his head over. "Isla, I swear, my dad is telling the truth. He’s incredibly grateful that you disciplined me for him."

Eliza remained noncommittal, clearly not taking them seriously.

"Isla, just get in the car. It’s a long walk to the main road from here, and it can’t be easy with all your luggage. How about this... if you really don’t want a ride, I can help you carry your things."

Eliza glanced at Ivan Willow’s scrawny but eager frame and decided to relent.

"In that case, thank you."

"That’s more like it."

Ivan Willow eagerly pulled open the car door, carefully holding it as Eliza settled inside.

Chairman Willow watched them and nodded to himself. ’My son may be an idiot, but at least he’s perceptive.’

「Inside the luxury vehicle.」

Chairman Willow began, "Eliza, may I call you that?"

"Mm."

Chairman Willow’s expression grew even more paternal. "There’s something I’d like to get your opinion on. What would you say to holding a banquet at The Imperial Feast, where Ivan Willow will kowtow and formally apologize to you?"

Eliza was taken aback. "Are you serious, Chairman Willow?"

"Of course," Chairman Willow said with a smile. "This brat of mine made a mistake. He needs to suffer the consequences to learn some humility."

Ivan Willow leaned in with a miserable expression. "Isla, when I’m on my knees apologizing, you have to let me get up quickly. Otherwise, I’ll be utterly humiliated."

Eliza looked at the father and son before her. Judging by their expressions, they were actually serious.

Eliza said, "If this is just about an apology... then I’ve seen your sincerity. There’s no need to go to all this trouble. We can consider the matter closed."

’It was true that Ivan had ill intentions yesterday, but she’d already kicked him and beaten him up. He had come to apologize, too. The matter could end here.’

"As expected of Eliza, you’re too clever. I can’t hide my intentions from you. I do have one other small proposal. At this banquet, I’d like for you and my good-for-nothing son to become sworn siblings. From that day forward, you would be his sworn elder sister."

Eliza was genuinely surprised. "Chairman Willow, why go to such lengths? It hardly seems like a good deal for you, having him acknowledge someone like me as a sworn sister."

’She might have other identities, but those were all secret. In the eyes of the world, she was just an ex-convict who had been abandoned by her family.’

"You’re being far too modest. Let’s not even mention that you’re still the Mistress of the Lockwood family. The mere fact that you can get this brat of mine to be so obedient makes you more than worthy," Chairman Willow said, shooting a glare at Ivan Willow.

Ivan ducked his head and said pitifully, "Isla, please just agree. Take me under your wing. Otherwise, things are going to be rough for me."

Eliza said nothing.

Ivan got up from his seat and simply threw himself at Eliza’s feet, wrapping his arms around her legs.

"Isla, please say yes!"

"Get up."

"I won’t!" Ivan threw a tantrum like a three-year-old. "If you don’t say yes, I’ll just stay here and won’t get up. If anyone sees us, I’ll tell them Eliza Sutton seduced and then cruelly abandoned me!"

"..." Eliza was speechless. "Are you even using that phrase correctly?"

"I don’t care! I don’t care! Anyway, if you don’t agree, I’ll go raise a stink! I’ll go to the Lockwood residence! I’ll go to the Lockwood Design Department! I’ll even start a livestream and tell the whole world what a heartless woman you are!" Ivan whined pitifully. "I know I was wrong yesterday, but there were reasons for it! You have to give me a chance to turn over a new leaf!"

As he spoke, he looked so wronged that tears started to well up in his eyes.

Eliza looked toward Chairman Willow.

Chairman Willow stared at the ceiling, then the floor—anywhere but at Eliza.

Eliza was speechless. "..."

The whole spectacle was giving Eliza a headache. She said in exasperation, "If you keep this up, I’m definitely not going to agree."

In a flash, Ivan was back in his seat, sitting perfectly straight like a grade-schooler.

Eliza was speechless. "..."

’She suspected Ivan had studied the art of face-changing.’

Chairman Willow said with a beaming smile, "Wonderful. From now on, we’re all family."

Eliza was mentally exhausted and had no desire to speak.

With the matter settled and the morning nearly over, Eliza canceled her leave of absence and returned to work at the Lockwood Group.

Just as she stepped out of Chairman Willow’s car, she turned her head and saw Shane Lockwood emerging from the lobby, pushed by Erik Irvine.

"President Lockwood."

"President Lockwood."

Employees passing by greeted Shane Lockwood one after another.

Eliza offered a greeting as well.

She assumed Shane would leave, but to her surprise, he raised a hand, motioning for Erik Irvine to stop.

"Is the matter resolved?"

"It is."

"Next time something like this happens, leave it to Erik."

Eliza was surprised. ’Shane never cared about her business, yet now he was telling her to have Erik help.’

Then she heard Shane say, "I don’t want these personal dramas of yours affecting the Lockwood Group’s stock price."