Chapter 659

“Hahaha! My girl! Hurry up, fetch our finest wine from the cellar, I need a good swig to celebrate!”

Bevis had witnessed a spectacular turn of events today, leaving him in high spirits. He burst through the door, laughter booming through the house, startling the parrot perched nearby into flapping its wings.

“Why hasn’t he died yet? Why hasn’t he died yet?”

The parrot squawked, mimicking Bevis‘ tone to perfection.

“Haha! Darling, has your beak been blessed? That old coot is truly on his last legs now, this time it’s for real, hahaha!” Bevis puckered his lips, teasing the bird with a big smile on his face.

“Dad, who hollers like that in the afternoon? You’ve woken me from my nap,” Dolores Ashbourne, with her long hair loose, descended the stairs yawning, her voice dripping with lethargy, “What’s got you in such high spirits?”

Bevis contently settled back on the couch, a sly grin curving his lips, “This afternoon, at the board meeting, Emeric had an episode right in front of everyone!”

“Really?!” Dolores’s face brightened up instantly.

had grown up amidst her father’s constant

what she had constantly heard, the family’s arch enemy, in her eyes, was none other than her father’s brother and

incredible he was, complaining that his elder brother, leveraging his position as the heir to the Ashbourne family, had always suppressed him out of jealousy for his

a result, Dolores was thoroughly indoctrinated.

despised her uncle and harbored an even deeper loathing for her cousin Evadne, who had always seemed unattainably

not all. He wet himself in front of all

Dolores grimaced,

for your old man! All those years of frustration finally vented out! Even Emeric himself never imagined he would fall into such a pathetic state, did he? If

spoke, a shadow of malevolence flitted across his gaze, “No, I don’t just want him

bite the dust, I’ll make sure he’s socially dead, to be utterly disgraced and never to hold his head

words were so venomous and fierce, that even Dolores felt a chill run down her

any good woman, he had to possess. His downfall today is nobody’s fault but his

“Dad,

tightly,

“good woman” he mentioned was Emeric’s

graceful woman

angelic beauty in distress, despite him being her savior,

brother, why should he forever live in the shadows, deprived even of the right to vie

hate; his heart was bleeding with every

you plan to do next?” Dolores

at the meeting and I’m out of moves? They

his, his eyes glinting with excitement, “Just you wait and see, my girl, our good days are yet to

perhaps find a way to snatch Thaddeus from Evadne for me?” Dolores clung to

of here!” Bevis

over, not to mention the smartphone incident, was enough to

you very supportive of me being with Thaddeus before?”

pouted, “Being the father–in–law to the CEO of the Abernathy Group isn’t good enough for you now? It should be a

anyone you want, any rich bachelor or nobleman from Skyrim or Elmsworth,

rising from his seat, “Put your affairs aside for now. Once I’ve dealt with Emeric and successfully seized power, I’ll find you a match that’s second to none. Rest assured, Dolores. The future husband I pick for you will be

Evadne had predicted, there were no secrets that could

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