My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 494

Bryxton was sunny today—No, Bryxton had recently been sunny these days, but May's heart was now icy cold. She simply couldn't accept that the gentleman whom she opened up to was the real murderer of her first love!

She recalled the period when she first entered Adams Corporation. She tried her best to dig up information, including witnesses and material evidence, while Rudy tried his best to assist her. Eventually, they discovered that the murderers were Alba's father and grandfather. It was the Adams Family who abandoned him and put him to death due to his identity as an illegitimate child!

However, a mother wouldn't kill her own. Even though they hated Alba, he still shared their family blood. They had no reason to kill him!

After careful thought, she finally found out the reason!

It was Alfred who had been manipulating them behind the scenes all along.

Alfred Larson, the richest man in the world, the direct heir to the Larson Family.

Adams Corporation had always been stuck in a stagnant position in Bryxton. Forger Corporation, which used to lag far behind them, became on par with Felix Corporation under the leadership of Nicholas Forger. The development of Adams Corporation in those years had reached a bottleneck period, so they urgently needed to open a new path and think out of the box. However, to think out of the box, they had to have both money and power. The only capable person who could do that back then was Rudy Adams, who had just returned to Bryxton.

However, the Adams Family abandoned Rudy when he was a child. Instead of leaving, perhaps eradicating was a more fitting description. This was all because Rudy's mother was a lowly prostitute. She conceived him through unscrupulous means and gave birth to him secretly without the Adams Family knowing.

Few men from wealthy families, like theirs, could devote their entire lives to one woman. They were born with power and influence; thus, they could easily meet countless charming and sexy women. Ordinary men could rarely resist temptation. At first, they would restrain themselves because they had wives at home, but as time passed, they also desired to be unrestrained and indulgent in this world. It was a norm for them to play with women, and accidentally making women pregnant was also a usual occurrence. Hence, there were many illegitimate children from wealthy families out there.

Rudy was one, and Alba was another!

The first wife usually allowed their husbands to have fun with other women, but some oblivious women would secretly give birth to sons in an attempt to compete for the assets of the family. In that case, the first wives are unlikely to hold back and would cause a commotion in the family. Due to that, many men in wealthy families shared an unspoken rule; under the premise of having a son, they would usually abandon their illegitimate sons; and if they encountered oblivious illegitimate sons, they would send them far away. Rudy was unlucky to meet a jealous first wife, who was also Alba's grandmother. She dumped him overseas and hired killers to kill him, but Rudy managed to escape death eventually.

Later, Rudy returned to Bryxton with money and power. Guilty of what they had done, the Adams Family intended to hand over Adams Corporation to Rudy so that he could heighten the power of the company. However, Rudy refused without hesitation. Rudy didn't need the insignificant Adams Corporation at all. To him, Adams Corporation was nothing but a mere bean. Despite him doing nothing in Bryxton at that time, his unattainable presence was already considered a mockery to the Adams Family. He belonged to their family, yet they ruthlessly pushed him away, so it was far too late for them to welcome him back.

While the Adams Family was in a dilemma, Abigail made an offer to them. She promised them that as long as they killed Alba, the Larson Family would invest in Adams Corporation and make them the top corporation in Bryxton. Back then, Alba's father couldn't comprehend why the Larson Family cared so much about his illegitimate son that they were willing to pay such a huge bounty for his life.

To the Adams Family, Alba was nothing but trash, trash with broken legs. Alba had been begging to return to the Adams Family, but the Adams Family had always declined his request. After the Larson Family reached out to them, Alba's father agreed to bring him back to the family under the condition of the fulfillment of some unattainable contracts.

For example, Alba's father gave him the task to snatch Yates Corporation from Felix Corporation's Renee. Naturally, he didn't manage to accomplish the task, which was an outcome the Adams Family had predicted!

Alba's father originally planned to let Alba stay in the Adams Family for a while longer before doing anything, so that there would be fewer people suspicious of the Adams Family, but the Larson Family's offer sounded extremely urgent!

Hence, he gritted his teeth and planned to push him into a lake.

Alba was crippled, so there was no doubt he would lose his life once he plunged into the lake. This could arouse the least suspicion. Hence, he pushed Alba to the lake himself on that day. To be frank, Alba was also quite puzzled and nervous that day about his father showing him his mild side, which was rare!

He was so gentle that Alba couldn't help wondering if he was plotting against him.

Alba couldn't be blamed for thinking that way since the man behind his wheelchair was only his father by name. Moreover, his father made an exception for him to return to the family. Hence, Alba had no idea what was going on in his father's mind.

Suppressing the anxiety in his heart, he called out to him, "Father."

He meant to make it sound sarcastic since he rejected the idea of calling him from the bottom of his heart, but if he wanted to stay by May's side, he couldn't stay useless as he was now. He had to be a man worthy of her!

