They were barely out of the main hall when Faith\u2019s frustration boiled over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSolomon, what were you thinking? How could you agree to Larissa\u2019s demands? Do you really think Grandpa would have let me suffer?\u00a0<\/p>\n
Solomon took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, lit one, and took a long drag. \u201cYou still don\u2019t see it, do you? Grandpa\u2019s attitude toward Larissa.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOf course I saw it. I don\u2019t understand why a man of his stature is so indulgent with her,\u201d Faith said, completely baffled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Solomon exhaled a stream of smoke. \u201cYou haven\u2019t figured it out yet. Grandpa was putting on a show for us.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat do you mean?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIt means we\u2019ve been wrong all along,\u201d Solomon said coldly. \u201cWe thought Grandpa was seriously considering a new heir. But from his behavior tonight, it\u2019s clear that was never his intention. He just used this situation with Larissa as an excuse to transfer a portion of the company shares to Haskell ahead of schedule.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Faith\u2019s eyes widened in disbelief. \u201cThat\u2019s impossible. If Grandpa wanted Haskell to remain the heir, why would he have announced at the engagement party that he would name the successor in three months?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhetstones,\u201d Solomon said flatly.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Faith stared at him, confused. \u201cWhat?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHe wants us to be Haskell\u2019s whetstones,\u201d Solomon said with chilling certainty. \u201cTo sharpen him, now that his legs are healing.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThen what do we do?\u201d Faith was beginning to suspect he was right. There was no other explanation for their grandfather\u2019s behavior tonight.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In all of Regal City, only the old matriarch of the Lincoln family could command such deference from her grandfather. And yet, he had shown such tolerance for a junior like Larissa. It could only mean one thing: he still favored Haskell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cSolomon, if what you\u2019re saying is true, then what\u2019s the point of all this effort?\u201d Faith\u2019s anger gave way to a bitter sense of injustice. She couldn\u2019t accept that her family was destined to be nothing more than a footnote to Haskell\u2019s success, forever relegated to the African operations, no matter how well they did.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Solomon didn\u2019t answer.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing the dark look on his face, Faith didn\u2019t press him further.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They were in the car, driving away from the estate, when. Solomon finally spoke, his voice\u00a0<\/p>\n
1\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:25 0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chapter 518\u00a0<\/p>\n
as cold as ice. \u201cI\u2019ve already made my decision I will be the next heir of the Palmer family, no matter what it takes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He would never forget the whispers and snickers from the other young scions when he had left for Africa with his father.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cLook at Solomon, acting so tough around us. In the end, he\u2019s just a stepping stone for Haskell, just like his father. Sent off to Africa. They call it \u2018training, but we all know it\u2019s exile.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Why? Why, when they were both Palmers, was he the one relegated to a place far away from home like that?\u00a0<\/p>\n
He refused to accept it. He had sworn to himself that he would become the one in power back in Regal City.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When he heard that his grandfather was planning to officially name Haskell as the heir, he had considered arranging an \u201caccident\u201d in Africa. But Haskell\u2019s brother Draven had beaten\u00a0<\/p>\n
him to it.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell hadn\u2019t died, but his legs had been crippled. Solomon thought his chance had finally come.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Surely his grandfather wouldn\u2019t hand over the family to a cripple. And, as he had hoped, the announcement of the heir was delayed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Solomon thought he truly had a chance. But tonight, he realized that Zoltan had never intended to give up on Haskell.\u00a0<\/p>\n
If he couldn\u2019t win through internal competition, then he would bring in an outside force. And the best outside force was, of course, the Lincoln family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Solomon crushed the cigarette in his hand. If he couldn\u2019t have it, he would rather destroy it. The Palmer family\u2019s domestic empire might fall, but his operations in Africa would remain standing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:25\u00a0<\/p>\n
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