Chapter 358

Daniel could only watch helplessly as the excavation team neared his mother’s grave, weeping piteously.

“Hold it!” a commanding voice boomed out.

Lacey, Nancy and Zeke had finally arrived.

Taking in the scene before them, Zeke and Lacey could feel their hearts breaking.

She darted toward the bodyguards with the intent of shoving them aside. “Get away! Don’t touch my Dad!”

Daniel hollered back at his daughter, “Lacey, don’t mind me. They want to dig up your grandmother’s grave, you have to stop them!”

“What?” Lacey’s body jerked in surprise. “Why would they do that? Whose idea is that!”

Hannah spoke up, “It’s your Grandpa’s idea.”

“What!” Lacey gasped out before aiming a disbelieving look at Adam, “Grandpa, that’s your wife! How could you be so cruel?”

“Scram!” the older man snarled, glaring back at his granddaughter, “Like father like daughter. Both of you are unfilial to the core! Who are you to reprimand me?”

“Just get rid of the damn grave already! I’ll break the legs of anyone who dares to interfere!”

“Wait!” Adam called out, “Aaron, don’t be so unreasonable. Although your wife was unfaithful to you, she technically did give the Hinton family a son. We cannot forget that fact. How about we give them a chance now?”

A glimmer of hope flashed in Daniel’s eyes. “What chance?”

“You hand over Love in a Fallen City to us and we won’t touch your mother’s remains.”

Realization dawned on Lacey and her family.

Moving the grave was a cover; their real motive was to force her to give up the project!

Disappointment and despair rose in Daniel as he muttered, “So that’s how it is! I completely underestimated how shameless you all are. Love in a Fallen City is a project that Lacey worked hard to get. As her father, I might not be able to help her much, but I will never harm her either. I would rather die than to pass you the project!”

“Then we’ll have to relocate the grave,” Adam threatened.

A bitter laugh escaped Daniel’s lips and he said mournfully, “Your threat means nothing to me when I don’t even fear death.”

“Hah! So this is your so-called filial piety? What a load of bull! Men, get to work!”

“Stop, all of you stop moving! I agree to hand over the project to you!” Lacey yelled.

Daniel was horrified at his daughter’s words. “Lacey, what are you doing?! You spent half your life toiling away just to get this project; you can’t throw it all away because of me!”

Sighing, Lacey replied, “Dad, don’t try to change my mind. I know how much Grandma suffered when she was alive. You would feel guilty for the rest of your life if she were unable to have peace even in death. I can always just earn more money. It’s okay.”

“But...” Her father was still reluctant.

She cut him off, “Dad, listen to me this once, okay?”

His eyes reddened, but he did not know what else to say.

Unable to contain herself any longer, Hannah threw herself at her daughter, bawling, “My poor, poor Lacey! Oh, how unfortunate you are to have such a wimp for a father. Not only do people always walk all over him, but even his own father also looks down on him...My dear daughter, I’m so sorry...I should have found you a better father.”

Feeling even more ashamed of his wife’s words, Daniel bowed his head.

By contrast, Aaron was delighted now that Lacey had agreed to give him the project.

He quickly ordered, “Mike, you’ve already signed the transfer agreement for Love in a Fallen City, right? Bring it here and let Lacey sign too.”

Michael ‘Mike’ Hinton nodded and reached out to pass the contract to Lacey.

Before she could accept, a large hand snatched it and ripped it to pieces.