Can’t Win Me Back

It was a dark and windy night. The moon was casting a dim and cold glow on everything beneath it.

As agreed, Cornelius arrived at the study on the second floor of Primrose Manor. Preston was already waiting there, as expected. His lonely shadow on the floor was like a ghostly figure that had returned from hell to seek revenge.

“Dad, I am your son, after all. I really never thought that you’d be so cruel toward me.”

Preston sat languidly on the couch. He grinned sinisterly. “I have always been respectful toward you. I have toiled hard for the corporation too. Yet, you’re kicking me out because I have become handicapped? Aren’t you being too heartless?”

Cornelius suddenly sensed that something was wrong. He turned around to open the door but found that he couldn’t pull it open!

“Stop wasting your energy. Without my permission, you’re not taking a single step out of Primrose Manor.” Preston put a cigarette between his lips. However, he remembered that he no longer had a hand to light his cigarette. So, he clenched his teeth and stuffed the cigarette back into its case.

“Caspian… Caspian!” Cornelius shouted for his secretary. His back was covered in sweat.

Then, the door opened.

Caspian is

Cornelius a sinister smile. Then, he flung Caspian’s body in front of him as if he

overwhelmed with fear and started to shiver all over. He felt

murder someone? Are you insane? What are you planning to

I’m doing. Even if I’ve gone insane, it’s all

someone. What’s all that fuss about? I’m sure that you’ve gotten lots of blood on your hands to expand

playing the role of a dog for too long? Now that

“Preston Harper!”

retrieved the documents that he had prepared and tossed them onto the tea table. “Sign these. I’m no longer interested

you need to do is to agree to transfer all your assets to me. If so, I will take our 50 years of father- son relationship into consideration and spare

the blood drained from Cornelius’ face. He gritted

true that he had aged. But all

anyone for the sake of his own survival. He had never allowed himself to be humiliated by his competitors just so he

had done so, how could he have been able to build such an extensive family business in this chaotic world? How could he have become one of the