Chapter 494

Chapter 494

Bryxton was sunny today—No, Bryxton had recently been sunny these days, but May's heart was now

icy cold. She simply couldn't accept that the gentleman whom she opened up to was the real murderer

of her first love!

She recalled the period when she first entered Adams Corporation. She tried her best to dig up

information, including witnesses and material evidence, while Rudy tried his best to assist her.

Eventually, they discovered that the murderers were Alba's father and grandfather. It was the Adams

Family who abandoned him and put him to death due to his identity as an illegitimate child!

However, a mother wouldn't kill her own. Even though they hated Alba, he still shared their family

blood. They had no reason to kill him!

After careful thought, she finally found out the reason!

It was Alfred who had been manipulating them behind the scenes all along.

Alfred Larson, the richest man in the world, the direct heir to the Larson Family.

Adams Corporation had always been stuck in a stagnant position in Bryxton. Forger Corporation, which

used to lag far behind them, became on par with Felix Corporation under the leadership of Nicholas

Forger. The development of Adams Corporation in those years had reached a bottleneck period, so

they urgently needed to open a new path and think out of the box. However, to think out of the box,

they had to have both money and power. The only capable person who could do that back then was

Rudy Adams, who had just returned to Bryxton.

However, the Adams Family abandoned Rudy when he was a child. Instead of leaving, perhaps

eradicating was a more fitting description. This was all because Rudy's mother was a lowly prostitute.

She conceived him through unscrupulous means and gave birth to him secretly without the Adams

Family knowing.

Few men from wealthy families, like theirs, could devote their entire lives to one woman. They were

born with power and influence; thus, they could easily meet countless charming and sexy women.

Ordinary men could rarely resist temptation. At first, they would restrain themselves because they had

wives at home, but as time passed, they also desired to be unrestrained and indulgent in this world. It

was a norm for them to play with women, and accidentally making women pregnant was also a usual

occurrence. Hence, there were many illegitimate children from wealthy families out there.

Rudy was one, and Alba was another!

The first wife usually allowed their husbands to have fun with other women, but some oblivious women

would secretly give birth to sons in an attempt to compete for the assets of the family. In that case, the

first wives are unlikely to hold back and would cause a commotion in the family. Due to that, many men

in wealthy families shared an unspoken rule; under the premise of having a son, they would usually

abandon their illegitimate sons; and if they encountered oblivious illegitimate sons, they would send

them far away. Rudy was unlucky to meet a jealous first wife, who was also Alba's grandmother. She

dumped him overseas and hired killers to kill him, but Rudy managed to escape death eventually.

Later, Rudy returned to Bryxton with money and power. Guilty of what they had done, the Adams

Family intended to hand over Adams Corporation to Rudy so that he could heighten the power of the

company. However, Rudy refused without hesitation. Rudy didn't need the insignificant Adams

Corporation at all. To him, Adams Corporation was nothing but a mere bean. Despite him doing nothing

in Bryxton at that time, his unattainable presence was already considered a mockery to the Adams

Family. He belonged to their family, yet they ruthlessly pushed him away, so it was far too late for them

to welcome him back.

While the Adams Family was in a dilemma, Abigail made an offer to them. She promised them that as

long as they killed Alba, the Larson Family would invest in Adams Corporation and make them the top

corporation in Bryxton. Back then, Alba's father couldn't comprehend why the Larson Family cared so

much about his illegitimate son that they were willing to pay such a huge bounty for his life.

To the Adams Family, Alba was nothing but trash, trash with broken legs. Alba had been begging to

return to the Adams Family, but the Adams Family had always declined his request. After the Larson

Family reached out to them, Alba's father agreed to bring him back to the family under the condition of

the fulfillment of some unattainable contracts.

For example, Alba's father gave him the task to snatch Yates Corporation from Felix Corporation's

Renee. Naturally, he didn't manage to accomplish the task, which was an outcome the Adams Family

had predicted!

Alba's father originally planned to let Alba stay in the Adams Family for a while longer before doing

anything, so that there would be fewer people suspicious of the Adams Family, but the Larson Family's

offer sounded extremely urgent!

Hence, he gritted his teeth and planned to push him into a lake.

