Chapter 648
As the towering figure of Cassius stood, fim as an oak, Chasel knew he’d recognize him even if he were reduced to ashes
Chase’s blood pumped furiously, concentrating in his trembling heart as he gripped the balcony railing, his body leaning out as if he were about to leap.
Such a remarkable presence, the magnetic pull straight to his heart it could be no one else but Cassius.
“Cassius! Cassius” Chasel’s voice tore through the air in a desperate shout.
But alas, the distance was too great. A gust of wind picked up, and with Chasel already weakened from serious injuries, his feeble cries were swept away before they could reach Cassius.
“Cassius! Are you deaf?! Look back! I’m right behind you.”
His last words fractured into a hoarse whisper, barely audible.
Chasel watched, eyes wide, as Cassius got into a black sports car that roared to life and disappeared into the night.
“Bastard! Why couldn’t you just wait a little longer for me?!”
As if his soul had been drained, Chase slumped to the ground, gasping for air as tears streamed down his face, “Cassius, why couldn’t you wait, let me go with you.”
Late at night, in the study.
with York,
Although he refrained from lashing out, his
heard of his achievements, you’re telling
But what Chasel did, breaking the family code, disregarding the dignity of the Bright Group, is infuriating. If I don’t punish him severely, who’s to say he won’t
hardened, “If you insist on punishing him, you could have disciplined him in other ways. There was
the next generation. Warner, now groomed to be a businessman, has given up on medicine. And I haven’t
on my legacy is Chasel. If you cripple him, the Bright
“But Dad…”
behind
voice deepened with a warning, “Zachary, after all these years, have you not let go of
because as they grow up, they become defiant. I fear they might cause trouble and affect the
his children, who are all excellent. She has been with the Ashbourne family for over twenty years without a single rumor of discord reaching my ears. That shows Emeric has
“Dad.”
always had feelings for Suri.”
Zachary’s most hidden wounds. His lips whitened as he clenched his
no blood relation to Suri, ethically, she will always be your sister. There has never been, and there
“sentence” he’d handed down over twenty
I’ve come to terms with it. The old grudges and resentments, even if they persist, I can no longer
resonant, “From now on, don’t punish Chasel because of
with the Ashbourne family. The K Group has massive clout in Skyrim Emeric’s children are neing to prominence, and I’ve heard his darling daughter, Evadne, is nearing marriage with the CEO of the Abernathy Group from Elmsworth. If those two families unite, opposing
even if Emeric ignores you, I wouldn’t bet against Suri and the Ashbourne kids coming after you. I’ve toiled all my life, I don’t want to witness a
The call ended
Dad. You’d rather Sun be Emeric’s mistress, nameless and without status, subject to scorn than bless me
about to crack in the freezing cold, “All because I am an adopted son? Do you think I am not good enough
urgent knocking sounded.
in, panic–stricken, “Dad! It’s ad! Chasel has
and the
wide open, the midnight chill
Zachary’s voice
“W–We’ve looked everywhere!”
incoherent, “He’s nowhere to be found, not outside the building, not in the garden, nowhere!” Nowhere meant the boy had not perished,
jump from the fifth
informed him, “Mr. Zachary Bright, we’ve checked. He must have jumped onto the tree across and slid down. There are a few broken branches at the base of the tree.”
Zachary’s shock turned quickly to anger, his hand smarting from the force of his palm against the railing.
nothing if not a stubborn Phoenix, rising defiantly from the ashes. Steel cages, the crushing weight of authority
swaggered in flaunting his medicine and issuing his challenges, Thaddeus had been on the move with Gordon by his side, traveling to
the strain of travel, persuaded her to
the detailed information about the drug on
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