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 the reason things had fallen

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wanted to help, but didn't know how. The

stay out

his own self-satisfaction as he waited for

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

worse.

Rebecca brought Daniel out, Richard's eyes

child

was, handing him

She still

did. Even after he walked out on her, she'd waited six years. Six whole years. Sure,

But if he just played it right-acted humble,

the Rebecca who used

on the verge

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in great shape either, but

patch the holes in the Morgan family-then maybe, just maybe, they could pull

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

Just as much of

told him to leave it to her. She

handle them.

And he believed her.

than a lowly

and became his

was ruthless, a

was

together. And

and mock us then. I'll be the only

be

care of

be nothing more than an

a cruel smile tugging at his lips.

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everything. She'd turn her into

survive.

was buzzing, but Rebecca walked in silence

bouncing, chattering Daniel.

her son, her flesh and blood. Despite all

and the exhaustion, some fragile sliver of maternal love still flickered deep inside her. Before she let him go for good, she would walk beside him one last time. Even if Richard's presence made her sick to her stomach,

endure it.

carried the Morgan family's blood.

and with that

adored him.

even while fighting with

life depended on it. She'd been terrified that the

to take

was willingly giving him

this was the best decision she could make for him.

mother on the