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Elise broke down crying. \u201cMatthew, are you really trying to push me to the edge?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Matthew\u2019s voice stayed calm. \u201cShe\u2019s your wife. Whether you divorce her or stay together is yo business. What, you thought I was still the same old Matthew you used to control?\u201d He steppe toward Raymond with a slow, cutting smile. \u201cDad, times have changed. Langford Group? It\u2019s mine now.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s whole body began to tremble with rage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His phone rang. He snatched it up and pressed it to his ear. On the other end, Rex shouted, panicked and out of breath. \u201cDad! Matthew\u2019s already replaced all of Langford Group\u2019s top execs with his own people. He\u2019s been planning this for years! HR just called and told me I\u2019ve been fired. What do we do?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond stared at Matthew in complete disbelief. He finally realized what this was. Matthew was wiping out all of his illegitimate sons.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou\u2019re cutting your brothers out? You kicked them from the company, and now what? Are yo planning to destroy them too?\u201d His voice cracked as the anger built inside him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His breathing turned rough and uneven, and Elise rushed to his side to keep him steady.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew let out a quiet scoff. He looked straight at Raymond and gave a small, mocking smile \u201cMy mom gave birth to Mia and me. I have only one sister. All the others are not my siblings.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elise\u2019s voice trembled as she rushed to speak. \u201cMatthew, what exactly did you do? Even if Rex and the rest didn\u2019t come from me\u2026\u201d Her eyes darted to Mr. Langford. She straightened her shoulders and forced herself to sound calm. \u201cThey\u2019re still your half\u2013brothers. You\u2019re family. You\u2019re supposed to stick together.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew almost laughed. That blind loyalty of hers really was something. Years ago, he thought it was funny too, but he wasn\u2019t strong enough then. He had to play along. Now? He couldn\u2019t stomach another second of it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom, you go ahead and keep pretending you two have some perfect marriage. I\u2019m done playing house. Let Mia stay here and play the role of the good kid.\u201d He walked up to Raymond, calm and poised. \u201cDad, you\u2019re getting up there in age. It\u2019s time you step down from the board\u00a0<\/p>\n
pass the torch. Be careful, or you\u2019re going to drop dead from exhaustion.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
and\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s knees nearly gave out. In that moment, it hit him. The obedient, soft\u2013spoken son who always acted like he worshipped his mother had played him like a fool.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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The only reason he ever handed over the shares and control was that he thought he knew Matthew\u2019s weak spots. He thought Matthew was easy to manage.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He remembered the boy at eight years old, crying and begging him to come home for Elise\u2018 birthday. He\u2019d even gotten down on his knees. All because Elise cried a little.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Had Matthew already started plotting back then?\u00a0<\/p>\n
All those years of acting like the perfect son were nothing more than a setup. Matthew had sold the illusion that he was weak. That he would fold the second anyone mentioned his mother or sister.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond believed for years that threatening Elise was enough to make Matthew leap off a cliff.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He still remembered when Matthew was 18. Some men had kidnapped Elise and demanded that he jump off the villa balcony. He didn\u2019t hesitate. Thank God there was a pool below and the house wasn\u2019t tall.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That day, Raymond wrote him off as a mama\u2019s boy. Loyal, yes. Useful? Never.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He never took Matthew seriously again. He figured a soft\u2013hearted kid like him could never scheme or play dirty.\u00a0<\/p>\n
But now?\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the first day Matthew stepped into the company, he had been replacing people in secret\u00a0<\/p>\n
He filled key roles with his own people. He rerouted company capital into new projects that belonged to him. He seized control of Langford Group\u2019s core systems. He even found pressure points on the company\u2019s founding members and used them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Now the entire company belonged to Matthew. Raymond had been completely pushed out.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rex and the other bastards didn\u2019t stand a chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Matthew had won the war.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond dropped onto the couch. He sat there in silence for a long time, dazed and hollow.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He thought he was smart, but in the end, that was what killed him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHoney\u2026\u201d Elise\u2019s voice wavered as she looked at him. \u201cDon\u2019t panic. I\u2019ll talk to Matthew. He still cares about Mia and me. We\u2019ll go ask him. I know he\u2019ll give the shares back.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
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\u201cShut your mouth!\u201d Raymond exploded. \u201cYou raised this little monster!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Elise\u2019s eyes filled with tears. She backed away and didn\u2019t say anything else.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThat kid\u2026\u201d Raymond\u2019s hands curled into fists. \u201cI can\u2019t control him anymore. He\u2019s dangerous. He\u2019s been planning this since he was little.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was ready to curse Matthew again when his phone rang. The screen showed an unknown number.\u00a0<\/p>\n
His back went stiff. His fingers started shaking. He stared at the phone, too afraid to answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
How the hell was he supposed to explain this? He had been set up. He had been played by his\u00a0<\/p>\n
own son.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That Curtis deal? Matthew had taken the money for himself. For the first time, Raymond felt afraid of his own child. He had never imagined ambition this ruthless.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 319 Face His Fear\u00a0<\/p>\n
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