Chapter 1248

Beatrice gently took Remington by the hand, and the two elderly figures shuffled back to their room, their movements slow and unsteady.

Alaric watched his grandparents leave, his heart heavy with worry. He had been on the verge of calling out to them. They were his and Hertha’s last hope.

If they gave up, then all hope would indeed be lost.

“Grand…” Alaric began, but before he could finish, Angelina’s hand clamped over his mouth, muffling his words.

Remington and Beatrice, advanced in their years and hard of hearing, didn’t catch Alaric’s muffled call..

Frustrated, Alaric shoved Angelina’s hand away and burst out, “Mom, why do you always have to be against me?”

Angelina, taken aback by his accusation, felt a stab of pain in her heart. “You ungrateful boy,” she lamented. “You’re my only son. Everything I do is for your good, and you don’t

even see it!”

picking on me?” Alaric frowned, his voice rising as he recalled the morning’s events,

distressed

be serious, and yet Angelina seemed to thwart him

turn.

her soul into planning for her son’s future,

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you something,” she said, her voice heavy with emotion. “Everyone else can criticize me, say I’m meddling. Your grandparents can even accuse me of trying to cozy up to the Reeds to secure my influence, and I’ll

eyes as she looked at her son,

Sorrow.

mother in such distress, looked away, quietly

of the company veterans with a major family backing him. The Falconer Group is practically in

ousted from the Falconer

the end, Angelina’s voice was low but laced with frustration and disappointment.

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