"On top of that, you've been working hard every day. You toiled and moiled for the sake of the corporation. But Grandpa didn't even thank you for your contributions.

"How could he embarrass you in front of all those outsiders? That was brutal of him!" Betty wasn't satisfied with maligning Lauren. She stabbed Newton in the back, too.

Sophia was already dead. Now, Javier was the only one in the Beckett family she could rely on.

After all, Newton no longer sided with her. Since this was the case, she figured that she should continue sowing discord. She wanted to drive a wedge further in between Newton and Javier.

As she expected, the expression on Javier's face turned even darker after hearing what she said.

Deep down, she was gleeful. She suddenly recalled when Sophia told her about a rift between Javier and Chester. So, she decided to leverage this to sow more seeds of discord.

"Dad, what do you think Grandpa meant? He can't be thinking that Uncle Chester could come back to life, right?"

Rory looked at Betty. He was astonished.

Javier pulled his hand away from the table abruptly. He looked up slowly. He directed his chilling gaze toward Betty.

She shuddered.

"What did you say?"

even though you are his eldest son. The eldest son should be the one who takes over the family business. You weren't even like

with you being in charge. However, what can he

raised his hand and slapped Betty in

Betty screamed.

Betty felt a

bulging with anger. He pointed at her swollen face and chided, "Your grandfather and Uncle Chester are both your elders!

She cupped her face in her hands and scurried out

knees. He slumped back into the chair. He was as

bringing the cup of chamomile tea over to Javier. "Have a sip of this, Mr.

up. You need to watch

the cup of tea. But his hands were shaking so much that he wasn't able to do

think that Dad... Has he always

from 30 years ago. It was the

think so, Mr. Javier. I don't

to his side. They were

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