Chapter 281\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 281\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell\u2019s cold words drained the strength from Draver\u2019s body. All the excuses and denials he had prepared evaporated into thin air. His breathing grew ragged, as if an invisible hand were saving his throat. His vision blurred, the sounds of the room washing over him in a dizzying ware.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo\u2026 Bro\u2026 I didn\u2019t\u2026\u201d he stammered.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Thatch, who had been silent, let a flicker of emotion cross his face before schooling his features back into a calm mask. He had made sure Draven handled all the details. Even if Haskell had proof,A couldn\u2019t be traced back to him.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSo Mr. Palmer was crippled by his own brother! The ungrateful snake!\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat a devastating blow for him! Not only paralyzed but betrayed by his adopted sister and his own\u00a0<\/p>\n
brother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cZoltan must be furious. He finally had a brilliant grandson poised to lead the Palmer family to new heights, and Draven ruined everything.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt seems the rumors were true. Zoltan sent Draven away because he was bad for the family\u2019s fortune. The moment he comes back, he brings ruin upon Haskell, the true hope of the Palmer family.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell gave a subtle nod to Crispin, who stepped forward and respectfully presented a thick file of evidence to Zoltan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan took the documents and began flipping through them, his expression hardening with each page. A cold, uncontrollable fury spread across his weathered face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cBring Draven to me!\u201d he roared, slamming the file shut.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Two bodyguards immediately seized Draven and dragged him before the patriarch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cKneel!\u201d Zoltan commanded.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Already weak with fear, Draven\u2019s mind went blank. His legs buckled, and he collapsed to his knees with a thud.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDraven, if it weren\u2019t for your brother pleading on your behalf, do you think you ever would have been welcomed back into this family?\u201d Zoltan trembled with rage, pointing a finger at the kneeling figure. \u201cAnd you repay his kindness by conspiring with your father\u2019s illegitimate daughter to destroy him! Or was Larissa right? Are you not Haskell\u2019s brother at all? Are you just another one of Thatch\u2019s bastards, like Valeria?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, that\u2019s absolutely not true!\u201d Thatch rushed forward. \u201cDraven is Haskell\u2019s biological brother!\u201d Zoltan shot his youngest son a look of contempt. \u201cHaskell hasn\u2019t found proof of that, so I will believe you for now. But what Draven has done must be dealt with here, tonight.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The seven other poisoning victims, now mostly recovered, stared at Draven with murder in their eyes. \u201cZoltan, this guy did this to us. You cannot let him off easy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Draven shivered on the floor.\u00a0<\/p>\n
09:02\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 281\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan\u2019s voice was grim. \u201cTonight, Draven\u2019s fate is in your hands. Do with him as you please, so tong as you do not kill him.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Hearing this, one of the poisoned men, his strength returning, couldn\u2019t contain his rage. He lunged forward and kicked Draven squarely in the chest, sending him sprawling to the ground. Hot satisfied, he stomped on Draven\u2019s chest twice for good measure.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cAargh!\u201d Draven cried out in agony.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 282\u00a0<\/p>\n
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