"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?"

about you 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 Justin, who's

with you being in charge. However, what can he do? Could he bring Uncle Chester

raised his hand

Betty screamed.

was forceful. Betty felt a splitting headache, and she started seeing

pointed at her swollen face and chided, "Your grandfather and Uncle Chester are both your elders! Who says that you can spew rubbish

in her hands

he felt weak at the knees. He slumped back into the chair. He was

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

get too worked up. You need to watch your

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

he always had his suspicions about that

was referring to that incident from 30 years ago. It was the incident when Newton's beloved second son, Chester, passed away from a heart

Javier.

were the only two

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