The Billionaire's Mistake

MISTAKE 182

Chapter 182: A falling out.

Now the woman he had claimed he was getting married to had gotten married already. He cursed Martin Jones in his mind.

He already knew that there was no way these two Jones daughters could do it by themselves. He could see the hand print of the Hunter family all over it. He paused at that moment. The Shaw family may be hard to deal with, but the Madison family

was not.

He took out his phone and made a call. Soon, Samuel Madison picked the call.

"You are calling me directly?" Samuel said.

"Your grandson married the woman I was to marry. Do you think this is okay?" he asked and Samuel almost cursed. What was their obsession with this Emma girl. "You too are obsessed with that Emma Girl?" Samuel asked.

"Should that be your concern? I don't think I would let this go. You should know how much evidence I have in my hands that can bring you down," Daniel threatened. "Are you threatening me?" Samuel asked darkly.

"I am asking you to put your grandson on a leash. I thought we were on the same side. But he partnered up with my enemies. How does that make you look, Mr. Madison?" Daniel asked.

"I will wait for your results," Daniel said and ended the call.

Richard and his father, Jonathan, stepped out of Emma's hospital room, leaving Helena to fuss over her daughter-in-law and ensure her comfort. As the door closed behind them, a heavy silence hung in the air, thick with unspoken tension.

It was Jonathan who finally broke the silence, his voice low and grave. "Richard, there's something you need to know," he said, his eyes clouded with a mixture of concern and regret.

down his spine at his father's solemn tone. "What is it, Dad?" he asked, bracing himself for whatever revelation

took a deep breath, as if steeling himself for the words he was about to uitter. "The one responsible for the attack on Emma and Helena..." he trailed off, his jaw clenching. "It

His grandfather, the very man who had raised him, instilled in him the values of honor and integrity, had orchestrated the attack that nearly claimed the lives of his wife and mother. It was unfathomable, a betrayal so deep that it angered Richard

his very core.

be?" he managed to choke out, his voice a mere whisper. "It seems I

was one of deep remorse. "He was trying to forcefully abduct Emma, but this is not from

heart.

wanted." To force me to release Diana Hayes," he said, his voice laced with

nodded grimly. "It seems your uncle still has some men in the city to put this

fists at his sides, his body trembling with barely contained rage. Diana Hayes, had ordered the assassination of his Emma; an act

released.

she had the courage to attack Emma, she should also have

more ruthless than his father. He hoped he would not be forced to do something out of control. "So what will you do, son? Will you retaliate against the Hayes Corporation?" Richard's jaw tightened, his expression one of steely

hanging in the air like a thick fog. Finally, Jonathan spoke again, his voice laced with a hint of trepidation. "And what

be pain," he said, each word cold and

to rest on Richard's shoulder in a gesture of support and understanding. "If you need my help, you need only ask." Richard nodded, his expression unreadable. "I

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Meanwhile, in the opulent office of Samuel Madison, the patriarch of the Madison family, a tense atmosphere hung in the air. The old man sat behind his massive mahogany desk, his brow furrowed in a deep

man, Samuel's loyal assistant, Mr. Bean, shifted uncomfortably under his employer's withering gaze. "I'm afraid our operatives were unsuccessful, sir," he replied, his voice wavering

his eyes blazing with rage. "How could they