A Graduation Gift novel Chapter 398

As if he wasn't angry enough, Jill's crying managed to make Horace lose his composure. Instead of placating him, it just fanned the flame even more, to the point that he couldn't take it anymore.

Watching his parents as they were having an argument was nothing new to Lionel, but for the very first time, Horace mentioned the word 'divorce.' Never in his life had he expected his father to say something so cruel to his mother, it made him feel like everything was falling apart.

Down on his knees in front of Horace, Lionel's eyes welled up with tears.

"Dad! I'm so sorry, Dad! It's all my fault. Yes, I did it! Mom had nothing to do with it. Please don't say something like that. Please take it back!"

Lionel felt a chill running down his spine. If Horace were to really get divorced to Jill, there would be nothing left for him, and he wouldn't have a place in the Tang family anymore.

Indeed, Rufus being the head of the TY Group might be a bad thing for him, but that wasn't necessarily the case for Horace.

In the past, Horace had brought up something to Lionel about how he wished to find a capable businessman to invest in the Tang Group in order to help the company acquire enough shares in the market in just a short period of time. Unfortunately, they had seen no progress in regards to that.

Given that Rufus was the chairman of the TY Group, he could've shelled out some funds to invest in the Tang Group with ease. But if that happened, Lionel would end up losing whatever meager power he had left in the Tang family.

At the thought of that, Lionel was forced to take desperate measures and own up to his oversights and somehow beg Horace for forgiveness.

"You bloody idiot! How could you do such a thing? He's your own brother, for goodness' sake!"

Horace blew a fuse the moment Lionel confessed to his lapse in judgment.

"Dad, I was backed into a corner. I was forced to do it even if I didn't really want to. Ivy kept on threatening me that if I didn't find a way to come up with the fifty million she was asking for when we called it quits, she would spill the dirty secrets about our family. You haven't forgotten that a lot of our dealings are illegal, right? When I did that, I was only thinking of our family's interests. Believe me, I didn't have a choice!"

Lionel abruptly broke into tears, hanging onto Horace's thighs and crying like a child who was about to be abandoned on the streets.

"And you gave her fifty million just like that?! Have you lost your mind? Just let her sue, for all I care! She would've had her legs broken before she could even think of getting to the courthouse!"