Can’t Win Me Back by Ginger Sue

Chapter 2458

Justin's casual question hit Javier like a thunderclap.

Shock rippled through him, freezing his expression. His voice trembled with fear as he barked, "What nonsense is that? Are you accusing me of causing Chester's death? I'm your father-how could you think I'd do such a thing?" "It's not an accusation. Just the facts," Justin replied coolly, crossing his legs and savoring his tea with unsettling calm. "And I'm not condemning you. In fact, I understand why you did it. I'm facing the same dilemma now."

Javier's breathing grew ragged. He had watched Justin grow from a child into the man before him-now a predator, circling with quiet menace.

"You were meant to be the heir as the eldest son," Justin continued, his voice smooth as silk. "But Grandpa favored Uncle Chester, handing him major projects, grooming him in plain sight.

"Uncle Chester's reputation soon eclipsed yours. He was a natural leader, adept at business, with one fatal flaw- he was kind. Too kind. Unlike you."

rumors spread,

heart twisting painfully. This secret had been buried for 30 years, and now Justin laid it bare with ease. But

into your trap the moment he took

tapped his temple thoughtfully. "Let me guess. You convinced him with my name, didn't you? A helpless baby, a fragile wife with a fractured mind. Losing us would've shattered your perfect image of a family. Chester was the logical sacrifice-unmarried, childless, the ideal scapegoat. So, you

you-" Javier's heart pounded violently, his composure unraveling. "Who

needed to know more about what Justin was saying. The

Javier's undoing, yet it

You never forgot Uncle Chester, did you? You remember bribing that prison medic, arranging for the injection that

darkened, slicing through Javier like a blade. "Dad, we're the same. We are the embodiment

widened with horror. His own son, his blood, now wielded

kind, too sentimental. That kind of weakness has no place in business, let alone in