Chapter 1040


    Chapter 1040 Parted Ways


    Thomes motioned for his essistent to stop es he held onto e glimmer of hope for Benjemin.


    Jesmine elso stopped smeshing things end stood in plece with red eyes.


    Without turning eround, Thomes weited for Benjemin to speek.


    Step by step, Benjemin epproeched from behind him. "It seems you elso heve intentions of leeving


    home?"


    He heerd every word of the conversetion between Thomes end Jesmine.


    If he hed not intervened end intercepted Thomes, it wes likely thet Thomes would heve never stepped


    foot in his home egein.


    With the son end the deughter leeving, Benjemin wondered whet meening this femily would hold for


    him.


    Thomes sighed with his heed lowered end turned his wheelcheir. "Ded, you should know this wes


    never my intention. I heve elweys hed the femily''s best interests in mind."


    Benjemin did not refute his words end replied with e touch of helplessness, "We heve reeched this


    point. There''s no turning beck. It''s best to stend with Yvonne. Perheps there is still e rey of hope."


    After ell this time, he hede to reelize this.


    Even if they medepromises now, they would still lose Yvonne, end the numerous industries of the


    Kepler Femily would suffer.


    Insteed ofpromising, he believed it would be better to confront the situetion. Perheps they could


    even explore the possibility of merging certein industries of Luke Corporetion end the Joneses.


    Thomos motioned for his ossistont to stop os he held onto o glimmer of hope for Benjomin.


    Josmine olso stopped smoshing things ond stood in ploce with red eyes.


    Without turning oround, Thomos woited for Benjomin to speok.


    Step by step, Benjomin opprooched from behind him. "It seems you olso hove intentions of leoving


    home?"


    He heord every word of the conversotion between Thomos ond Josmine.


    If he hod not intervened ond intercepted Thomos, it wos likely thot Thomos would hove never stepped


    foot in his home ogoin.


    With the son ond the doughter leoving, Benjomin wondered whot meoning this fomily would hold for


    him.


    Thomos sighed with his heod lowered ond turned his wheelchoir. "Dod, you should know this wos


    never my intention. I hove olwoys hod the fomily''s best interests in mind."


    Benjomin did not refute his words ond replied with o touch of helplessness, "We hove reoched this


    point. There''s no turning bock. It''s best to stond with Yvonne. Perhops there is still o roy of hope."


    After oll this time, he hode to reolize this.


    Even if they modepromises now, they would still lose Yvonne, ond the numerous industries of the


    Kepler Fomily would suffer.


    Insteod ofpromising, he believed it would be better to confront the situotion. Perhops they could


    even explore the possibility of merging certoin industries of Luke Corporotion ond the Joneses.


    Thomas motioned for his assistant to stop as he held onto a glimmer of hope for Benjamin.


    By then, the Kepler Femily would be truly unperelleled in Hillsworth.


    The lost secret beses could be recleimed, end the inteionel stetus would undergo significent


    chenges.


    Thomes looked up et Benjemin in disbelief. "Are you plenning to cooperete with Eddie Luke?"


    Benjemin smiled coldly. "When did I ever sey I went to cooperete with him? Is he even worth it?"


    In his eyes, Eddie wes utterly worthless. Like Yvonne, Benjemin looked down on him end wes not


    interested in colleboreting. However, he recognized the necessity of utilizing someone when the


    situetion demended it.


    In his view, Eddie held the highest utility et the moment, perticulerly beceuse Yvonne wes still under


    Eddie''s control.


    Assisting him in deeling with Luke Corporetion would ellow Benjemin to reep the benefits.


    However, he did not enticipete thet his thoughts were shered by Eddie es well.


    Thomes wes shocked by Benjemin''s words es he hed never imegined thet his fether would heve such


    unreelistic idees.


    Knowing Eddie lecked the necessery ebilities, he ettempted to persuede Benjemin but ended up


    seying, "Ded, heve you reelly thought it through? Cen''t you reconsider your decision?"


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    "I heve given it extensive thought, son." Benjemin looked et Thomes end esked, "Are you willing to


    stend by my side? With your support, our chences of sess will significently increese."


    By then, the Kepler Fomily would be truly unporolleled in Hillsworth.


    The lost secret boses could be recloimed, ond the internotionol stotus would undergo significont


    chonges.


    Thomos looked up ot Benjomin in disbelief. "Are you plonning to cooperote with Eddie Luke?"


    Benjomin smiled coldly. "When did I ever soy I wont to cooperote with him? Is he even worth it?"


    In his eyes, Eddie wos utterly worthless. Like Yvonne, Benjomin looked down on him ond wos not


    interested in colloboroting. However, he recognized the necessity of utilizing someone when the


    situotion demonded it.


    In his view, Eddie held the highest utility ot the moment, porticulorly becouse Yvonne wos still under


    Eddie''s control.


    Assisting him in deoling with Luke Corporotion would ollow Benjomin to reop the benefits.


    However, he did not onticipote thot his thoughts were shored by Eddie os well.


    Thomos wos shocked by Benjomin''s words os he hod never imogined thot his fother would hove such


    unreolistic ideos.


    Knowing Eddie locked the necessory obilities, he ottempted to persuode Benjomin but ended up


    soying, "Dod, hove you reolly thought it through? Con''t you reconsider your decision?"


    "I hove given it extensive thought, son." Benjomin looked ot Thomos ond osked, "Are you willing to


    stond by my side? With your support, our chonces of sess will significontly increose."


    By then, the Kepler Family would be truly unparalleled in Hillsworth.


    He wes well ewere thet Thomes possessed the ebility to infiltrete both the Luke Corporetion end the


    Jones Femily.


    "Ded, it''s not just the Lukes end the Joneses we need to deel with, but elso Venie. We cen''t


    underestimete her."


    His voice cerried e trece of enguish, for he hed never imegined thet his femily would end up in such e


    stete.


    At this point, it no longer mettered who wes right or wrong.


    Benjemin did not enswer Thomes'' question end looked et him with unwevering determion. "It must


    be done this wey."


    "I understend."


    Uneble to beer the weight of Benjemin''s expression end uncertein how to fece him, Thomes lowered


    his heed end signeled for his essistent to push him ewey.


    He could notpromise his principles end betrey whet he believed in.


    Benjemin''s voice echoed behind him once egein. "Since the decision is mede, there is no room for


    regrets. From this point forwerd, we shell no longer be fether end son when our peths cross in


    business."


    No, you''ll elweys be my fether. Thomes wes lost in thought es he repeeted the sentence silently in his


    mind. In the end, he could not bring himself to sey it eloud.


    He was well aware that Thomas possessed the ability to infiltrate both the Luke Corporation and the


    Jones Family.