“No!”
“Grandpa, no!”
The rest of the Watts all burst into tears while shouting to stop him.
Even Leo was stunned when hearing that.
Never had he expected that Ayan would actually sacrifice himself to save the family.
Alan only responded with a serious look.
In the midst of their crying, Ayan shouted again, “Shut up!”
His thundering voice soon ceased their tears.
He looked around his family, “What are you crying for? Tear is only for coward!”
“Stop crying! Death is something we have to face. But the death of the Watts has to be remarkable!”
As soon as he finished, they all stopped crying.
“Bring me the dagger! This is my last order as the patriarch!” huffed Ayan.
One of the juniors handed over a dagger with his trembling hands.
Ayan grabbed it and turned to look at Alan, “This is for your wife! And remember your promise!”
After that, he raised up the dagger to stab his own neck.
Everyone around looked away to avoid witnessing this tragedy.
Leo covered Emilia’s eyes while he was staring at Ayan.
However, before the dagger penetrated Ayan’s neck, someone rushed over to grab tight on the blade.
No matter how hard Ayan tried, the dagger still froze in the air.
Ayan opened his eyes, surprised to find that it was Alan standing in front of him.
“Alan, what are you doing? Let go!”
But Alan still clutched at the dagger.
The blade cut his palm, from the surface of which blood streamed down his arm.
But Alan didn’t seem to feel the pain. He still clutched hard at the dagger.
His eyes went bloodshot. He huffed while glaring at Ayan, “You can kill yourself to redeem your sin of killing my fiancée. But she could never return to me even if you are dead…”
His voice sounded husky, in which anger was burning.
Hearing that, Ayan couldn’t help shivering. He stared at Alan with disbelief.
Alan took over the dagger and dropped it on the ground.
“Dad!” Lizzie shouted in tears. She hurried over to bandage Alan’s hand.
But Alan refused, “Girl, stay with Mr. Cohen. There is still something personal between us to deal with.”
Alan didn’t continue until Lizzie walked over to Leo, “Nothing could bring her back to me. If I push you into suicide, there will be no difference between you and me.”
Ayan stared at the dagger blankly. Soon, he seemed to tell what Alan meant.
“Are you being sympathetic to me?”
“No, it has been twenty years. It’s long enough to dissolve hatred. I just wanna see what’s your answer.”
Then he looked at Ayan while explaining, “When you were ruling the family, I found no humanity among us. Our siblings fought each other to struggle for profit. What’s the point of that even though the Watts have been privileged?”
“I wanna change it. I wanna make my family both privileged and full of kinship.”
His statement froze the air in silence.
Kinship! What a strange concept inside the family!
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