Even though he had long felt unworthy of her because of his disability, he still carried hope in his heart.

He was carefully guarding his relationship with May because he had been hiding from her for years and had missed many opportunities to be with her. Now that he finally summoned the courage to step up and be with her, he wanted to protect their relationship. He desired to protect the little girl who had been waiting for him all these years.

Alba had nothing in his heart but May, so much so that he wasn't even aware that he was just a sacrifice in his father's eyes. While he was fantasizing about his future with May, he was as dead as a dodo to his father.

"Al, how have I treated you all these years?"

He suddenly called him Al!

Alba was not a fool. He realized something in an instant.

He then replied in a soft voice, "Do you want to hear the truth, Father?"

Save your breath if you're going to tell me the truth.

Thinking so but not answering his son, he looked up at the sky and muttered, "I have never cared about you these years, just like how my father never cared about my illegitimate brother, Rudy. Both of you are illegitimate children who were abandoned by our family, and I take it as I merely donated a sperm! But now, one of you is standing on top of the world, while the other has become a cripple. In any case, my father's illegitimate son sounds more promising."

A sperm…

A cripple…

That was his father's definition of him.

Alba assumed he had experienced human apathy a long time ago, but when he heard what his biological father said, he felt a little sad. It reminded him of his mother, who had killed herself.

His mother used to be optimistic, but the man who took advantage of her was ruthless. After leaving her, he vanished without a trace. His mother was still unaware of his identity at the time. It wasn't until she gave birth to Alba that she realized it was too late. After being tortured by Alba's father, she went insane.

Eventually, she chose to end her life.

It would be a lie for Alba to say that he didn't resent his father, but was he qualified to?

Alba was a cripple, a useless cripple at that. Compared to the other illegitimate son of the Adams Family, he was nothing but trash.

Moreover, Alba merely met Rudy twice.

Once, he met him when he was in high school.

Rudy was the one who came to him and told him, "I'm your uncle, and we share the same fate, but I believe that people are not bound by fate. If you want to avenge your mother, you have to work extra hard, reach your peak, and change what the Adams Family thought about you."

Only then did he know that they were all illegitimate children of the Adams Family; only then did he know that his mother was tortured by that man.

Alba was young at that time. He was a young man who was enthusiastic and energetic. After hearing those words, he wanted to seek revenge on the Adams Family right away!

However, Rudy advised him in a low voice, "You are not young and naive anymore, so you should know that the world is a place where the strong are respected. You can desire to take revenge on the Adams Family, but you don't have the ability for now, so before that, you must know how to hide, enrich yourself, perfect yourself, and wait for your skills to accumulate and grow."

"What if I can't do so?"

"Then, you'll be useless."

Sure enough, he became useless, but he didn't have the slightest regret, because he saved his beloved woman!

May might not have survived if he hadn't been desperate to save her. Losing his own legs was nothing compared to her life! It didn't matter if he sacrificed himself as long as she was saved.

He loved her without hesitation. He wanted her to live a better life than him.

When he became a cripple, he withdrew from her world bearing all the pain and suffering, but she still found him after many years.

Back then, he truly thought he was unworthy of her. He was too embarrassed and felt undeserving to accept her feelings.

Moreover, he confronted May after years when she was at her peak. Her beauty and her elegance exuded from her actions, as well as her figure, were way out of his league. How could a crippled man dressed in an outdated down jacket with patches all over be worthy of her? He pretended not to recognize her subconsciously and concealed the wave of emotions in his heart.

Tears were already welling up in his heart.

The second time he saw Rudy was on the day before he came to the lake. Rudy was now a high-ranking man with whom the Adams Family wished to curry favor. He relied on his strength to impress and scare the Adams Family!

Alba called him, "Rud."

Rudy looked at him contemptuously. "You lost."

Alba shook his head. "I didn't lose. I just made a different choice, and that choice is more important than impressing the Adams Family. If I had to choose again, I would still do the same."

"Are you sure?" Rudy questioned indifferently.

After saying that, Rudy left.

He didn't seem willing to play along with a useless illegitimate son like him.

Despite that, Alba was grateful for Rudy because the latter was the only family member who encouraged him to work hard instead of resenting him.

Thinking of the past, Alba felt bitter. He looked at the man in front of him and muttered, "I am useless."

As the breeze blew across the lake, Alba mused silently in his heart, I'm useless. I'm just a waste, but I have a beautiful woman who loves me and never despises me. That is more than enough.

"Al, will you sacrifice yourself for our family?"

Alba was startled as he sat in his wheelchair. Staring at his father in astonishment, he asked, "What do you mean, Father? Why are you saying that all of a sudden?"

"Someone wants you dead!"

The middle-aged man pushed him to the lake, causing Alba to beg for mercy, "Father, don't do this. I beg you. Please don't. I will leave the Adams Family immediately! Father, please! Please, spare me, will you?"