Beyond the Divorce

I glanced at him, unsure how to begin.

It was Arnold who broke the silence. "Go ahead and speak."

"Do you really want to take over completely?" I scrutinized him.

He chuckled. "Seems like I'm still seen as a good-for-nothing in your eyes, and I'm just a freeloader. Am I that bad?"

"Not at all. It's just a bit sudden." I tried to hide my skepticism.

"It's time for me to take over. Grandma is getting old, and I've been quite unfilial. I've been reckless and irresponsible, but I have to step up. After all, the family can't find another successor. It's a responsibility I can't ignore." He spoke with solemnity as if burdened with a mission.

I didn't expect Arnold to be quite manly when he was serious, which made me look at him in a new light. It seemed like he always had the Beringer family's responsibilities on his mind.

Seeing me staring at him, he tapped my head. "What are you looking at? You're that surprised?"

surprising.

am!" He showed a mischievous grin and leaned in, asking, "Which one of me do

to treat me like a

we were alone, he felt like

him a sidelong glance. "What

serious again. "My decision has another

looked at him puzzled. "What

prepare and assist Atlas in his matters, which is his

was stunned, pondering the meaning of his

task. And it's inseparable from the support from our father. Of course, this also involves deeper secrets.

me. Indeed, when Louis chose to develop his business in Torado back then, there must have been a

when Atlas, unaware of the BZ plan, also chose

worried about whether we could successfully obtain the distribution map. It seemed that

father. He was already asleep, so I didn't disturb him. I just quietly sat by his bedside for a long time before gently getting up and