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.

she was the reason things

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didn't know how. The

out

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

him, and with the Whitfield family falling apart, showing up uninvited

worse.

Rebecca brought Daniel out, Richard's eyes lit

child meant to her. And yet

was, handing him

mean something. She still has feelings for

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

But if he just played it right-acted humble, softened

being the Rebecca

on the

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Whitfields weren't in great shape

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

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

Just as much of a

had told him to leave it to her. She said

handle them.

And he believed her.

more than a lowly servant.

her way to the top and became his father's wife. She wasn't just

ruthless, a true

like son. He was certain they could power

And

then. I'll be the only rightful

be

care of Nathaniel and Cordelia,

nothing more than

cruel smile tugging at his lips.

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her into nothing more than a parasite,

survive.

buzzing, but Rebecca

bouncing, chattering Daniel.

her son, her

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

endure it.

family's blood. Richard had

that

adored him.

then, even while fighting with

depended on it. She'd been terrified that

try to take him

willingly giving

best decision she

mother on the verge of a