Facade of Love

Chapter 168 Noah’s Revenge

A heavy feeling weighed on my heart, and I took a deep breath. “So, do Idris and Liam have any clue about all this?” The Youngs‘ empire was built on the lives of so many.

Mr. Zachary shook his head. “Only the old man and a few loyal guys knew back then. Those guys got shipped off overseas and are now the Youngs‘ right–hand men. I would not be telling you any of this if Noah had not used it to blackmail Madam Young.”

I bit my l*p again, pressing on. “What’s Noah’s angle on grandma?”

He let out a weary sigh. “He’s pushing for Madam Young to let Moore marry into the Youngs for real. He wants Ms. Scott’s baby to be born into the family without any shadows hanging over them, to be the rightful heir, and to claim their piece of the Youngs‘ legacy.”

Noah was a real schemer, always thinking a dozen steps ahead. He knew his life as a wanted man meant he could not give his kid the kind of future that shone bright, so he played the long game, eyeing the Youngs‘ fortune. Even a sliver of their riches would set his kid up for life, not to mention the perks of being the Youngs‘ rightful heir. The possibilities were endless.

It made sense why Madam Young fl*pped on me so fast. Who in their right mind would want to raise a kid that was not theirs, for nothing in return, and then hand over a slice of their estate to some mystery child? If Noah decided to stir up trouble later on, it would be a total mess for the Youngs.

After a beat of silence, I just had to ask, “So why did Noah go all out today, dressing up as a doc to take out grandma?”

little as he said, “Looks like he figured out Madam Young was not about to let Ms. Scott into the family. He was ready to go down swinging, planning to off Madam Young so Ms. Scott could make a beeline for Mr.

right, acting tragic or threatening to do something drastic, Idris might

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before turning to Mr. Zachary.‘ Grandma never planned on spilling the beans to

Young’s head, but with Noah going after her like that, I bet she’ll come up with a plan once

made sense. I nodded

headed upstairs together.

elevator, my mind wandered to Idris’s dad. I could not help myself

day?” How does someone just

even ask around for him. After the old man passed, Madam Young tried to track him down. They heard he might’ve headed to the border, but even

my l*p and decided not to push any

five years ago. Why would a guy like him, born with a silver spoon in his mouth, end up in a grimy cell, enduring all kinds of misery? Now, I was starting to think he might have been on a mission to

unfinished business. It was hitting me now… was there some secret between Idris’s dad and Lucas?

snapped me out