Winner Takes All novel Chapter 173

Sophie’s voice was a little choked up as she recalled those days.

She couldn’t help but pause a moment.

Her look, however, was full of resentment.

Jack frowned and didn’t press the moment.

After a while, Sophie took a deep breath and calmed down. She continued, “Back then, your father and I met at a fancy dinner party, and it was love at first sight.”

“And during that time, your father already had the apparent heir qualification, and he was preparing to compete for the family headship.”

Under the light, Sophie’s gaze deepened, as she kept recalling what had happened.

But her emotion was becoming more ferocious and filled with resentment.

“Your father and I arrived in this city and soon established ourselves. We built a business of our own, and your father’s talent and boldness soon made him stood out from other Hughes family heirs.”

“But at that time, I was pregnant. Your father couldn’t bear to leave both of us. So, he wanted to refuse the position of the head of the family. But he was forced by the previous head of the family.”

“He was forced?”

Jack was puzzled, “Father was willing to give up the succession of the position, wasn’t this a great news for those failed heirs?”

“The Hughes family have always followed the rule of survival of the fittest. And the winner is the leader!”

Sophie smiled bitterly, “After that, the last one remaining, has no choice but to take the position. The head of the family can only be your father, and he cannot go against the rules of the Hughes family.”

Jack frowned even more. This might also be the secret that the Hughes family could uphold its glory.

The so-called survival of the fittest was more of cultivating talents, and when there was one that outshines the rest, he would succeed the head of the family.

To be the best out of all of the outstanding heirs, the capability of that person’s definitely top-notch!

Sophie continued, “At that time, the head of Hughes family and Madam Hughes, worked together to force your father to inherit the family headship. And the price for it was the lives of both of us!”

Jack’s pupils contracted, and fury rose in his chest.

Jack couldn’t help but clenched both of his fists hard.

The threatening of lives had shown the oppressiveness of the Hughes family.

“As you can see, the Hughes family has no mercy. Your father had to abandon us just to protect us from them. He returned to the Hughes family and succeeded in the head of the family.”

Sophie’s eyes reddened, holding her tears, “In fact, although your father had left us. The business he and I created together was enough for us to live our lives in peace. But…”

And next !

Jack’s spirit lifted and listened intently.

“But…I hate it! Why was I born in Burton family? The Burton family are beasts that eat humans!”

Sophie pounded her chest, the tears she suppressed finally streamed down. In her trembling voice, “After your father left, the Burton family came over. They had coveted the business your father had created. And they snatched it away from just because I bore the name of Burton!”

When she said this, Sophie’s face was grim and twisted.

Resentment, anger and all sorts of emotions were on her face.

Jack’s face was too gloomy, and the fury in his chest had turned into rage, stirring him up.

“I wanted to refuse the Burton family at that time, for us to have a stable future. But Burton family was greedy and brutal. Your grandfather, who personally did this, bullied us both an orphan and a widow. And he pressured me with the power of the Burton family so that I had to hand over the business.”

“It was also because of my fierce resistance, your grandfather has since expelled me from the Burton family pedigree. So that is why we once had led a poor life that you remembered.

Click！

Jack’s knuckles on both hands rattled.

With a cold glint in his eyes. He looked at his mother, who had already burst into tears and almost wailed, “But you are one of the Burton family, and you are also his daughter. Yet he still did this to you?”

“Hehe…daughter?”