Inside the room, Thomas could not help frowning as the stench of antiseptic struck him.
He strode over to Senior Howard’s bed, sat down in the chair, and swept his cold glance across his
father’s pale face. “I can’t believe you’re still alive.”
Senior Howard never thought this would be the first thing his son said to him after accidentally shooting
him. He immediately flew into a rage. “You good–for nothing son! You wanted to kill me after all, didn’t
you?!”
Thomas scoffed. “I never wanted to kill you, but your wife and son wanted me dead.”
Thankfully, Tina’s plan had not worked, and he did not end up sleeping with Denise at all. Otherwise,
Yannie would surely be upset and refuse to be with him any longer.
If that happened, not only would Riley lose a mother, but he would lose the only woman he ever
loved…
To him, this was even worse than death.
Senior Howard was so furious to hear this that he broke into fits of cough. “You bastard!”
Thomas rolled his eyes as he watched his father’s face turn red from his coughing fit. Finally, he
reached out to pat Senior Howard’s back reluctantly. “Why are you so upset when it’s not even the first
time we disagreed on something?”
Senior Howard shot him a cold look out of the corner of his life but did not reply.
Finally, after he stopped coughing, Thomas drew his hand back and said, “When Joshua called me, he
told me that you’re fine and didn’t suffer much injuries, so why are you coughing so hard now? Did the
doctors make a mistake?”
Senior Howard rolled his eyes at him. “I wouldn’t be coughing like this if you hadn’t come to annoy me!”
With that, he closed his eyes and let out a sigh. “Your cousin and I had a long talk just now.
“He told me that the reason you had given all the evidence of your aunt’s death and your uncle’s
involvement in this to him was that…you wanted him to help you take back your inheritance.”
He opened his eyes to stare at Thomas. “If that was truly what you wanted, you don’t have to do
anything more.
“I’ll hand Howard Group over to you right this instant.”
Thomas‘ entire body froze when he heard this. He met his father’s gaze with disbelief. “You…”
How could this be?
Senior Howard and Tina were the ones who had killed his mother, and everything Senior Howard had
done was to take what rightfully belonged to Eanne as his. How could such a selfish and greedy man
voluntarily hand over his inheritance?
Even if it were because Senior Howard was too old to continue running the business, he would still
rather hand it over to Dan instead of Thomas.
This was why Thomas had sought out Joshua’s help to take back his inheritance and avenge his
mother’s death.
All of a sudden, Senior Howard claimed that he would hand over the company willingly.
“Are you surprised?” Senior Howard let out a bitter chuckle and lifted his head to stare wistfully at the
wall as though his thoughts had drifted somewhere far, far away. “If this had happened a few days ago,
I would’ve been just as surprised as you are, but now…I truly want to hand over Howard Group to you.”
Senior Howard closed his eyes and said, “I know that I owe your mother too much and if I had known
earlier…”
He let out a sigh and opened his eyes to stare at Thomas. “If you had told me earlier that all you
wanted was the family inheritance, I would’ve obliged.”
Thomas furrowed his brow and suddenly felt as though there was a lump in his throat.
Finally, he let out an exhale and asked in a hoarse voice, “Did…something happen to you? What did
Joshua say to you?”
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