Chapter 1718

Skyler couldn’t quite grasp the full extent of the situation, so she wisely chose to hold her tongue.

Hudson continued, “You’ve seen how things have been these past few days. Everyone seems to have it out for Zavier.” Sensitive topics were a minefield, and Skyler dared not tread any further. She opted to listen silently as Hudson spoke.

The old man chuckled, “I’m not dead yet, but there are plenty who wish I were, eager to carve up my estate. Sometimes, I envy those average families, with loving fathers and dutiful children.”

Skyler envied them too, but fate had dealt her a different hand, placing her in the family she was born into.

Hudson looked at her and asked, “Child, you understand what I’m talking about, right?”

Skyler nodded, “Grandpa, Zavier isn’t as bad as everyone makes him out to be.”e2

Hudson laughed, “Look at you, already defending your fiancé. And he won’t even let you live with him, yet you speak on his behalf.” Skyler clarified, “Grandpa, I’m not defending him. I’m just telling you what I’ve seen. And it’s not that he won’t let me live with him. I chose to stay at the dorms.”

what

she

asked, “Do you know why I chose you

“Isn’t it because of the Blue

family isn’t powerful enough to be

she understood. Perhaps Hudson had given up on Zavier, and that was why he arranged such a match. However the next words from Hudson took her by surprise, shattering her assumptions spectacularly.

he liked,

Skyler nodded.

family was well-known.

the Duran family, all of the Durans would back Brodie. Then there’d be nothing stopping Brodie from taking over Rivera Inc. But alas…”

and tears

“Grandpa, you don’t

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