“Look at you two! You were made for each other. If I hadn’t planned all of that, do you think you would have ever met in the first place? I was the one who gifted you with such a beautiful marriage, my son. How could you bear to blame me for it?”

What?

The culprit is suddenly playing the victim?

“I’m just speaking the truth, but it’s up to you whether you want to believe me or not. Our original plan that year had been to completely wipe you out from existence and forget that we’d ever given birth to such a defective product. If I hadn’t pitied you, you would have disappeared because of that car crash a long time ago! What right do you think you have to stand in front of me pretending to be a victor and interrogate your own father?”

Ashton immediately started trembling, digging his nails into his palms so tightly that I could see the veins on his forearms.

In the Hall couple’s eyes, Ashton was not only an obstacle blocking their way, he didn’t deserve to continue living either.

From their point of view, “family” was nothing more than a manufacturing process. They expected only perfect products and destroyed any that were not “up to par” with the high standard of quality that they’d set.

But they were talking about a person. How could someone say “you should have died a long time ago” to another person so easily?

for a long time. I related to his feelings; the more precious something is to you, the harder it is to cope when

viewed his silence as

ones currently being locked up in a cage. “I must say: your grandma, Winona is a smart woman. She knew to team up with George Fuller and match you two together in order to resolve Ashton’s grudge against the Murphy family. Her hard work and care are large reasons why Ashton is where he

is stolen from them right under their noses. No, that’s not the right way to say it. If it weren’t for that petroleum contract, I wouldn’t have returned to

“You stole the contract?”

then what was

mind as soon

quirked up into an evil, satisfied smile. “I guess you’re not as stupid as you look. What do you think? Don’t you want to applaud my perfect scheme and

Praise?

his hands as if they were

the Fullers and the Murphys hate each other so

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