Alba was crippled, so there was no doubt he would lose his life once he plunged into the lake. This

could arouse the least suspicion. Hence, he pushed Alba to the lake himself on that day. To be frank,

Alba was also quite puzzled and nervous that day about his father showing him his mild side, which

was rare!

He was so gentle that Alba couldn't help wondering if he was plotting against him.

Alba couldn't be blamed for thinking that way since the man behind his wheelchair was only his father

by name. Moreover, his father made an exception for him to return to the family. Hence, Alba had no

idea what was going on in his father's mind.

Suppressing the anxiety in his heart, he called out to him, "Father."

He meant to make it sound sarcastic since he rejected the idea of calling him from the bottom of his

heart, but if he wanted to stay by May's side, he couldn't stay useless as he was now. He had to be a

man worthy of her!

Even though he had long felt unworthy of her because of his disability, he still carried hope in his heart.

He was carefully guarding his relationship with May because he had been hiding from her for years and

had missed many opportunities to be with her. Now that he finally summoned the courage to step up

and be with her, he wanted to protect their relationship. He desired to protect the little girl who had

been waiting for him all these years.

Alba had nothing in his heart but May, so much so that he wasn't even aware that he was just a

sacrifice in his father's eyes. While he was fantasizing about his future with May, he was as dead as a

dodo to his father.

"Al, how have I treated you all these years?"

He suddenly called him Al!

Alba was not a fool. He realized something in an instant.

He then replied in a soft voice, "Do you want to hear the truth, Father?"

Save your breath if you're going to tell me the truth.

Thinking so but not answering his son, he looked up at the sky and muttered, "I have never cared

about you these years, just like how my father never cared about my illegitimate brother, Rudy. Both of

you are illegitimate children who were abandoned by our family, and I take it as I merely donated a

sperm! But now, one of you is standing on top of the world, while the other has become a cripple. In

any case, my father's illegitimate son sounds more promising."

A sperm…

A cripple…

That was his father's definition of him.

Alba assumed he had experienced human apathy a long time ago, but when he heard what his

biological father said, he felt a little sad. It reminded him of his mother, who had killed herself.

His mother used to be optimistic, but the man who took advantage of her was ruthless. After leaving

her, he vanished without a trace. His mother was still unaware of his identity at the time. It wasn't until

she gave birth to Alba that she realized it was too late. After being tortured by Alba's father, she went

insane.

Eventually, she chose to end her life.

It would be a lie for Alba to say that he didn't resent his father, but was he qualified to?

Alba was a cripple, a useless cripple at that. Compared to the other illegitimate son of the Adams

Family, he was nothing but trash.

Moreover, Alba merely met Rudy twice.

Once, he met him when he was in high school.

Rudy was the one who came to him and told him, "I'm your uncle, and we share the same fate, but I

believe that people are not bound by fate. If you want to avenge your mother, you have to work extra

hard, reach your peak, and change what the Adams Family thought about you."

Only then did he know that they were all illegitimate children of the Adams Family; only then did he

know that his mother was tortured by that man.

Alba was young at that time. He was a young man who was enthusiastic and energetic. After hearing

those words, he wanted to seek revenge on the Adams Family right away!

However, Rudy advised him in a low voice, "You are not young and naive anymore, so you should

know that the world is a place where the strong are respected. You can desire to take revenge on the

Adams Family, but you don't have the ability for now, so before that, you must know how to hide, enrich

yourself, perfect yourself, and wait for your skills to accumulate and grow."

"What if I can't do so?"

"Then, you'll be useless."

Sure enough, he became useless, but he didn't have the slightest regret, because he saved his

beloved woman!

May might not have survived if he hadn't been desperate to save her. Losing his own legs was nothing

compared to her life! It didn't matter if he sacrificed himself as long as she was saved.

He loved her without hesitation. He wanted her to live a better life than him.

When he became a cripple, he withdrew from her world bearing all the pain and suffering, but she still

found him after many years.

Back then, he truly thought he was unworthy of her. He was too embarrassed and felt undeserving to

accept her feelings.

Moreover, he confronted May after years when she was at her peak. Her beauty and her elegance

exuded from her actions, as well as her figure, were way out of his league. How could a crippled man

dressed in an outdated down jacket with patches all over be worthy of her? He pretended not to

recognize her subconsciously and concealed the wave of emotions in his heart.

