Marrying the Man in the Dark

Chapter 1149 Argument

"What the heck, Colin? I was just trying to help you sort through your family mess, and you call me emotionally clueless? Let's be clear on this. I haven't charged you a cent. I'm doing this for free, in my own time," Lennon stated firmly, his gaze fixed on Colin.

Lennon smirked. "You've been CEO for what, a few days? And you think you're all that? Without Damien, you wouldn't know how badly you were being played!"

"That's enough! Calm down, Lenn!" Damien cut in, frowning before Lennon could finish.

Lennon's anger boiled over. He fixed a cold stare on Colin and slammed the documents onto the table with a resounding thud, "If it weren't for you being Damien's brother, and if you hadn't married Lucy, I wouldn't even care about your mess!"

"A few favors from Anthony Gray and a comfortable few years have clouded your judgment. Now you can't tell right from wrong? You can't even see he screwed over your own aunt? And you call yourself emotionally intelligent? What a joke! With that, Lennon slammed a cup onto the floor, shattering it. "I'm not here to babysit fools!"

Colin had never been treated like this before. He turned back, glaring at Lennon's retreating figure, and retorted, "Without my uncle's support, I wouldn't be who I am today! What's wrong with being grateful?"

his tracks. In Colin, he saw his younger self—

he loved was crushed by the Belcourt family, and his child was nearly run over by Violet. These were the

foolish he'd been to feel indebted to his enemies, giving them the power

closed his eyes, his voice strained. "One

the door behind him and

He's supposed to be helpful, but all he does is tear me

already seated, pinched the bridge of his nose. "Colin, you've really

do?" Colin still couldn't see his

feel put down? But you brought up Lucy in front of him.

strings attached. Pulling all-nighters, sunrise to sunset, just to fix your messes. All he did was state a fact and maybe came off a little harsh. But you straight-up

shut his