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.

knew perfectly well that she was the reason things had fallen

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help, but didn't know how. The least she

stay out of their

the car, basking in his own self-satisfaction as he waited for Rebecca to

with the Whitfield family falling apart, showing up uninvited

worse.

Rebecca brought Daniel out,

knew how much that child meant to

handing

mean something. She still

had feelings for him; of course she did. Even after he walked out on her, she'd waited six years. Six whole years. Sure, he'd rushed things, pushed

just played it right-acted

right back to being the Rebecca who used to love

on the verge

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shape either, but they were

the holes in the

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

Just as much

told him to leave it to her. She

handle them.

And he believed her.

used to be nothing more than

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

ruthless, a true

like son. He was certain they

And once

the world try and mock us then. I'll be the only

Whitfields will be

took care of

nothing more than

his eyes, a cruel smile tugging at

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ways of making Rebecca hand over everything. She'd turn her into nothing more than a parasite,

survive.

was buzzing, but Rebecca walked

bouncing, chattering Daniel.

at him, her son, her flesh and blood. Despite

him go for good, she would

endure it.

carried the Morgan family's blood. Richard

home once, and with that

adored him.

while fighting with

it.

take

was willingly giving him

this was the best decision she

letting him stay with a mother on the verge