Joanna''s gaze was venomous, her smile cruel and sinister. Her eyes were like a viper''s-unsettling and chilling to the bone.


    Colin felt a mix of pity and rage. He had never underestimated the depths of this woman''s cruelty, but the things she was admitting left him dumbfounded.


    "So, Joanna, that year I had a high fever and almost died... it wasn''t just a fever, was it? I was poisoned, wasn''t I?"


    Joanna sneered. In her eyes, Colin was already a useless pawn. It didn''t matter if she told him.


    "That''s right. When you suddenly copsed with that fever, it was that old hag who poisoned you. She saw you were bing more capable and decided to crush you. If all of you became sessful, how could our family ever be reunited? Oh, and Dad knew about it too. He was the one who pushed you boys into car racing, to keep you away from thepany. He didn''t want you learning business management. Do you get it now?"


    Pure hatred filled Colin''s eyes. For three days and three nights, he had felt like he was dying.


    Natalie had stayed by his side the whole time, patiently feeding him that metallic- tasting antidote. He had been so disgusted,ining about how horrible the medicine was, but Natalie had just smiled and said, “Colin, you have to drink it, no matter how bad it tastes. It''s the only thing that can save you."


    At the time, he''dughed and mocked her. "Natalie, are you trying to be funny? It''s just a fever from a cold. Why are you giving me an antidote? Are you that eager for me to die? Is this another attempt to be the favorite over Joanna?"


    He remembered how tears had streamed down her face. Annoyed, he had told her to get out. But she hadn''t left. She had stayed until she was sure he had finished the medicine.


    Thinking back, he realized what aplete bastard he had been.


    Natalie was the only one who had truly cared about him.


    Colin let out a coldugh. "Joanna, thank you for telling me this. So you all were nning to kill the four of us brothers from the very beginning."


    Joanna set her drink down on the table, a faint smile ying on her lips. "Your whole family is like a bunch of struggling crabs. The only way to keep you in the mud forever is to break all your legs


    "But what did I get in the end? I''m still just an illegitimate daughter. If it weren''t for Mrs. Wilson and your mother, would I be in this position?”


    Joanna grew more furious as she spoke. Mrs. Wilson''s body was still missing, and she was determined to make that woman pay, but Mr. Wilson had struck first.


    Mr. Wilson was rich and powerful, something Nathan could neverpare to.


    Nathan was useless, with no value left to her.


    There was no room for family sentiment in her world, only interests. If someone couldn''t advance her goals, they were nothing more than a stepping stone.


    Joanna raised an eyebrow, looking


    at Colin with malicious intent. Of the four brothers, Colin was the sharpest, And with their mother


    nning to remarry Mr. Wilson, Nathan was nowpletely obsolete.


    She coaxed him, "Colin, don''t be too upset about the past. It was Dad''s idea, after all. If you''re going to


    me someone, me him. Homet


    the one who never wanted you to seed. He''s not a good father. You should think about how to get even with him. I hear he''s beempestering Mom thesest few days trying to get back together with her. He just a money-grubbing scumbag. If you want revenge, now would be the perfect time.”