Justin slowly lifted his deep eyes, a glint of darkness flashing. âI have tolerated him up to my limits. But
this is the last time. I wonât tolerate it again.â
Nigelâs heart was filled with bimerness Memories that he could not bear to remember played vividly
before his eyes. His weathered face was covered in the melancholy haze of sadness.
âGrandpa, Iâm sorry. I spoke without thinking. I shouldnât have brought up your heartbreaking past.â
Justin felt a sense of quilt in his heam and grasped his grandfatherâs rough and dry hands tightly with
his warm palms. âI know that if it
werenât for that incident, your preferred her would surely have been
my elder brother. He grew up under your affectionate care, the
grandson you placed great expectations on.â
âJustinâ¦â
âGrandpa, I owe you and Grant.â
Justin felt a tingling sensation in his nose and smiled gently.
a grandfather who genuinely cares for me is something wouldnât
have dared to dream of when I was a child. I have no right to exped
anything else.â
âJustin, listen to Grandpa!â
Nigel let out a low growl, his trembling hands pressing firmly on
Justinâs broad shoulders. They locked eyes, and his gaze was
intense. âIn my eyes, you are all equal. I love all my grandchildren
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equally. As for the things you said, I couldnât care less! Let me make it
clear, you little rascal! Even if your elder brother comes back healthy,
nothing will change. Even if everything that happened before never occurred, I would still choose you
as the heir to the company.â
âGrandpa⦠youâ¦â Justin was startled.
âEven if none of the Salvador family members support you, it doesnât
matter.
I support you. Iâve got your back!â
Outside the door, Bella eavesdropped with her ear pressed against the door. She was fully engrossed
in listening to the conversation between Nigel and Justin.â
Although she had good hearing, the soundproofing of the luxurious mansionâs door made it
challenging. She struggled to catch the conversation clearly.
Justinâs voice was like a mosquito buzzing, but Nigelâs voice
resonated with vigor. Bella managed to pick up bits and pieces of
what he said.
âJustinâs elder brother? Back then? What happened back then? It sounds like something happened.â
During Bellaâs three years at the Salvadorâs residence, she had never seen Grant, Justinâs eldest
brother.
However, she had heard from Wilma that Grant was in poor health and spent the years recuperating in
Meridan.
Even the position as the family heir that originaaliy belonged to Grant was conceded to his half-brother.
Ms Bella listened, she could not shake the feeding that Grantâs illness
might be somehow related to Justin.
Buttenly, the door to the study opened!
Bela was still pondering and maintaining her eavestong posture. Inaware militer surroundings, she
found herself crashing me Justinâs
irmemurace
Only then did she come to her senses. She let out a startled soream
this moment. Nittelâs voice came from inside the room. Jussin
Bella quisite:
No. Grantina, yupciany misheard. You should rest early,â Justim
eplied.
As he spoke, Jusimswiftly placed his left hand behind his bl
closing the doon quirky.
He looked at her with assiant center expression in his eyes,
shimmering like starligh
Were you eavesdropping?
Goodbye!â
Bella was shrouded in the shadow usimâs intrusive presence.
Anxious and disoriented, she turnediamintescape.
Before she knew it, Justinâs right hand satttteniy reached out, deftly
catching her slender waist..
He pulled her forcefully into his arms.