Chapter 499\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHas Honora contacted you, bro?\u201d Leopold asked after their mother had left the room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley looked up from his phone. \u201cShe did. Just a little while ago.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold frowned.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI told her to leave you alone.\u201d He paused. \u201cWhat did she want this time? Complaining that her father is about to beat her to death again? I knew she was lying. If she were really in that much danger, she wouldn\u2019t be able to text you.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Just then, the female employee replied.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[I don\u2019t know for sure, but I don\u2019t think your sister has found a director yet.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley breathed a sigh of relief.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[Okay, thank you.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her reply was instantaneous:\u00a0<\/p>\n
[You\u2019re welcome, Mr. Judson. I\u2019d do anything for you.]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Finley didn\u2019t respond. He knew what she was implying. Even when he was CEO of Starlight Media, he had noticed the way she looked at him, though she had always been too nervous to approach him. Now that he had fallen from grace, she had suddenly found her courage. Did she think he was now within her reach?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He didn\u2019t care what she thought. He was only using her to get information about Larissa. What mattered was that Larissa hadn\u2019t found a replacement for Benedict yet. He still had a chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold, seeing his brother occupied, took out his own phone. He wasn\u2019t messaging anyone; he was looking at Larissa\u2019s Facebook. She had posted again today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
[So tired today. I accidentally fell asleep in the car on the way home, and Dad waited a whole hour for me without waking me up. Sobbing. The best dad in the world~]\u00a0<\/p>\n
Leopold could feel the happiness radiating from the post. He felt a pang of envy, wishing he could be the one to do such things for his sister. But he had lost that chance.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a long moment of hesitation, he liked the post. He then switched back to his messages, staring at the empty chat window with Larissa. He still couldn\u2019t bring himself to send her a message. Soon, he told himself. He would find the right moment to reconnect with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
That evening, the Palmer Manor was quiet, like a sleeping giant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In the study, under the soft, warm light, Haskell sat across from his grandfather, Zoltan Palmer, a chessboard between them.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan placed a piece on the board and slowly looked up. \u201cI hear you sent your father to an asylum.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
His voice was deep and commanding.\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
22:02\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 499\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell\u2019s expression was unreadable. \u201cYes,\u201d he said flatly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan\u2019s sharp eyes searched his grandson\u2019s face. \u201cWhy? Because he brought his illegitimate. daughter home?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The question implied that while the act deserved punishment, confining his father to an asylum was\u00a0<\/p>\n
an overreaction.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNo,\u201d Haskell replied simply.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zoltan\u2019s brow furrowed. \u201cThen what was it?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell\u2019s gaze was as calm and steady as a still lake. \u201cBecause Draven is not my biological brother.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The piece in Zoltan\u2019s hand froze mid\u2013air. \u201cAre you certain?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
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