“I don’t think I need to see it.” Margaret’s voice was surprisingly calm. “Don’t you already have an answer in your heart?”
She never expected her son to be capable of ruining someone’s life.
When Ralph first raised his doubts, Margaret also became skeptical and agreed they should do a DNA test because the results would always be accurate.
If Alexander were not biologically a Russell, it would prove his mother had an affair, and Margaret would not allow an illegitimate child to inherit the family’s wealth and business. However, everything had changed.
Ralph said that regardless of whether Alexander was related to them by blood, they needed to blame him and gain power over the family.
"Mom, just give me the green light. It’s our best chance," Ralph begged softly.
Margaret would always soften her heart and grant any of his requests whenever he placed himself in a lower position and pleaded like a child.
It was just like when she had helped him the other time. She had promised to assist him and lure Alexander and Lily to leave home. That was why Ralph believed his mother would help him with anything as long as he begged her a little.
Margaret sighed deeply and said, “Do you remember that Alex is your nephew and that you’re his uncle? We're family if he’s related to us by blood.”
"Mom, why are you being so soft-hearted at this crucial moment? Have you forgotten how he treated you or how he kicked out our family members from the company one by one? Have you forgotten how Celine and I had to grovel at his feet and attend to his every request?
“What’s the point of remembering that I’m his uncle? What was in his head when he did those things to us?” Ralph expressed indignantly.
His dissatisfaction had accumulated over the years. Alexander rejected all of Ralph’s proposed projects but would smoothly carry out the ones others proposed. He felt Alexander regarded him as trash and did not trust him because Alexander would always quickly demote the people Ralph promoted.
It was crystal clear that Alexander wanted to make things difficult for Ralph, even criticizing him publicly whenever Ralph thought of making some extra cash for himself through the company’s businesses.
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