In the end, Sebastian fainted from exhaustion and was brought back into the house.
Sasha followed along.
Devin saw how Sebastian was being carried away, so he started arguing with Jonathan again.
To make matters worse, he got a chair over and sat right there to discourage his grandpa from insisting on making things hard for Sebastian. Devin would argue until nightfall if that was what it took.
Jonathan glared over.
“Why are you helping him like this? Aren’t you worried that he’d regain his memory and seek vengeance?”
Devin didn’t speak.
It was pindrop silence.
One sentence was enough to sting the young man who was initially amped up to fight for his cousin. It also got him so stuck that he couldn’t say a word.
I am f*cking terrified. In fact, I was so scared that I didn’t even dare to visit him in Heron Hill when he first regained consciousness.
Devin’s gaze seemed darker. It took him some time before he replied, “Then, so be it. I owe him all that, after all.”
Jonathan became speechless.
He stared at his eldest grandson as a complex feeling burned inside him. For a second there, he didn’t know what to say.
A few minutes later, Jonathan left the Oceanic Estate. One of his men, Xavier, asked, “Sir, are you disappointed with what Mr. Devin said earlier?”
Jonathan sighed and replied, “He is just too kind-hearted.”
“Yeah, Mr. Devin had always been like that. What’s so bad about it?”
“It’d be great if he is just an ordinary guy, but he is the heir of the Jadesons. He will get in trouble if he remains this kind-hearted in Jadeborough, where danger lurks both in the light and in the dark.”
Jonathan didn’t hide his true feelings from his men.
Devin truly is too kind. That is why I hesitated when I was choosing an heir. Unfortunately, there isn’t a better option, so I picked him.
Xavier turned to Jonathan and hesitated for a moment before asking, “Then… what do you think about Mr. Sebastian who has just returned? His style and cruelty would make him a better heir…”
No one spoke for a moment there.
Jonathan eventually harrumphed and dissed, “That kid? Please… he still has a long way to go.”
Xavier didn’t reply to that.
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