Edward’s eyes looked like they were about to shoot fire.
No one had ever dared to speak to him like that.
Roderick gripped his wrist and, with a slight exertion, broke free
from his grasp.
He slowly adjusted his tie.
“You came from nothing, no family background, no
connections, yet you got Madeleine to willingly drain her
family’s fortune to fund your startup and invest in you. Why?”
“And Fiona. If I recall, she’s helped you out quite a bit these past
two years, right?”
The fire in Edward’s eyes blazed hotter, like a wild beast whose
tail had been stepped on.
He threw off Roderick’s hand as if it were something disgusting,
his voice rising with anger and insulted pride:
“Of course they did it willingly. Madeleine was so in love with me back then, she would have done anything for me. I tried to
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refuse, but she was crazy, just throwing money at me.”
“Fiona… Fiona admired my skills and vision. She invested in me
because she believed in my future. What’s the problem with
that?
They were willing to help me because I, Edward, am worth it!”
He panted heavily, his chest heaving, trying to shout down the
sliver of hollowness that Roderick’s words had quietly created, a
feeling he refused to even examine.
“Is it a mistake to be outstanding?
Is it a sin to attract investors and support?
Roderick, you’re just jealous!
Jealous of my luck, and jealous that I earned their complete
trust and support!”
Roderick watched him quietly as he frantically tried to defend
himself, the mockery in his eyes deepening, yet growing colder,
as if watching a clumsy one–man show.
When Edward paused for a moment, Roderick finally spoke
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slowly.
“Trust?
Help?”
He repeated the two words, his tone as flat as if he were stating
an objective fact.
“When Madeleine emptied her savings and even risked a rift
with her family, were you really one hundred percent sure that
your ‘can’t–lose‘ project proposal was based on solid substance,
and not some… gut feeling or confidence that even you couldn’t
explain?”
“When Fiona used her family’s fund, going against everyone’s
advice to invest in you, did you really never once suspect that her extraordinary admiration and trust in you came a little too easily, even going against her usual shrewd investment
principles?”
Roderick took a step forward, his gaze pressing down on
Edward like a physical weight.
“And the ones before that, Ellianna Dunlap, Mr. Sampson… the people who gave you chance after chance, gave you resources when you were nobody, did you really never think, why you?
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Why did all the ‘good luck‘ land so precisely on you?
Why would those powerful people, who’ve seen it all, take such
an almost illogical special interest in a young man with no
connections?”
Edward’s face went from a furious red to pale white, his lips
trembling slightly. He wanted to argue, but found his throat felt
as if it were blocked by something.
“You’re talking nonsense…”
Edward’s voice had lost its earlier force, and even carried a
faint, imperceptible tremor. “That was all because… because
I’m capable…”
“Capable?”
Roderick cut him off gently. The last word was so light it was
almost a sigh, yet it carried immense weight, shattering
Edward’s final psychological defense.
“Ask yourself, does it make sense that your capability earned
you all this in such a short time?”
“Edward, do you really think this is normal?”
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Edward stumbled back a step, his back hitting the cold marble
counter with a dull thud.
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