Chapter 393 Custody And Confrontations

• When an unfamiliar hand touched Grace’s shoulder, Grace turned pale with fear and quickly hid behind Taya. “She has been frightened before and has a trauma. Please don’t scare her again.” Taya stood in front of Grace, calmly looking straight at the couple. She looked delicate and weak, but the expression in her eyes revealed extreme caution. Both Baird and Jocelyn were educated intellectuals who would not use force, but they would use psychological tactics. “Ms. Palmer, now that the issue of Amon and Rosalie’s combined burial has been completed, it’s time to talk about Grace’s custody.” Baird raised his hand and made a gentleman’s gesture toward the rest area outside the cemetery. “If you’re not in a hurry, let’s go over there, sit down and have a chat?” Just as Taya was about to reply, a cold voice came from the crowd… “What are you going to talk about?” With his legs, Griffon walked to Taya with steady steps, then turned to face Baird. He wore gold-rimmed gla*ses and looked quite civilized, but his unsmiling eyes were filled with frost. Baird never had direct contact with Griffon, only saw him a few times in the financial news, and it was the first time they met. After a moment of surprise, he carefully sized up Griffon in front of him from head to toe. “You do look a little like your father.” However, Griffon’ noble temperament seemed even colder than his father’s. Although Baird was far abroad, he knew more about his competitor’s exploits than anyone else. Baird knew that despite his young age, Griffon had already expanded the Knight pack’s business territory to the whole world and was ahead of other prominent packs in wealth. He also knew that Griffon was even more ruthless than his father. He was extremely cruel, so to speak, he never gave his opponents a chance to survive. However, this man who dominated the business world actually mated an orphan with no background or status. Baird could not understand it no matter how hard he tried. Baird speculated that perhaps Griffon was as infatuated as Amon. In other words, it’s stubbornness, once they fell for a woman, they stuck to it and refused to let go. It was actually because they were too strictly controlled and lacked emotional experiences during their pup period. He felt that if Griffon had experienced a lot, Griffon would not have glued himself to just one woman. With that in mind, Baird thought he had figured out Griffon’ temperament, so he a*sumed the stance of an elder and raised his chin proudly. “Alpha, since you will be mating Ms. Palmer, you can also be considered Grace’s uncle. You have the right to participate in her custody matter. If you don’t mind, let’s move to the rest area and discuss this in detail.” It’s already a huge favor given by Baird to ask Griffon to discuss Grace’s custody, after all, Griffon was his enemy’s son. As a younger generation, Griffon should have taken a step back and, due to a sense of guilt, called Baird “Uncle”. However… Griffon did not even look at Baird, just said in a cold voice, “Go talk to my lawyer.” Then he turned sideways to Taya and said, “Is everything all set?” Taya looked down at Grace, “Is there anything else you’d like to say to Mom and Dad?” Grace knew that the middle-aged couple wanted to take her away, so she quickly shook her head. Only then did Taya take Grace’s hand and answer Griffon, “Let’s go.” Griffon nodded, grabbed her hand, crossed the crowd, and walked straight toward the gate of the cemetery. After they left, Neil and George looked at each other. The two of them did not seem to want to stay with the Yardley pack members either, and after saying goodbye to Rosalie and Amon, they left as well. They were about to get into the car when suddenly, Jocelyn caught up with them and called out to Taya. “Ms. Palmer, I have a few words to say to you, about your mother.” Taya was about to get into the car, she then stopped holding her fingers on the door when she heard it was about her mother. She looked back at Jocelyn, and was a little surprised that Jocelyn knew her mother? Griffon helped Taya into the car and also subconsciously turned sideways and glanced coldly at Jocelyn. Griffon, should I go?” Taya’s voice called Griffon back from his thoughts. He took her hand in his and said worriedly, “I’m with you.” Taya nodded lightly, and they walked up to Jocelyn. The 6.2 feet tall Griffon walked towards Jocelyn with a full sense of oppression. Jocelyn clasped her hands together, gathered her courage, and made her request to Griffon, “Alpha, please recuse yourself, or I won’t tell her.” Why should Griffon recuse himself? Taya was puzzled and looked at Jocelyn, “He’s my mated wolf, why should he recuse himself?” “Ms. Palmer, you should listen to me.” Jocelyn’s mysterious appearance made Griffon furrow his brow in suspicion. Jocelyn was the only daughter of the Sherwood pack, and the Sherwood pack was a centuries-old pack with a rich heritage, but she knew Taya’s mother? And she asked him to recuse himself, as if she did not want him to know who Taya’s mother was, or maybe she wanted to admonish Taya to stay away from him. Griffon saw right through Jocelyn’s mind as he calmly let go of Taya’s hand and turned around, taking a few steps toward the nearby woods. For Griffon, there was nothing he couldn’t find out if he was given a piece of information, so he didn’t have to listen to their conversation. Seeing Griffon leave, Jocelyn breathed a sigh of relief, he really deserved to be the Alpha of the Knight pack, his oppressive presence was suffocating. “Mrs. Yardley, how do you know my mother?” Jocelyn stroked her chest to calm down before looking at Taya. She did not rush to answer the question, but raised her hand and touched Taya’s face.