Rex Lathwyn's Conquest

Chapter 17: Shocked Jeffrey

Chapter 17

"Someone as poor as you? You think we sell huts here? Trust me when I say this but not even your great great grandfather can afford this place. In fact, he isn't worth being a janitor here."

"Oh really? What if I say I can turn you into a janitor with a flip of my finger?" Rex retorts coldly, he feels like he should teach this Medici lineage some lessons to lessen their feelings of pride. It makes him wonder if being foolishly arrogant was part of the family's hidden talents.

Meanwhile, Jeffrey was stunned by Rex's words. Observing a face that once bowed and avoided direct eye contact now looking back at him without a hint of fear made him realise this wasn't the same Rex he knew.

Months earlier, when he visited his father, he had witnessed firsthand how timid and subservient Rex was, smiling even in the face of insults and curses simply to please Silvia. This memory had stirred within him a deep desire to throttle Rex to death.

Jeffrey believes that a man should be the mo