The Hidden Duke Heir

Chap 23

"Charl, aren't you asleep yet?" Michael approached his grandson, who was brooding by the pool.

"Grandpa?" Charles looked back and was very surprised to see that his grandfather hadn't gone to bed yet, even though it was already 2 am.

"Why aren't you sleeping?" Michael repeated his question.

"It's nothing, Grandpa. I just feel that from tomorrow my life will change drastically from before. Now people know me as the heir to the Duke family, not a bodyguard anymore." Charles let out the thoughts that had been bothering him.

"So what? Isn't that great? Don't you like your new status, Charl?"

"I like it, Grandpa. It's just that when I think about how tragic my mother and father's lives were, I'm afraid that I'll have to go through the same thing when I lead the Duke family company."

Michael exhaled harshly. "The events of 20 years ago were indeed horrible and imprinted on Grandpa's memory. Not only did I lose my son and daughter-in-law, but I also lost you. But that's all in the past