"I was so young and ambitious back then. Our Ford Group has been around in the South City for more than a hundred years, but unfortunately, the group encountered an unprecedented crisis in those few years back then. That caused the group to collapse gradually. I could only weather the storm with your father. When we had our back up against the wall, I chose to let your father seduce your mother. That was for the purpose of establishing a steady position on Star Island. From the standpoint of the Ford Group, what’s ruining a person if the whole company could b e revived? That would still be better than ruining the lives of more than ten thousand employees of the company, and causing them to be jobless, homeless and destitute, right?" 1
Holden was speechless.
"To your mother, I was vicious and absolutely inhumane, but to the Ford Group? Your father and I had brought the Ford Group out of the crisis! I was vicious to your mother, but from another perspective, I deserved all the credit for everything relating to the Ford Group. I am partly the reason the Ford Group is a s well-doing as it is today. However, my sons are all dead because of Sebastian. I, on the other hand, could never return to my thirties anymore. I am already in m y seventies. I can no longer fight anymore, and my sons have passed away one after another. I am now a
lonely old woman, so I only have two options. One option is to live out my life with your father, and the other option is to get you on your back on your feet. After that, let you start a family and let your father and I have a person to depend on. This is because your brother clearly doesn’t want us."
Holden suddenly laughed hysterically. "You pushed m y mother, brother, and I to such ends, so of course it’s impossible for him to want you! It was all because of Sean that Sebastian didn't end your life! Old witch! If h e doesn't want you, do you think I will want you?"
Rose was not angered. She only said, "Holden, I still have something else to say. You’re only in your thirties, and you have such a bright future. Just like you said, you’re already tied and captured here by us now. You're dead no matter what, so why don't you take a bet? Bet that your father and I can let you make a comeback?"
Holden was silent for a long while. Then, he said in a calm tone, "Untie me!"
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