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In the meeting hall on the second floor of the villa.
Kendric pushed open the door, and everyone sitting there turned their
heads to look at him.
A faint sneer flashed his face as he took his seat. He calmly accepted their
probing eyes.
As Kendric expected, when they saw him appear, the surprise in these
snobs‘ eyes was undisguised.
“So, what makes you to specially pay a visit here? Is there something you’d
like to discuss?”
Caden Bates was the first to break the silence. “Kendric, we came here
because of your grandfather…”
Kendric raised an eyebrow, “my grandfather?”
They exchanged glances. That Caleb being critically ill was a foregone
conclusion, but they weren’t sure of his actual situation.
“We heard… that Caleb… has passed away?”
This time, Kendric was truly irritated, “you heard? Who did you hear it from?” His tone turned sepulchral. “Mr. Bates, I heard that your company is heavily in debt and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Is it true?”
Caden Bates had a sour face. His company did encounter some cash flow problems, and he had to rob Peter to pay Paul. He had managed to keep the news under wraps, so how did Kendric find out?
Caden Bates put on an awkward smile, “it’s just a rumor, of course. How
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could you take such rumors seriously?”
Kendric sneered, “oh yeah, rumors aren’t trustworthy, then why did you rush here today to inquire about my grandfather’s condition?”
Caden Bates tapped the table with his fingertip and fell into silence. He shot a meaningful glance on Kendric’s two uncles. Since Kendric entered the room until now, they hadn’t uttered a single word.
Kendric’s uncle took a relatively polite tone, “since that’s a rumor, and your grandfather is in good condition, we can rest assured.”
Kendric cold–shouldered him.
“But… Kendric, there’s also news that you fell ill…” his another uncle added
with a concerned tone, “is it serious?”
Kendric interlocked his hands on the table. “Uncle, what do you mean? You
think I shouldn’t be here right now and should be in a hospital ward?”
“No, no, we are genuinely concerned about you. You grew up without a father, and your grandfather is now getting old. Your mother is not around, and
you don’t have anyone to take care of you. We… are really worried about you.
Perhaps it’s better to let you mother move back…”
They were deliberately poking at Kendric’s sore spots.
Back then, when he made the decision to send his mother back to Quinn
family, many people criticized him behind his back for being heartless. Later,
he was openly rejected by Celeste in their engagement party, and now his
grandfather fell seriously ill. One by one, they left him. Everyone said he was
cursed to be alone.
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Although Kendric never showed that he cared about these gossips, actually
he did put them in heart.
The hall was silent, and Kendric gradually tightened his fist.
“Mr. Quinn,” Celeste said.
“Kendric’s father passed away early, but luckily he has his grandfather’s
company over the years, so he is not truly alone.”
“As for Kendric’s mother… it’s because she did some not–so–good deeds that
Kendric decided to let her move out. But her monthly alimony has never been.
reduced.”
When it came to alimony, Kendric’s two uncles gritted their teeth. Initially,
when their sister was still in Melville family, she allocated million dollars
annually to Quinn family. Now, Kendric only provides a pitiful few hundred
thousand dollars each month for Madelyn. Given her spendthrift nature, it’s
only enough to buy a bag.
Kendric’s uncles grew displeased and vented the anger to Celeste, “who are
you to speak here!”
Celeste wore a smirk and raised her chin. “Look at where I’m sitting… Mr. Quinn, do I have the right to give my opinion?”
Kendric sat at the top center of the seating arrangement, and Celeste sat beside him.
She added, “so, the matters of Melville family will be resolved by us. No need for your excessive concerns.”
Kendric raised his hand, and gestured Cade to prepare for the lunch.
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Other guests descended the stairs, except Caden Bates.
He was a cunning fox, “Kendric, don’t beat around the bush. I want to sell the factories jointly owned with your family.”
“Mr. Bates, according to our contract, you can’t sell those factories without my consent.” Kendric chuckled, “I might consider agreeing if you politely came to discuss. But today, you come with a group of people to pressure me, it really displeased me. Oh, and I remember you just said that the financial issue is just a rumor, so why do you have to sell the factories?”
Caden Bates suppressed his anger, “Kendric, you can’t forever keep your grandfather’s critical condition a secret, can you? He is lying in the intensive
care unit now, and once the ventilator is removed, he will die.
Kendric darted the tea cup in his hand toward Caden. It narrowly missed
his cheek, and crashed to the floor.
“Shut up!”
Caden Bates calmly wiped the tea off his cheek, “I didn’t expect you to
discharge from hospital just three days after the surgery.”
He glanced at Kendric’s abdomen, “they didn’t believe my words, so I
brought them to you.” He took a step forward, “this strong facade of you won’t last long, right?”
He touched Kendric’s coat, “there should be gauze wrapped inside, right? Perhaps a gentle punch from me would make your stitched wound split open. Who knows, you might even bleed inside your stomach, and then you really will have to lie down for ten days or half a month.”
Celeste was so shocked by his menacing words. Beads of sweat appeared on
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her forehead, and she immediately tried to pull Kendric away.
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