Chapter 172: Hold the woman...
"And yet, at the end of it all, you go and hold the woman I told you to get rid of— and make sure you abort that child she has. You’ve ruined everything, Arthur. The very woman you could’ve had in your life, the one you could’ve built a future with, you drove her away. And now, you’re behaving like some foolish man, lost in his own regret, simply because you heard she’s gone."
Alex stared into Arthur’s eyes, his expression unreadable, but the fire behind his gaze was undeniable.
There was a moment—just a flicker—where he almost felt the urge to drop his hardened demeanor, to strip away the rage and speak to Arthur.
But that moment passed as quickly as it came.
Right now, emotions had to wait. What mattered most was knowing Arthur’s next move, and Alex wasn’t going to leave without answers.
At the same time, Alex—still reeling from what he’d learned, still haunted by the recklessness he had shown back at the office—felt a fear creep into him that he hadn’t known before.
A deep, bone-chilling fear that his son, his pride, his only true legacy, might one day walk away from him completely.
The thought of that loneliness, of that abandonment, was unbearable.
Alex had worked tirelessly to shape a path for his son—a future carved with ambition, power, and security.
Every deal, every sleepless night, every ruthless decision had been for one purpose: to ensure his son would never have to claw his way up from the dirt the way he had.
That empire—it was his life’s work, a kingdom built from blood, sacrifice, and relentless vision.