Madam Hughes had fallen asleep after a night of heavy drinking.
Carter and Killian’s arms were around each other as they raised their glasses in celebration. In their inebriated state, they dispensed with the usual formality maintained between the elder and younger generations.
Killian looked outside as the day broke and stretched his back. Not only didn’t he feel tired from the night’s drinking, he felt that he was alert and in high spirits.
He was excited, elated, and a sure winner now. With Jack’s death, his talent, and Madam Hughes’ support, he was bound to become the next head of the Hughes family! Now he only needed to wait patiently for Patrick’s birthday. That would be the day that he rose to become the head of the family.
Killian could even imagine the grandeur of that day’s event. The glory and the attention that he received on that day would be second to none. There would be countless social elites and champions of industries who would attend. Just imagining the power that he would inherit was enough to make his head dizzy.
His cell phone beeped with an incoming message.
Killian picked up his phone for a look and then his eyes lit up and said, “Have a good rest, Uncle Carter. It’s daybreak and I should be going home now.”
Killian stood up slowly and he shook his tipsy head as he staggered out of the mansion. Carter looked drowsily at Killian who was walking away.
Until Killian was nowhere to be seen, Carter scoffed and narrowed his eyes sinisterly as he mumbled, “Happy, I’m really… happy!”
In the small courtyard, Ivy felt unsettled and surprised as she looked at the approaching George. How could George penetrate Jack’s protection, kill him and return unscathed? This was the first time Ivy looked at George with such scrutiny. Imagine that when Jack was being targeted by the dark net assassin squad, the top killers on the Azrael list were unable to kill Jack but George was able to do it! Just this alone was able to set George apart from the rest!
“So, you faked grandma’s orders?” George sat on the wheelchair and asked coldly.
Ivy rushed over as soon as he returned to the Hughes residence. So he very quickly connected Ivy with the recall order.
“It was Killian.” Ivy said and continued, “He made me impersonate grandmother to demand your return in the hope that you would sneak back and get away with it.”
“Sneak back?” George’s eyes lit up.
The doors of the courtyard were pushed open and the tipsy Killian stumbled in. His bespectacled eyes radiated brightly when he saw George. He stumbled quickly towards George and said happily, “Brother, I’m so happy that you’re back.”
Smack! George hit away Killian’s open arms and refused his hug. The atmosphere turned awkward immediately. Killian was stunned and Ivy was dumbfounded.
George looked coldly at Killian and scoffed, “Do you really want me back? Don’t put up an act!”
Killian’s eyes immediately turned red. It was a huge gamble for him to have Ivy issue the order on behalf of Madam Hughes. But his first gamble proved to be correct now that his brother was back. But now, George’s attitude towards him had poured cold water onto his spirits.
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