Seeing that Aria Sterling had no fondness for the Jennings family, Landon Hawthorne didn't bother being polite.
He called over the hotel's lobby manager, pointed at the members of the Jennings family, and said, "These people are an eyesore. They're ruining the appetite for my wife and me. Throw them out."
"Landon Hawthorne, Aria Sterling is my daughter, and you're my..."
"Do I know you?" Landon's voice instantly turned cold, filled with warning. "Mr. Jennings, don't go around trying to claim kinship with me. The Hawthorne family isn't some random family that just anyone can associate with!"
He reminded him icily, adding at the end, "Since we're not relatives, for Mr. Jennings to call me by my first name... isn't that a bit..."
His intentional, pointed insinuation stunned Sean Jennings into silence.
