Megan had no reason to lie. She''d never risk everything on something so reckless.
ra rubbed her temples, taking a few steadying breaths before finally moving forward.
Behind her, Megan heard the car engine fade into the distance. She turned slowly, a bitter, mocking smile tugging at her lips. Everyone always looked down on her, treated her like a nobody. But she was determined tost until the end-to give ra and Dn''s rtionship a blow they''d never recover from.
ra drove back toward Palm Bay, calling Dn on the way. He didn''t pick up.
Two hourster, the butler came stumbling in, all his usual pride gone. He dropped to his knees in front of her.
"ra, you have to do something! The young master-he''spletely lost it! He''s about to fight the old man, I swear!"
ra stood up from the sofa, her voice cold. "What are you talking about?"
The butler was shaking, his face pale. "The old man left the Capital this morning- no one knows where he went, he didn''t tell anyone. But a few hours ago, the young master stormed into the Ferguson family''s old estate and turned the ancestral hall upside down. He''s out of his mind! That''s the Ferguson family''s ancestral hall-nobody dares touch it! The ancestors won''t forgive him for this! ra, you have to stop him. He even sent people to look for the old man. I don''t know, he might actually do something... unforgivable!"
ra rushed out and drove straight to the old estate.
With the butler''s help, she managed to get inside.
She headed straight for the ancestral hall. She''d been here before, but now the grand namete had crashed to the floor.
Inside, the ancestral tablets were scattered everywhere. The golden incense burner was tipped over, ashes spilled across the floor.
ra stood in the ruined, once-sacred hall. Her heart clenched at the sight of the white mourning banners still hanging, left behind in the chaos.
Dn stood in the middle of it all, while the rest of the Ferguson family crowded in, voices rising with usation.
"Dn, you need to exin yourself. Now."
"Are you insane? This is the ancestral hall-the most sacred ce we have! How could you do this? How dare you?!"
Dn stood tall, unmoved, and asked just one thing: "Where is he?"
Everyone knew he meant the old man.
No one knew what the patriarch had done to make Dn this furious.
He had never lost control like this before.
ra paused for a moment, then slowly walked over and slipped her hand into his.
His rigid posture rxed instantly. When he saw it was her, he just stared, stunned and silent.
She spoke gently, "Whatever happened, just talk to me. If you keep going like this, there''s noing back."
These ancestor tablets weren''t something you could just smash in a fit of anger.
Dn pressed his lips together, silent for a long moment, then answered in a rough voice, "They never protected me anyway."
ra''s grip on his hand tightened. Everyone said Dn was untouchable, but what had he been through to make him say something like that?
The rest of the Ferguson family erupted.
"Ungrateful brat! How can you say that? You''ve enjoyed the Ferguson family''s honor, and now you say
some so disrespectful in front
of our ancestors? You''ll never get what you want-you''ll die alone and miserable!" <fn6efe> The source of th?s content is f?ndnovel</fn6efe>
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ra couldn''t stand to hear another word. She shot the speaker a fierce re.
"Shut up! Dn''s right. Any honor he
has, he fought for himself. It has nothing to do with your so-called ancestors. He''s survived more than a hundred assassination attempts-if he hadn''t been strong enough, he''d have died long ago." s
"ra, what do you know? You''re just as bad as he is. Now I get it-you two want to take over the Ferguson family! That''s why you married him, isn''t it? You wanted to manipte Dn, turn him into this traitor!" s
The one shouting was Michael, his eyes lit with excitement. Dn''s rebellion
would bring the whole Ferguson family down on him.
No matter how many shares of Ferguson Corporation Dn owned, the rest of the
family would never forgive this.