The more he spoke, the angrier he felt. In fact, he could not be bothered to even look at them.

If not for Alfred’s support, Bob would have passed out from anger.

Bob simply gave up on arguing with Sisley and Hera. It was too pointless for him.

Turning to Ashlyn, he held her fair hands and said, “Ashlyn… I was wrong to you and your mom. If I didn’t kick her out of the house, she wouldn’t have… Huh… It’s all my fault.”

The thought of Alice filled his heart with sorrow and bitterness.

“G-Grandpa…” Ashlyn found it hard to utter that word since she never used it. “I’m not in need of money. Besides, I have some assets under my name. You should take them back for your retirement fund.”

She would be lying if she said she was not moved by Bob’s announcement. Surprisingly, she felt nothing when he acknowledged her as a member of the Chapman family in the hospital. However, there was no sense of intimacy between them.

Although she still felt awkward around the Chapman family, she was shocked to hear Bob wanted to leave all his assets to her.

After all, humans were emotional beings.

sighed inwardly, feeling dejected for not getting her mother’s heirloom. At the same time, she hated Hera for stealing and selling the

the red jade was not stolen, Ashlyn would have succeeded

disappointment now that it was

how life is sometimes. We lose or get

be how it is today. I’m leaving our family’s company and reputation to

gazed earnestly at Ashlyn as if waiting for an

loss for what to do. She did not want to take over the Chapman family, for it would be a

of a solution, Alfred suddenly

in confusion only to

just in time. “Quick! Send him

broke out in

shrieked, some grew anxious, while

hurriedly rose to his feet and followed

Christian saw that,

slow down. I can’t keep

hearing her words, and he turned around to scoff, “That’s none of my business. You were no longer my mom the moment you married

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