Tears were already welling up in his heart.

The second time he saw Rudy was on the day before he came to the lake. Rudy was now a high-

ranking man with whom the Adams Family wished to curry favor. He relied on his strength to impress

and scare the Adams Family!

Alba called him, "Rud."

Rudy looked at him contemptuously. "You lost."

Alba shook his head. "I didn't lose. I just made a different choice, and that choice is more important

than impressing the Adams Family. If I had to choose again, I would still do the same."

"Are you sure?" Rudy questioned indifferently.

After saying that, Rudy left.

He didn't seem willing to play along with a useless illegitimate son like him.

Despite that, Alba was grateful for Rudy because the latter was the only family member who

encouraged him to work hard instead of resenting him.

Thinking of the past, Alba felt bitter. He looked at the man in front of him and muttered, "I am useless."

As the breeze blew across the lake, Alba mused silently in his heart, I'm useless. I'm just a waste, but I

have a beautiful woman who loves me and never despises me. That is more than enough.

"Al, will you sacrifice yourself for our family?"

Alba was startled as he sat in his wheelchair. Staring at his father in astonishment, he asked, "What do

you mean, Father? Why are you saying that all of a sudden?"

"Someone wants you dead!"

The middle-aged man pushed him to the lake, causing Alba to beg for mercy, "Father, don't do this. I

beg you. Please don't. I will leave the Adams Family immediately! Father, please! Please, spare me,

will you?"

Alba feared nothing but death! He feared leaving May just like that!

As soon as the thought of leaving May popped up in his mind, tears immediately fell from his eyes as

he looked at his father in fear. When his father looked at him, he reprimanded again, "You worthless

thing!"

The wheelchair gradually slipped into the lake, but Alba was still struggling. "Father, I just want to be by

her side. That's all! That's my only insignificant wish!"

Alba's whole body had fallen into the lake. Since he couldn't feel his legs, he suddenly felt hopeless,

and he remembered the scene when he first met May.

Back then, he was just a punk who often skipped classes and mingled with other hooligans in the

streets.

He had no one to discipline him. His grandmother whom he grew up with never bothered about him!

He met May on a sunny and humid day. She was wearing a white dress, and the hems of her dress

swayed with the wind. From afar, she asked him, "Excuse me, are you, Alba Adams?"

"Yeah, why?" he replied in a ruffled way.

"Nothing. People say you are a bad student, but I don't think so. You are handsome, kind, and

youthful."

Alba was surprised as it was his first time hearing such comments about him.

When the cold lake water submerged his whole body, Alba mused silently in his heart, "May, we have

come this far in this lifetime. I might be terrified of death, but now... I hope you can meet someone like

me, who loves you over his life. I want you to be happy and not sad because of my departure..."

He sighed one last time in his heart, I can't bear to leave you, May… I really can't…

Alba's death was a fatal blow to May's mental health. Following the news of his death, she was

depressed for a long time until she met Rudy.

She wasn't a fickle woman, and it wasn't that she had forgotten about Alba, but she craved warmth.

She had been living in an icy cold world, but Rudy's emergence gave her a space to breathe!

In the past, she was able to wait for Alba for many years and even rejected Alfred's advances because

she was sure that Alba was still alive in this world!

There was nothing wrong with her accepting Rudy since she had a chance to choose happiness again,

but she never forgot to bring justice to Alba.

She never forgot about him. He was a part of her past that she couldn't remove! Perhaps, she didn't

want to forget about him, and besides, everyone's past was worthy of respect.

Just when she thought the truth was as she imagined, she heard a shocking secret—the Larson Family

was the true murderers behind Alba's death, and now, Alfred had frankly admitted it himself!

What should she do now?

Kill Alfred to avenge Alba?

She wasn't a killer!

All of a sudden, emotions took over her. She felt suffocated. She bawled her heart out at the man on

the other end of the line. "I hate you so, so much, Alfred Larson!"

Alfred, who was badly injured, felt his heart turning cold and unbearably painful.

She was crying. She was crying in such a heartbreaking way.

She even said she hated him over the phone.

He already predicted the outcome because he knew Alba was her bottom line, and the Larson Family

crossed that line!

"I'm sorry, May."

An apology wasn't enough to make things right.

"You're worse than a beast, Alfred Larson!"