His Way Back to Supremacy novel Chapter 8

"Egbert, Perseus, ignore her. Come in."

Randolph shot Gabriella a dark glare before inviting Perseus and Egbert into the house.

"Perseus, are you in the mood for some coffee? I'll whip up a cup for you."

"Thank you, Uncle Randolph. Water is fine." Perseus smiled faintly. Clearly, he didn't take Gabriella's words to heart.

When he looked around Randolph's apartment, he felt as though something had pricked him in the heart.

Randolph and his family were very well-off, for starters. They lived in a fancy apartment that was over 2,000 square feet long. The dining room of the apartment was bigger than the living room in the Caitford residence. In fact, the rosewood coffee table living room was even more expensive than all of the furniture and electronic appliances combined in the Caitford residence.

Three years ago, Randolph's financial situation was worse than Egbert's. Back then, Egbert's family was still running Caitford Clinic. Ethan and Olivia had their own high-paying jobs as senior executives in prominent companies. As for Perseus, he was the role model who was the valedictorian every year.

Three years later, he got out of jail, only to see that everything had completely changed.

"Randy, we're here not because we want to borrow money."

Egbert looked very awkward and nervous. Even when he was in his older brother's apartment, he only dared to sit on half of the couch. He looked extremely humble and pitiful right now.

"What are you talking about, Egbert? Even if you're here to borrow money from me, there's nothing wrong with it! I can still call the shots in this family!"

Once Randolph was done speaking, he turned to glare at Gabriella, who was in the midst of putting a sheet mask on her face.

"Yeah, yeah. Whatever. You're the best, Randolph. You're the only capable one in this family. That's why you're calling the shots," Gabriella mocked.

"You—"

Egbert quickly stopped Randolph, who was about to rise to his feet. "Randy, please don't get mad at Gabriella. It's true that we've caused you far too much trouble over the past three years.

"We only came here to visit you and Gabriella. Perseus did just return to us, after all."

"That's right," Perseus interjected. "Uncle Randolph, Aunt Gabriella, thank you for taking care of my family over the past three years. I'll always remember the things you've done for us. I promise I'll repay you in the future."

Perseus was fine with getting humiliated by others, but he couldn't let his parents endure the same treatment because of him.

He had lost everything three years ago. Now, he swore to get back all he'd lost.

At the very least, he didn't want Egbert and Lindsay to be looked down on by others because of him.

"Excellent! It's nice to see you having this mindset, Perseus. I knew you've always been a proud and ambitious lad since young—"

"Proud and ambitious? What's so proud about becoming an ex-convict? Pssh!" Gabriella cut in mockingly before Randolph could finish his sentences.

"Can you just shut up already? What's wrong with being an ex-convict, huh? Even if Perseus is an ex-convict, he's still my nephew!"

Randolph was really pissed at his wife now. "Go wash and cut up some fruit for our guests! Do you even know what are the ways of being a host? Can't you see that my brother and his son are here?"

"I'm busy with my sheet mask."

Gabrielle remained seated with one leg crossed over the other. She patted her cheeks incessantly to make the sheet mask firmer. Obviously, she had no plans to get up.

"You…"

Randolph was so furious that a vein popped out of his forehead. Egbert quickly stopped him when he was about to prepare the fruit himself.

"There's no need to trouble Gabriella. We can just chat here."

Randolph was still angry. Since he couldn't do anything to Gabriella, he could only glare at her.

The truth was, Randolph was a matrilocal son-in-law. His importance in Gabriella's family only started rising during the last two years. His in-laws were the ones who had arranged his current job position for him. The apartment that he and his family resided in right now was a gift that Gabriella had received from her family.

Randolph wasn't one to forget his roots.

"To tell you the truth, Randy, Perseus didn't go to jail because of his crimes. He had been learning how to treat illnesses from his mentor, and he had applied his medical knowledge to the inmates there."

Egbert felt that it was fine if he were to suffer from aggrievement. No matter what, he needed to clear Perseus' name in front of others.

The news of Perseus not being locked behind bars as an inmate was the most wonderful news he had received over the past three years.

"He didn't go to prison for real? That's great news!"

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