Chapter 6 – Denied in Public

“How dare you talk to me like that? Do you want to die?” Ezrah felt wronged to be misjudged like this.

Since he didn’t love Zora, he assigned her a butler to take care of her. Therefore, he was not responsible for anything concerning her. If not for the baby, they would have divorced months ago.

The baby was the only thing keeping them together and giving her the title of Mrs. Gannon, which rightfully belonged to Piper. She was the reason why he went to that party, but she had explained to him that her mother had fallen ill, which was why she could not meet up as planned.

The butler’s unclogged attitude aroused both anger and irritation in Ezrah’s heart, yet this butler remained unremorseful.

Turning around, he daringly retorted, “Yes, sir. I will be very glad if you kill me. What is the world and this house without Madam Zora? It's nothing more than an empty shell.”

Ezrah was enraged by the butler’s mannerism, but he was almost twice his age. “If you want to leave, I won’t stop you, but bear in mind that there is more to the story than you think.”

He knew that everybody would blame him for this but could not accept that it was his fault. It was not easy to live with a woman he had no feelings for three years.

However, there was a silent question hidden in his heart. If he didn’t love Zora, then why the passion between them, especially during the few nights they spent together making love?

It was such a shame that he could not even bring himself to touch the woman he claimed to love so much.

“If you will allow me a few days to stay with her at the hospital, then I might continue working for you, but if not, then I will resign,” Rudolph stated his conditions.

Unaware of the divorce and waiting for Zora to get better and return to the mansion, he could not bring himself to leave as he wanted.

Ezra was glad that he chose to stay, being his most respected, wise, and hardworking domestic worker.

“You don’t have to be at the hospital. I will be there myself,” Ezrah said reassuringly, and the butler sighed with relief. It was great to know that his boss was not going to be with that woman when his wife was involved in another accident.

“Okay. Then I will stay and watch over the domestic affairs,” the butler reluctantly agreed.

At the hospital, Ezrah was ambushed by the representatives of the media houses present upon his arrival.

“Mr. Gannon, are you just finding out that your wife was involved in an accident?” One of the media reps asked, but Ezrah gave her the cold shoulder, trying to maneuver his way through the crowd.

He almost made it to the hospital entrance due to the fact that he was feared, and most of them readily gave way, but a slender hand wrapped around his torso from the back, a familiar melodious voice rang,

“Ezrah, I’m glad I found you. I was so worried.”

Piper had been waiting at the hospital as soon as she heard the news. Last night, Ezrah told her about the divorce and how they were going to finalize everything this morning.

When he asked about the audio, she denied it, blaming it on the hotel and making it look as if someone had secretly planted a recorder in the room before it was booked.

Ezrah believed her, and she awaited the news about the finalization of the divorce, only to be met with the news that Zora had been involved in a car accident. Fearing that Ezra might be stricken with guilt to stay by her side, Piper resorted to this.

This was her chance to make her appearance known to the media since someone had removed the previous news, she sent viral about herself and Ezrah’s affairs.

On the other hand, Ezrah was upset by her unwanted appearance. His public image and position as CEO mattered to him than anything else.

“Piper, what did I tell you?” His eyes and voice were so cold, Piper shivered as tears brimmed in the back of her eyes.

Ezrah was always warm towards her; she never expected this from him. Also, his company and her father’s had a business collaboration, so he dared not disrespect her as he might end up losing that business.

With the media reps gathered around them, she put on a pitiful expression, ensuring that they heard every detail that came out of her mouth. Soon, they were gathered around them as she shrieked,

“You promised we were going to get married after the divorce, so since it’s over, what stops us from being together? You are no longer responsible for her. She is now your ex-wife.”

The news was a stun and a butter on bread for the reps present. “Mr. Gannon divorced his wife?” They were murmuring among themselves, ensuring to record everything as one of them asked Piper,

“Excuse me, Miss, did you say that Mr. Gannon and his wife were divorced? Was that the reason for the accident?”

The event was being broadcasted live, Ezrah felt suffocated and greatly angered. If news about this surfaced, his brothers would just have another opportunity to take his hard work from him. Piper’s immature behavior was beginning to get in on him.

Piper straightened herself to face the camera, brushing her hair elegantly with her fingers to look good in the video. “Yes, my name is Piper Henshaw, his…” she didn’t finish speaking when Ezrah’s painful voice rang as he tore her arms off him.

“I don’t know who she is. I love my wife, and I need to take care of her.”

Thus, he left Piper to face the shame she caused. He just denied her in public, declaring his love for Zora. Piper did not know how to feel about it.

Tears welled up in her eyes, rolling down she cheek as she ran after him. “Ezrah, how can you say that?” At the entrance, she was stopped by some bodyguards.

It was hard to tell if they worked for Ezrah, his father, or Zora’s family. “Miss, only family members are allowed, and you are not one of them,” one of the bodyguards said sternly to her.

With the media reps behind her and the bodyguards in the front, she turned to her right with shame that was too much to hold in, running through the crowd of onlookers, looking for a place to hide, but the media reps were equally chasing after her. They loved her courage and could make news and money of her since she was the first daughter of the Henshaw family.

Ezrah entered the emergency ward, met with a blinding slap that echoed through the waiting area. “You asshole, where have you been when your wife was rushed here over an hour ago? And who is that woman? Was she your reason for being late?” His father snarled.

It took Ezrah a few seconds to recover from the painful impact of the slap. Though he showed no sign of weakness, he was shocked by the people gathered in the hospital for the sake of Zora. It made him dizzy.

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