Chapter 1248

Beatrice gently took Remington by the hand, and the two elderly figures shuffled back to their room, their movements slow and unsteady.

Alaric watched his grandparents leave, his heart heavy with worry. He had been on the verge of calling out to them. They were his and Hertha’s last hope.

If they gave up, then all hope would indeed be lost.

“Grand…” Alaric began, but before he could finish, Angelina’s hand clamped over his mouth, muffling his words.

Remington and Beatrice, advanced in their years and hard of hearing, didn’t catch Alaric’s muffled call..

Frustrated, Alaric shoved Angelina’s hand away and burst out, “Mom, why do you always have to be against me?”

heart. “You ungrateful boy,” she lamented.

so why do you keep picking on me?” Alaric frowned, his voice rising as

this distressed over a woman

serious, and yet Angelina seemed

heart shattering. She had poured her soul into

“Everyone else can criticize me, say I’m meddling. Your grandparents can even accuse me of trying to cozy up to the

Angelina’s eyes as she looked at her son, her voice firm yet filled with

mother in such distress,

in the company are backing your cousin Jeremiah Falconer. He’s about to marry the Suttner heiress. He has the support of the company veterans with a major family

If you lose the Reed family’s support, you’ll be ousted from the Falconer

was low but laced with

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