Her Return, His Regret novel Chapter 138

Later in the evening at the Kingsley mansion.

Miles narrowed his eyes at Celeste as she walked into their room.

It had been a long day of trying to convince the shareholders that the company wasn’t going to go bankrupt after the news of Ryan’s illness was exposed.

Although he and Charles had a hard time, they still managed to convince the board for the time being.

However, the stock price kept dropping with some of their partners pulling out of the deal, worrying about the future of the projects if the leader of the group wasn’t going to live long.

“Why did you do that? Did you think Jason would become CEO if you exposed Ryan’s illness?” Miles questioned, anger flickering through his eyes.

Celeste’s smile froze, “Miles, honey, what do you mean?”

“Drop the act, Celeste,” Miles snapped. “Have you been pretending to be nice all this time? How dare you expose our family secret like that knowing what impact it would have on the company? How dare you use my son’s illness to get what you want for yours?”

Celeste’s expression hardened but she kept her voice soft as she replied, “Darling, why would you think I used Ryan’s illness to get what I want? I only wanted to raise awareness and show the world how strong our family is during this difficult time. And what do you mean by my son? Isn’t Jason your son too?”

“He is my son! That’s why I gave him my shares! So that he wouldn’t feel left out. But what did you do? You went behind my back after I told you about Ryan and announced his illness to the whole world. Now that the company is in chaos, are you happy?” Miles said angrily.

“I used to think you were a kind-hearted woman, but now I think it was my wishful thinking. All that you’ve ever cared about is my family’s wealth. And because of you, I never got to spend much time with my other children!”

“What about Jason? He grew up alone-”

“And whose fault is that, Celeste? Did I ask you to send him away? No… your greed made you do that. You wanted to keep him a secret so that you could use him in the future just like you’re doing,” Miles hissed.

He pointed a finger at Celeste and warned her, “Listen, Celeste, I don’t care what your plans are, but leave all my children out of it. Don’t manipulate or coax any of them into doing your bidding. If I find out, you will be sorry.”

Celeste dropped her act and glared at Miles as she said, “Ryan is already dying but instead of securing Jason’s position, here you are warning me about useless things. I’m going to make sure my son sits in that position, Miles. Watch me.”

With those words, Celeste left the room, leaving Miles speechless. He shook his head, a look of regret on his face.

What happened to the sweet, considerate woman he had been married to all these years?

Had he been so blind to see Celeste for who she really was?

…

Days came and went and soon, a week had passed.

Social media was still ablaze with the news of Ryan’s illness and no matter how much they tried to pull the news down, more articles kept popping up about the issue.

The crisis caused so many companies to pull out of their partnerships with the Kingsley Group, giving it a huge financial burden that went beyond what the company could take.