Did he… really came?!
George and Ivy were dumbstruck.
A cold gloom flashed suddenly in Killian’s eyes under his glasses.
There was a sudden silence in the hall.
All eyes were at the door.
And Madam Hughes, who had her eyes closed tightly finally opened her eyes, her gaze cold.
No one noticed that the corners of her mouth were turned upwards in a sneer.
Jack was sitting in a wheelchair.
Brent pushed it slowly from behind and Mr. Ward followed closely.
Those three were reflecting in everyone’s eyes.
Instantly, there was an uproar in the hall.
All were shocked, their faces showing astonishment.
Jack looked calm and unwavering as usual.
Since daring to come, he had already anticipated the current reaction from the audience.
He gestured for Brent and Mr. Ward to continue to move forward.
Suddenly, a cry of exclamation sounded.
“Jack, why are you in a wheelchair?”
Jack frowned slightly, looking at Archer who had stood up with horrified expressions.
He remembered the first time when he had come to the Hughes family.
How his father had reprimanded Archer in front of everyone.
His third uncle… at that time, he was reprimanded by his father quite brilliantly.
“Yeah, what happened to you?”
“Why are you in a wheelchair without any reason? What on earth happened?”
“Oh, Jack! How come you suddenly become like this? You looked so majestic the last time you came here!”
……
As Archer spoke, others followed with their questions.
Jack was well aware of the fact that the Hughes family’s factions were complicated and that led to the meaning of these questions feel different.
He narrowed his eyes at George, who had also stood up in surprise.
A sudden chill appeared gradually in his eyes.
Taking a deep breath to suppress his anger, Jack forced a smile, “Everyone, I had an accident and I can’t use my legs temporarily.”
His words fell like thunder, silencing everyone in the hall.
All of their expressions changed drastically. Looking at Jack, their eyes had a very strange look in them.
“Really? You can’t stand up?”
Archer exclaimed in alarm.
Although he had cried out in alarm, he looked more excited and pleasantly surprised.
Before Jack could respond, Archer spoke again, “Then you are handicapped now!”
As soon as he said that, anger suddenly appeared on Jack’s face making him clench his teeth.
His hands on the armrests clenched furiously into fists, making the blue veins even more prominent.
This scene was clearly captured by the silent Madam Hughes.
Her smile grew denser.
It seemed like he was… really Crippled!
And just as Archer exclaimed, everyone’s gaze changed from focusing on Jack to scanning back and forth between Jack and Archer.
All gazes were different, some were odd, some gloating and some looked at Archer with sympathy.
At the small round table, George and Ivy reacted differently to the shock and dismay of the rest of their successors.
George and Ivy looked pleasantly surprised.
Ivy was even more excited than surprised, she picked up the glass of red wine from the table and drank in one shot. Then she exhaled a long wine-smelling sigh, feeling extremely refreshed.
Killian, who was looking at Jack with his dark eyes shining like a poisonous snake, sneered coldly.
Crippled… not even worthy of being an heir!
Killiam was giving an evil look on Jack, he sneered.
Crippled can not be the head of the family!
The three of them deliberately wanted to deprive Jack of his successor status and somehow wanted throw that bastard out of the family. However, they had failed again and again with much loss on their part.
But today, things had taken an unexpected turn.
God personally decided to punish that bastard?
Really… God had eyes!
Knock Knock Knock
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