2024-10-14 07:00:09“Woah!” Lisa exclaimed, eyeing the expensive restaurant Tedmond had brought her to. “I’ve never been to a place this luxurious before.”
Tedmond raised an eyebrow. “I thought so too.”
He led her to a table, and they both sat down. Lisa still wore the contact lenses, pretending to be Cora, but Tedmond had other plans.
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CHAPTER 744
The heavy envelope lay in the dust between them, a white rectangle of mocking victory. Evelyn stared at it, her vision blurred by tears, but as she looked up at Millicent, the grime of the slums seemed to peel away from the edges of her vision.The silence between them stretched, vibrating with the weight of years."You always did have a way with envelopes," Evelyn whispered, a ghostly, hysterical laugh bubbling in her throat. She looked at Millicent’s hands, now soft and manicured, resting on the armrests of her wheelchair, and remembered when those same hands were red and raw from the winter cold of the secondary estate. "Do you remember the first one? The one the Master gave you before I found out?"Millicent’s eyes didn't flicker. She didn't need to close them to see the image. The dusty yard of the slums vanished, replaced by the suffocating scent of lilies and the ticking of a grandfather clock in a room draped in gold leaf."I remember everything, Evelyn," Millicent replie
CHAPTER 743
Evelyn flinched as if she had been struck."I hate you because you knew," Millicent continued, her grip tightening on the armrests of her wheelchair. "You knew I didn't ask for that life. You knew it wasn't my fault that I carried Tedmond." She leaned forward, her eyes pinning Evelyn’s trembling form to the spot. "You knew the circumstances, yet you treated my pregnancy like a crime against your dignity. You used your power to tear a mother from her son. You made us live like ghosts, separate and starving, just so you could feel 'pure' in your mansion."The silence that followed was heavy, broken only by Evelyn's ragged breathing."I spent years wondering if my son was warm, if he was fed, or if he was even alive," Millicent said, her voice dropping to a dangerous, low hum. "I spent years in a hell you built for me. So, yes... I hate you. And seeing you sitting there in the dirt doesn't make that hate go away. It only reminds me of how much time we both wasted on your pride."Evely
CHAPTER 742
Maxine stared at the sheer opulence surrounding the woman, the cars, the guards, and the raw power radiating from Tedmond. "Wasn't she supposed to be a nobody?" she hissed. "Wasn't she just a mistake?"Tedmond finally moved, stepping forward until his shadow eclipsed both Evelyn and Maxine."Mistakes can be very expensive, Maxine," he said, his voice dropping into a chilling, soft hum. "And as you can see, the reports of my mother’s death were... greatly exaggerated by those who wished they were true."Maxine’s shock curdled into white-hot rage. She stepped forward, ignoring the way Persis’s hand moved instinctively toward the holster at her hip. To Maxine, the sight of the Pagani, the crisp suits, and the sheer health radiating from the brother she had once despised was an insult to every hungry night she had endured in this shack."How dare you?" Maxine screamed, her voice cracking as it echoed off the neighboring houses. "How dare you show up here like this, Tedmond? Look at us!
CHAPTER 741
Earlier, Tedmond had walked the company's pristine marble corridors with a cold, rhythmic stride.Every click of his heel felt like a hammer striking a nail into the coffin of the old regime. He had just finished purging the boardroom, a task that left a bitter taste in his mouth, though his face remained a mask of obsidian."The HR Director is waiting in Room 4B, sir," his assistant murmured, struggling to keep pace. "They’re conducting final interviews for the strategic development team. They thought you might want to observe how the new vetting protocols are holding up."Tedmond hadn’t planned on staying; he had a city to reclaim and enemies to bury. But a sudden, inexplicable curiosity gripped him. He wanted to see who was desperate enough to apply for a job in a building recently leveled by a corporate earthquake."Fine," Tedmond replied, his voice a low hum. "I’ll watch. Let’s see if the 'new blood' has more backbone than the trash I just threw out."He entered the room like a
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Tedmond shifted gears, the car surging forward with terrifying power."You’re alive, and for some reason, you’re trying to work for me. That’s the only reality that matters right now. Keep your tears for the Griffins, they’re going to need someone to mourn them by the time I’m done with this meeting."Max gripped the door handle, his knuckles white as the city lights blurred into streaks. The Pagani tore through the streets, followed closely by three black SUVs. Max realized with a jolt that Tedmond wasn't heading toward a skyscraper or a Griffin stronghold; he was navigating the twisting, broken roads that led to the slums, the only place Max’s family could afford after the bankruptcy.‘How does he know the way?’ Max wondered, his heart hammering. ‘And why is he taking me home in a car that costs more than this entire neighborhood?’He stole a glance at Tedmond. The sharp, cold profile of his half-brother was illuminated by the dashboard's glow. Max opened his mouth to beg for an
CHAPTER 739
Max sat frozen, his mind a chaotic whirlpool of disjointed memories. The interviewer was speaking, asking something about risk mitigation, but the words were mere white noise.‘How?’ Max screamed internally. ‘How long has he been a Washington?’In their youth, Max had sneered at the bastard living in the shadow of their father’s secondary estate. He’d convinced himself Tedmond was a fluke, the son of a woman who didn't belong in their world.Max had spent years believing he was the one with royal blood, while Tedmond was just the help.Now, the truth was a crushing weight: Tedmond hadn't just become a Washington; he was the Washington. The lineage, the power, the terrifying scale of the empire, it had always belonged to him."Max? Mr. Griffin?"The Head of Development’s voice finally cut through the fog. He was tapping a pen impatiently against the glass desk."I... I'm sorry," Max stammered, his gaze snapping back. He blinked, trying to force the ghost of Tedmond’s grounding han
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