Chapter 588

Newton poured a glass of warm water for Jasper, handing it to his grandson, who sat across from him.

“Thank you, Grandpa.” Jasper gratefully took the glass, sitting up straight. He cupped the glass with a

hand around the body and another at the base.

“How’s your injuries, Jasper?” Newton asked gently.

“They’re mostly surface wounds but have healed a lot,” Jasper replied, masking most of his weakness and

pain. “Don’t worry about me, Grandpa. I’m stronger than you think. I was in the army once, after all.”

“Then why didn’t you fight back when your father hit you?” Newton scowled. “That vixen, Sophia, clearly

influenced him to hurt you for no good reason. Why didn’t you just snatch the whip away and hit her back?!

He’d called Jasper over just to question him about this.

Jasper looked down at his glass of water. To Newton’s surprise, he stayed silent.

“You’re my grandson, Jasper, and blood of blood. You

owe it to our family, do you?”

pressed into a thin line.

once had to survive in a filthy, narrow little slumhouse with his sick

a stormy night when those

and the biting cold wind numbed

by the bed, trying to feed her mother

a smart suit and tie as he walked into the room. Not even

shoes had a drop of rainwater

had in mind at that time

save my mom,

to the bedside. Tears welled

hugged Jasper’s thin and sickly

He cried out, “Oh, Anne! My sweet Anne! I’m so sorry it

for you and

his father’s devotion to his

public. Thus, Jasper, a

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