Reborn In a Murderer’s Embrace

Chapter 314

Tears streamed down my face as I shook my head, my heart aching for Colin.

"Do you know why... Henry bailed you out but refuses to let you near the Langley Group?" Colin's laughter was cold, tinged with a trace of bitterness.

His arms were restrained, the blood at the corner of his mouth a stark contrast to his pallid complexion.

"Because... aside from you, he has another son, a shining star in finance from Sea City State University, the real... clean, unblemished heir," Colin said, his laughter taking on a carnivorous edge.

From the start, Julian was just a pawn Henry was prepared to sacrifice.

I wasn't fully clued in on the Langley family dynamics, but Julian's sudden breakdown, his aggression towards me and Colin, must have been sparked by something.

If Henry's people were behind this, they would have just killed us in the car crash, not gone to the trouble of kidnapping us.

"So the old man's sacrificing his pawn to save his king, huh... Thinks he can pin all the sins on me?" Julian sneered.

he had realized he

doing, wasn't it? Deliberately fanning the flames of discord within the Langley family, pushing us to take out Samuel Langley, to take out Brendan Langley... Then sitting back as father and son tore each other apart... watching the Langley family crumble bit by bit," Julian said, stepping back with an epiphany, his eyes wide with a mix of realization and fear as

he actually

was a drifter all

insane." Julian's eyes were thick with fear as he gripped his bat tighter. "All I have to do

working the ropes behind my back. "Julian! What are you thinking? Colin's been drifting; he couldn't possibly have plotted against you! The Langley family has

my hair. "Since

he struggled violently. "Julian! It's me you

the laugh of a man who knew he was cornered. Without the Langley Group to launder his image, he'd always remain

on the edge of a knife, all for the illegitimate son's

the baby she's carrying, don't you?" Julian's bat hovered over my

in terror at

on a fierce surge of adrenaline. "Julian... touch her and I swear, I swear

an eyebrow. "Show me what

raised the bat high and brought it down with a brutal