Chapter 239
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He knew he was partly to blame for this too.
I’ll teach you properly from now on,” he sighed, face full of bitter disappointment
Grace’s temple pulsed with fury, veins nearly bulging. She didn’t want to waste another word on her father , Instead, she turned back to the bodyguards.
“ What are you waiting for? Do it!”
But-
The men stood rooted in place, completely still, as if paralyzed.
Looking closer, a sinall torn white powder packet lay on the floor between them.
But in the midst of the shock and tension, no one noticed the detail.
Grace stormed forward and shoved one of the guards hard..
He didn’t budge an inch.
“Are you dead?!”
She kicked him again, but the man didn’t even flinch–as if he couldn’t feel pain at all.
That was when Grace realized something was seriously wrong.
Panic crept in.
As she turned around, she caught a flash of black in her peripheral vision–like a shadow darting past.
Then, a sharp prick at her neck.
She froze.
Suddenly, her mind went foggy.
Her bloodshot eyes, red with anger just moments ago, returned to normal in an
She had no idea why she was here.
instant.
But the memory of filming her father with her phone and trying to use the video as leverage–such a foolish act–kept replaying in her mind.
And she understood, clearly, what she had done.
What the consequences might be.
Her expression turned panicked as she looked at Scarlett, then her father.
Scarlett watched her closely for a while, a flicker of surprise in her eyes.
But she wasn’t entirely sure of what had happened–so she said nothing.
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Sammel, on the other hand, was heartbroken. He pointed a trembling finger at her
Grace even if I want to prepare Jose to take over, he’s still your nephew . Do you really dink Fừ give up on you for the sake of a granilson?”
You’re my daughter. My flesh and blood*
“How could you be so blind?
Grace began to process it all.
Blind?
She had always known her father favored sons over daughters.
When her older brother and sister–in–law passed, they left Jose as their only child. Sᴇaʀch Thᴇ Fɪndηovᴇl.nᴇt website on Gøøglᴇ to access s of novels early and in the highest quality.
That’s when Samuel began grooming him.
She couldn’t accept it.
Why should a snot–nosed brat get what she’d worked so hard for–and still couldn’t have?
Why couldn’t she run the company?
She wasn’t lacking in anything.
Still, as bitter as she was, Jose was her blood nephew.
When her brother and his wife were alive, they’d treated her well.
The shares she held now had been gifted by her brother–so she’d have a safety net even after marriage.
For his sake, she’d held back.
She never went after Jose directly.
At most, she just hoped he wouldn’t do too well in school.
But fate seemed to help him anyway.
Samuel hired the best tutors, and of course Jose excelled.
Then he got into racing.
And racing–was dangerous.
She hadn’t stopped him. Just let it happen.
Unfortunately…
Jose had a strong survival streak.
No matter how reckless, he never died.
She had no other options.
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After that , much of it became a blur.
But her relationship with Jose soured.
So did things with her father.
Only Roberto still talked to her.
She grew anxious.
Worried her father would truly cut her off.
And start suppressing her.
That fear exploded when the family cut ties with the Fletchers.
The project she had been working on with Gordon–ruined.
That’s when she realized her father was really making a move.
And she lost her grip.
Her usual calm was gone.
And then…
She rubbed her temples.
Her head was full of fragmented memories, whispering that she’d done irrational things lately.
This situation?
It was her own doing.
She had jumped the gun before Samuel had fully stepped down.
“Papa!”
No matter what had happened before-
She had to protect herself now.
As she spoke, tears started to fall.
“I never meant to hurt you. I’ve never hurt Jose either.”
“What I did just now… it was because I didn’t trust a young, inexperienced doctor.”
“You know better than I do–she hasn’t even graduated.”
“I was worried you’d ruin your legacy.”
Samuel nearly exploded from rage.
“Even now–you still won’t admit you were wrong!”
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Grace shook her head.
It wasn’t that she didn’t regret it.
It was that things had gone too far.
If she couldn’t protect herself now, she might lose everything.
And lately, she’d been having the same symptoms as her father–blackouts, mental instability.
She needed time.
She had to stall.
“If you apologize to Ms. Lane now, and if she chooses to forgive you, maybe–just maybe–this can still be salvaged.”
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