Chapter 79- a simple man
"Do you think August is a simple man? No—he’s far more calculating than anyone else!" Charles stepped away from Janet, turning his back to her as he walked over to the blinds. Janet knew he liked standing there, gazing down at the view below—or maybe it was the thrill of looking down from that height that he craved.
From the moment August was brought into the Elwin family, a burning desire for revenge had taken root deep inside him. It was Norman and Sienna who betrayed Derrick first. Even as a child, Charles remembered Sienna’s scant love as a mother. Back then, he and Philip had been happy. But later, their mother became someone else’s woman—someone else’s mother.
Charles understood Derrick’s hatred. Derrick was a proud man; he would never allow such a thing to happen in his world. The woman he loved most and his own blood brother both betrayed him. He wanted destruction. His hatred was justified!
August was three years younger than Charles, and between them, a fierce rivalry brewed. August knew Derrick only took him in to torment him more cruelly. His sole purpose in life was clear—to avenge his parents.
When August was nineteen, Derrick sent him abroad. Charles wasn’t in the country at the time. Gifted beyond his years, Charles had left for a strict training program overseas as a teenager.
When Derrick ordered August to be sent away, Philip accompanied him on his last journey. Derrick didn’t know this. And that’s when tragedy struck.
After Philip dropped August off at the airport, on his way back, he got into a car accident. August had tampered with Philip’s car beforehand. The moment August landed in the U.S., he called Derrick and told him: this was his gift to his uncle—a crippled son.
Derrick went mad. He cut off every route August had in America. He even orchestrated a deadly hunt, watching with cold eyes as August sank into a life worse than death—lost in the chaotic black market—until Manfred showed up.
Charles never expected his closest brother, Philip, to go from a healthy man to a cripple overnight. Seeing Philip lying in the hospital, paralyzed from the waist down and hooked to countless machines, Charles swore he would make August pay—one hundredfold.