Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 140 Leverage

Richard demanded custody of Daniel under the noble-sounding pretense of "taking responsibility as a father." He had expected

some resistance, maybe even a scene, but to his surprise, Rebecca agreed without hesitation. She said she'd hand Daniel

over that very night.

She was the one who had insisted on having the child back then. And technically,

if Daniel had grown into a difficult kid, it was still

her responsibility to raise him right, to guide him back onto the

proper path. But every time she looked at that face, so painfully

similar to Richard's, rage would start boiling in her chest.

If things kept going like this, she wouldn't just fail Daniel. She'd probably lose her mind first.

Anne arrived just in time to see Rebecca getting into a car with

Richard. Her mouth fell open.

Seriously? After everything, she's going back to him?

Anne had once been a lovesick fool too, but at least she'd snapped out of it. She

sighed, shook her head, and walked away.

Let people live their own lives. I've done enough.

Inside the car, Rebecca sat quietly next to Richard, and he could

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barely contain his excitement. This was the same woman who used to scream at

the sight of him, and now she was sitting there

like a docile little kitten.

It's like we've gone back in time, back to when she used to hang

on my every word.

He knew her weak spot, Daniel. If he wanted to win Rebecca

back, he had to start with the child.

At first, he'd dismissed his mother's advice, but after seeing how

well it worked, he realized she was right. Daniel kept Rebecca tied to him, no matter how much she pretended otherwise. As long as that boy existed, there would always be a connection.

The car stopped outside Whitfield Manor. Rebecca turned to him and said, "Don't come in. My parents are already on edge."

She wasn't wrong.

Since Nathaniel had been discharged, he'd been running himself ragged trying to save the company. Even Cordelia, who'd spent most of her life enjoying the perks of wealth, was out pulling strings. The only ones left at home with nothing to do

were

Rebecca and Daniel.

well that she was

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didn't know how.

stay out

in his own self-satisfaction as he waited for Rebecca to bring

Cordelia had never liked him, and with the Whitfield family falling apart,

worse.

Daniel out,

much that child meant to her. And

handing

has to mean something. She still has feelings for

walked out on her, she'd waited six years.

just played it right-acted humble, softened

the Rebecca who used to love

Morgan family was on the

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weren't in great shape either, but they

into their resources-leverage Rebecca to patch the holes in the Morgan family-then maybe, just maybe, they could pull

wasn't stupid. Controlling Rebecca wasn't enough. The real decision- maker

as much

mother had told him to leave it to her.

handle them.

And he believed her.

nothing more than

became his father's wife.

was ruthless, a

son. He was certain

And

I'll be the only rightful heir to

The Whitfields will be mine too. No

care of

nothing more than

eyes, a cruel smile tugging at his lips.

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She'd turn her into nothing more than a parasite, clinging to

survive.

Rebecca walked

bouncing, chattering Daniel.

at him, her son, her flesh and

her. Before she let him go for good, she would walk beside him one last time. Even if Richard's presence made her sick

endure it.

family's blood. Richard

once, and with that copy-paste face, the

adored him.

even while fighting with

life depended on it.

try to take him from

was willingly giving

best decision she could make for him.

stay with a mother on the