Will you marry me, My Ex-Wife (Luna and Joshua) novel Chapter 2388

Chapter 2388

"Well..."

Jim lifted his head to meet Charles' gaze head - on.

"I realized that even though the companies I owned outside of Landry Group were small, they brought in considerable income for me.

"I wanted to stand on my own feet by building my career while helping run Landry Group at the same time."

Charles narrowed his eyes and sneered upon hearing this.

"And why is that? Do you somehow think that Landry Group isn't good enough for you anymore?"

"Not at all."

Jim leaned against the back of his chair lazily and explained, "I just knew exactly where I stood.Even though Mother had always treated me as her own for many years, I knew full well that this wouldn't change the fact that I'm not her son, and that I don't have the right to inherit Landry Group.Therefore, no matter how hard I worked, none of this would be mine."

He curled his lips into a bitter smile.

"Initially, I thought Heather was your daughter, but unfortunately, she was not at all suitable to take over Landry Group, which was why I had been compelled to stay and run the company on her behalf.

"If this hadn't been the case, I would've left the company the moment my side businesses took off."

With that, he turned to glance meaningfully at Luna and added, "

This was also the reason why I refused to take over Landry Group after Luna returned last year, no matter how much the company had been struggling.

"I knew that it'd be easy for me to return but almost impossible for me to leave again, and I wanted nothing more than to hand over the family business to Luna because this had always been rightfully hers."

As he said this, he picked up the documents and thumbed through them.

"However, I never thought that Landry Group would fall into my hands once more after Charlotte brainwashed me and wiped my memories.As for the reason why I never tried to help Landry Group out despite it being targeted and attacked by Joshua "