Chapter 806

Chad?

Was it really Chad, the same man who years ago was left clinging to life after a shocking kidnapping incident, forcing him to relinquish all claims to his family's fortune as he sought medical treatment abroad?

He was back?

The Ashbourne brothers' eyes widened in disbelief.

The room, which had just settled into silence, was once again thrown into an uproar. The flashbulbs fiercely illuminated the calm and collected visage of Chad, drowning out his features in a sea of light.

"Oh, Mr. Chad, what a pleasure to meet you."

Emeric's eyes narrowed, but as someone who was no stranger to the limelight, he quickly regained his composure and shook hands with the man of the hour.

Chad's hand was cold as ice, his fingers soft and well-maintained—a stark contrast to the rough hands of Thaddeus, which made Emeric wonder if the man was moonlighting as a bricklayer on top of his CEO duties. Surely his daughter wasn't that hard to provide for.

"I understand you've been abroad for treatment. How have you been feeling lately?" Emeric asked, extending his concern, for Chad was after all Thaddeus' elder brother.

"I'm doing well, thank you for asking."

Chad rested his gentle gaze on Thaddeus, who looked somewhat uneasy, "Take care of Mr. Frederic for me, Thaddeus. I'll be inside."

"Of course, Chad," Thaddeus responded quietly, feeling an unexpected ripple in his usually imperturbable heart.

Thaddeus felt like he was on an emotional rollercoaster, full

he

Chairman Emeric to his car, ensuring

Mr. Emeric,"

with me. We need

car, sitting beside Emeric in the back

make a public appearance at the Fairhaven funeral is a calculated move to capture everyone's attention. Your grandfather and father stayed away to avoid any conflict of interest, but you are Jareth's best friend. It was only right for

together in concern. "A man who's been away from Elmsworth for over a decade, with no ties to

line; he didn't know how to respond. He was unaware of his brother's true intentions and was hesitant to speak ill of

good," Emeric sighed, taking a pitying glance at Thaddeus and deciding not to press him further. "How's

by my father," Thaddeus' eyes clouded over with distant memories. "Though I'm not Chad's full brother, he looked after me when we were children. He never treated me with hostility, even though I was the son my father

bound to a wheelchair for the rest of his life. He's lived quietly abroad for many years. Now that he's back and sees you nearly controlling the entire Abernathy Group, having

calls while he was abroad. Whenever I needed help, he did his best to assist me. You make valid points, but I truly haven't seen any resentment from him toward

his tongue, "After being a CEO and going through a divorce,

reprimanded, a part of him was

thirties; unless he's lost his mind, he's not going to wear his

the elite, even full siblings can turn against each other for power and gain, let

are like that," Dylan, seated in the passenger seat, intervened. "Look at the Ashbourne family. Though not born of the same mother, all the ladies and gentlemen treat

my career. In other families, kids are fighting tooth and nail for the throne, but mine? They'd spit out meat fed to them, claiming

help but chuckle at the

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