Oscar's voice rang out clearly. "If you can do anything for her, then kneel for me. Say that the Elysians have wronged me and my mom."
There was only the sound of the wind as they stood on the rooftop. Alex remained silent while Oscar calmly watched him.
Candice slowly widened her eyes. She glanced at Oscar, then back at Alex. Somehow, her heart began to race.
She opened her mouth while looking at Alex. Her throat was constricted, and her eyes were filled with panic and unease.
Alex didn't move.
Oscar chuckled. "What's wrong? You can give away shares, but can’t you fulfil this small request?"
Forcing Alex to kneel wasn't a small request; it was plain humiliation.
Oscar didn't want to hide it anymore.
He wanted someone from the Elysians to kneel before him, not just for him but also for his mother.
He wanted the heartless members of the Elysians to regret what they had done.
Oscar said, "Alex, don't blame me. You should blame Daniel for being your father, blame you for being an Elysian, and blame your mom for marrying him. If it weren’t for you, my mom wouldn't have died."
When Oscar uttered the last sentence, his voice trembled. "When she died, she was still hoping Daniel would come back to see her one last time! Do you know why?"
As Oscar recalled those painful memories, his once gentle face gradually turned ferocious. In fact, Oscar knew he wasn’t in a good mental state. Since witnessing his mother's suicide at a young age, he had had to take sleeping pills to fall asleep.
His father, whom he once worshipped, didn’t even show up at his mother's funeral, let alone remember that he had left a son behind.
He closed his eyes and told Alex, "Because your mother went to see her and humiliated her."
And that poor and hateful woman, until her death, had thought that Daniel was unaware of this.
She still foolishly waited for her lover, believing that using such extreme means would make Daniel pity her more.
But ironically, the man she held in her heart didn’t even attend her funeral.
But what Oscar didn't say was that on the day of Jovita’s funeral, he secretly went to Elysian Manor and saw the lights and laughter inside.
Except for him and his elderly grandmother, no one mourned Jovita’s death.
But later on, Daniel told him that he had always cherished his mother in his heart.
How hypocritical.
The distant sound of police sirens didn't register with Oscar.
He tightened his grip on Candice's hand slightly, his gaze remaining fixed on Alex. "Since Daniel's not here, you shall kneel for him. This is what you owe me!"
Perhaps hearing the sound of the police car, he became more agitated. He took two steps backward while holding Candice.
Candice was only two steps away from the edge of the rooftop. Oscar growled, "Kneel! You love her so much, right? Why can't you fulfill this request? You Elysians are simply hypocritical and ridiculous. You’re clearly selfish and narrow-minded, yet you pretend to be genuine and caring. How will you repay what you owe me?"
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