In the room.

Oliver was helping old Mrs. Horton to the bathroom.

Midway there, she suddenly stopped and looked at him."Do you know why I like Lewis and not you?" she asked.

Oliver was taken aback. "Grandma, what are you talking about? Have you remembered Lewis now?"

Old Mrs. Horton smiled. "How could I ever forget Lewis?"

Oliver stared at her in disbelief. "What do you mean?"

Realization dawned on him, and he became angry. "So, you've been pretending all this time?"

"Ha!"

Old Mrs. Horton chuckled and let go of his arm. She sighed. "I used to question myself whether it was wrong not to give you and the others a chance for Lewis's sake."

She shakily reached for her cane. "So, recently, I gave you all a chance."

you. Since you've given us a chance,

Mrs. Horton replied with a smile. "I can tell you all

Oliver was taken aback.

our intentions! You,

time Lewis looks at me, there's sincerity in his eyes. All he sees is me, not my shares. But you, your mistress, and that illegitimate daughter of yours, you're all driven by greed. You only see my shares. I'm not so blind that I can't see what

anger flared. "What

fourteen, I knew we

care about the Horton family's wealth but not about the people. You have no real feelings for your father… Even though he has

"Shut up!"

cared, he wouldn't have abandoned my mother when the family needed

didn't divorce because of that. They did it because they

"Forget about 'incompatible'!"

refer to his fourteen-year-old self as opportunistic, his restraint

all to clear the way

calmly. "When your mother and father divorced, the Horton family gave her

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