Although Leanne Richards had long stopped expecting anything from William Hall, being flatly ignored like this still made her burn with rage.
"William Hall, I'm talking to you! Are you deaf?!!!"
William Hall despised the shrewish behavior Leanne often displayed. If her father hadn't saved the Old Master on the battlefield years ago, would he have ever married such a vulgar, uncultured woman?
"What kind of mess I've gotten into, someone as brainless as you couldn't fix anyway. What's the point of telling you?"
William Hall's eyes were filled with undisguised mockery and impatience.
"But, Leanne, your brothers have raked in quite a lot over the years riding on the Hall Clan's coattails. If you behave yourself, for the sake of our decades-long marriage, I wouldn't mind letting your family ride the Hall Clan's fortune for a few more years. However, if you don't know your place and keep bouncing around like a mad dog, don't blame me for being ruthless."
"You…"
