Chapter 1088

Chloe couldn't help but feel the irony wash over her.

Here was a man who was rotten to his very core, and yet the traits he valued most in his children were justice and kindness. If that wasn't the biggest joke the universe could play, she didn't know what was.

Killian was almost dreamy as he spoke. "From now on, Eldridge City will never see the Big Four again. In the next hundred years, in the next thousand, only the Grevenberg family will matter."

So that was his endgame.

Chloe narrowed her eyes. "So, you never actually wanted Connor dead?"

"He's my son. He's got Grevenberg blood running through his veins. Of course I'd never let him die."

"So all those years, letting him and Claire fight it out, watching him suffer... you just stood by?"

"It was all just fuel to make him stronger."

Chloe was honestly speechless.

The man standing in front of her looked perfectly normal, almost elegant. But deep down, he was probably even more twisted than Claire.

Grant was silent, standing off to the side.

couldn't help herself-she had to poke at his sore spot. "You know, you've worked your whole

Grant stayed absolutely silent.

between them. He just said, “Let's open the vault. These

it—a stone door, looming in front

the door showed no signs of wear. The carvings all over it were

the door, each one matching

was holding the

the Gilbert family's dragon

Shaw family's emerald pendant and

by one, they placed the tokens

perfectly, fitting into the door as if it were a custom-

pendant went in, the keys seemed to

ground

Dust billowed everywhere.

stone door slowly parted in

just stood

real—a literal mountain

private gold mine, so vast she couldn't even

first to step in. Staring at the endless gold, he didn't even look surprised—it was as if he'd always known

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