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.

that she was the reason things

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didn't know how. The least she

stay out of their

his own self-satisfaction as he waited for

and with the Whitfield family

worse.

Daniel out, Richard's

child

handing

She still has

after he walked out on her, she'd waited six years. Six whole years. Sure, he'd rushed things, pushed too

he just played it right-acted humble, softened

right back to being the Rebecca who used to

on the

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in great shape either, but they

better. If he could tap into their resources-leverage Rebecca to patch the holes in the Morgan family-then maybe,

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

as much of

leave it to her. She

handle them.

And he believed her.

be nothing more than a lowly servant. And

top and became his father's wife. She wasn't

was ruthless,

like son. He was certain they

together. And once

the world try and mock us then. I'll

will be mine

mother took care of

nothing more

eyes, a cruel smile tugging

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everything. She'd turn her into nothing more than a

survive.

Rebecca walked in silence beside

bouncing, chattering Daniel.

son, her flesh and blood. Despite

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

endure it.

the Morgan family's blood. Richard

once, and with that copy-paste

adored him.

then, even while fighting with

depended on it.

take

was willingly

was the best decision

mother on the verge of a