The Upside
Author: Pen_ed
last update2024-10-28 14:59:07

Hearing this, Liam felt a flash of anger. If Michael had listened to him, this wouldn’t have happened, Natalie wouldn’t be on the brink of death.

But he remembered Jack Gunter’s words about the Young family being loyal subordinates of their family and heaved a tired sigh.

If he left now, he would be damning an innocent girl to pay the price for her parents' mistakes.

With that running through his mind, he looked at Michael with a scolding gaze, “You’re lucky. If I had left this compound, your daughter would be dead before I could return.”

Michael’s face crumbled with regret and fear. He broke down begging earnestly, the reality of his mistakes flashing before his eyes. “Young master, please forgive me. I didn’t know who you were. I thought I was helping my daughter, but I was only making things worse.”

If anything happened to his daughter, he would only have himself to blame. He had to do whatever he could to fix this situation now or he’d never forgive himself.

Liam met his pleading
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