Chapter 770

On a night where the wind howled like souls in torment and a solitary moon cast a chilling glow, Barry arrived punctually at the old mansion’s second–floor study, where Gary was already waiting, his forlorn shadow. stretched across the floor like a specter summoned from the abyss.

“Dad, after all we’ve been through, I never imagined you’d be this ruthless with me.”

Gary lounged on the leather couch, his laugh cold as the grave. “I’ve always paid you respect, worked tirelessly for the family business, And now, just because I’m handicapped, you cast me aside like yesterday’s news. Isn’t that a bit harsh?”

Barry sensed danger and spun to yank open the door–only to find that it wouldn’t budge.

“Save your energy. You’re not stepping one foot out of this house unless I say so.” Gary, about to light a cigarette, remembered his incapacity and resentfully shoved it back into the pack.

“Greg, Greg!” Barry’s voice trembled with fear as sweat drenched his back.

The door creaked open.

“Mr. Fairhaven, Greg is here.”

his face smeared with blood, and callously dropped Greg’s lifeless body at Barry’s feet as

vision tunneled and his body trembled. He roared at Gary, “You dared to

exactly what I’m doing. And if I’ve gone mad, it’s because of you, because of

big deal, Back in the day, you had no qualms about getting your hands dirty to build up the Fairhaven Group, right? Now you’re old, you’ve been acting the lapdog for so long you’ve forgotten you were once

“Gary Fairhaven!”

on the coffee table. ‘Sign this, and I’ll spare your life out of fifty years of father–son affection. I lost interest in your shares. Let your precious grandson clean up the Fairhaven mess if he wants. Just transfer all your assets to me, and I’ll leave you with your life.”

grinding in fury. He’d never been one to cower, to grovel for his life. How could he have built such an empire, one of the four great families,

of all people? There was no way

dutiful son for years, and now your true colors show. But I’m still one step ahead. Before you came for me, I transferred all my assets and shares to Jareth. He’s now the patriarch of the Fairhaven family,

lie to me when you’re dying?” “Lie to you? Is that necessary? I

thought of letting you be

leaped over the coffee table, rage contorting his face, and plunged a

collapsed to his knees, his vision blurring as he fell

had nurtured a monster, a creature that had lost all humanity in its quest for

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Chapter 770

my brother, I’d never take over

wound, eliciting a scream of agony. “Let me share a secret

his eyes bulging with pain and betrayal.

time, when he watched me swim to the surface of the sea, his eyes were actually quite pleased, and he didn’t have any hatred at all. Such a perfect and kind

with tears of blood. He roared in defiance, but Gary

another,

plea, his eyes wide

even Jackson was stunned. The

for being

closed his father’s eyes. “Kris was too good for this world, too kind for the

gates, Barry’s car still parked outside, an ominous symbol of the dark deeds that had transpired

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