Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2362

In that dimly lit room, Justin's face turned completely gloomy. Still, he stared at Zachary with a blank, emotionless gaze, as still and chilling as death itself.

When their eyes met, Zachary felt a twitch in his eyelid, followed by an unsettling chill that crept down his spine, raising goosebumps across his skin.

"What exactly do you think I know, Uncle Zachary? I'm afraid I do not understand." Justin narrowed his eyes sinisterly.

"Wow, as expected of the Beckett family's eldest son. You've picked up most of Javier's acting skills, haven't you?"

Zachary took a slow, deliberate drag from his cigar. He knew Justin's health was fragile, but still, he exhaled a thick cloud of smoke in his direction, daring him to react.

*20 years ago, you orchestrated the whole kidnapping scheme. You hired Gustav and his gang to abduct you and that bastard Jasper. You thought you could play both sides-secure a hefty ransom worth over a hundred million dollars, and throw in an extra 50 million for good measure. Quite a fortune back then, huh?"

Justin listened with an eerie calmness, his gaze as hollow and unfeeling as ever, as though Zachary's words held no weight.

with Mr. Beckett Senior holding all the power in the Beckett Group. And ever since Jasper became a part of the Beckett family, your standing has been steadily declining. Mr. Beckett Senior has been paying less and less attention to you

two birds with one stone. Eliminate Jasper, the obstacle to your inheritance and your attention, and, by also playing the victim, win back your grandfather's favor. At the same

a plan that killed two birds with one stone. You were

didn't reach his eyes. Zachary's compliment, if it could even be called that, made his skin crawl. He wasn't like anyone

as leverage to extort more money from the Becketts. A cruel smile spread across Zachary's face. "In the end, Gustav realized Jasper was nothing but an illegitimate child, someone the family would eventually discard. Conversely, you were

Should I say that you went for wool but came home shorn or that you shot yourself

of flying into a rage, Justin laughed. "Uncle Zachary, I suppose your time in prison has made you a bit more cryptic with your

he was Gustav's target, he didn't hesitate to act. He stayed behind, enduring unimaginable torment at

him stay regardless, Justin decided to at least make the best of

while he, the eldest son, had voluntarily put himself in harm's way, enduring

surely stir emotions-a brother's sacrifice for

guilt for the

sinister plots. "Justin, if the truth about you orchestrating the kidnapping 20 years ago were to come to light, I

health condition-it's a fate you brought upon yourself. You can forget about