"I don't want to live alone. I will go with you no matter where you go." Phillip looked at her with his stubborn look.
If he didn't need to go to the company anymore, he would have nothing to do in his life.
"Also, I still can work for another 20 years at least. Why did Victor take away my position?" He did not look happy, but it was not that he didn't want his son to take over the company, but that he didn't want to stay at home and do nothing.
Graciella sneered and said, "Look at what you did to the company now. If Victor didn't take over, the company will definitely be bankrupted within three years. Everything is different nowadays, and your ideas of management have been very outdated. If you have a son to manage it for you, why don't you just relax?"
"But I don't have anything else to do. I'm not even 60 years old yet." Phillip looked annoyed. He didn't want to accept the truth that his son could do better than him.
Graciella smiled and teased him, "You're turning 60 next year. You should admit that you are old.
You should just go wherever you want to go and do whatever you want to do before you are too old."
Phillip thought about it and realized that her words made sense.
"But, I don't want to live on my own. You can leave Boris to me and I'll take care of him so that you can enjoy your life and meet a better guy. Your brother, that b*stard, doesn't even let me see my grandchildren, so it would be impossible for him to go home."
Graciella still didn't buy it. She would not give in that easily.
She got up, glanced at him, and said, "If you don't want to move back to the old house, I will take you to Windsor Villa. We will move to that area soon as well, so you can see your grandchildren."
Phillip looked at her daughter and felt extremely guilty. But he also felt grateful when he heard these words. He knew Graciella was a big softy even though she sounded harsh sometimes.
He only had one daughter, so he was not worried to be shameless.
"Alright, Graciella. Take me Windsor Villa. The villa is very close to Victor's, so it will be all good." The view and environment there were good, so it was a good place for old people.
"Okay." Graciella nodded.
Then she bought some necessities for Phillip and asked someone from Alwynn Group to send some new clothes to the villa.
She also asked the cleaning lady, Mrs. King, who had been working in the Alwynn family for decades, to clean up the whole villa.
Phillip was sitting on a rocking chair on the balcony and looking at his daughter cleaning the house, feeling very peaceful in his mind.
They all said that time would tell, but after so many years, he still couldn't tell what kind of a person he married.
In the end, only his daughter would care about him.
At this moment, a phone on the table next to Phillip rang. Graciella was mopping the floor, so she left her phone on the table. Phillip glanced at the caller ID, and it showed "My dear brother".
Phillip slightly narrowed his eyes. It was Victor.
He knew his son still care about him, but why couldn't he just come to see him?
He answered the phone without anything.
"Graciella, how's Dad?"
Phillip's lips curled into a smile. Victor was indeed worried about him.
"If you care about me, why don't you come and visit me yourself?"
Victor, who was in Eden's ward, slowly moved his phone away from his ear. He looked at the phone screen with mixed feelings.
"Victor, I'm sorry. I've let you down all these years," said Phillip. Victor suddenly felt a deep sense of pain welling up in his heart when he heard this.
Even though the apology was a bit too late, he could still feel the inexplicable surge of emotions at the bottom of his heart.
For so many years, this was the first time his father had said sorry to him.
Hearing that Victor did not speak, Phillip continued, "Victor, I know what I have done over the years has made you hate me deeply. It's all my fault. I have never even listened to you. But I still have to thank you for saving the company for me. In the future, I believe you will manage the company well. You are an excellent businessman. The company will be better in your hands."
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