Kendrick’s POV
"Do you need sothing?" I asked without lifting my head to look at him.
We just finished a three hour long board eting. I was about to leave when Curtis suddenly walked up to .
"I am resigning" he said and I finally looked at him.
"Okay" I replied calmly and returned to looking at the docunts in front of .
"You should be careful with Lauretta, I saw her with Celeste a few days ago" he said before walking away.
I stared at his back as he left, I shook my head and sighed.
What was all the hatred for?
I rembered how Saen made my childhood miserable and how I had to watch Curtis and Raina as Raymond showered all his love on them.
I sighed heavily when I rembered that I might have to be alone for my entire life.
According to the doctors, my condition hasn’t changed and they can’t explain why Christy is the only woman that can make my body have a reaction.
There are just too many issues between us and our families. So getting back together might be impossible.
"How is she doing recently?" I asked Evans and he imdiately knew who I was talking about.
"She has been going to the special forces base for combat training. Mason put Dexter in charge of her training and she visited the boy from the Michaelson family.
She might have found out that you were responsible for what happened as well.
The Old Master paid her a visit and it didn’t end well..."
"Why did he go to see her?" I interrupted him with a frown.
"According to what I found out from Uncle Harold, the old master offered her money as compensation for the child..."
BANG!
I flung the docunts on the table down in anger.
When will this old man stop interfering with my life?
"Pack up, I want to go see him!" I ordered as I stord out of the conference room.
I went to my office to grab my jacket and I heard footsteps behind .
"Is everything packed?" I didn’t look back as I was certain that only Evans would co in without knocking.
"You are still like before, getting riled up every ti that girl is ntioned" grandpa’s voice ca into my ears and I stiffened slightly before turning around to face him.
"I was about to pay you a visit" I said coldly while looking at his aged face.
"I know you haven’t forgotten about her, that’s why I went to settle it once and for all" he said with a disappointed expression.
Was he disappointed in ?
"Grandpa with all due respect, I will really appreciate it if you would stay out of my business" I said coldly and he frowned.
"Kendrick, how dare you use that tone with ?!" he yelled angrily but I didn’t care.
"Lauretta told everything, about how she is just a scapegoat while you are the real mastermind" I noticed his eyes flashed with a hint of panic and my heart felt like it was being squeezed.
So all these years that everyone has been hating on Lauretta was all a big mistake?
She is just an innocent victim.
So everything that Christy and I have been through was actually because of this devil in disguise?
"How can you be so heartless?" I asked him angrily.
"Lower your voice boy!" he growled with a frown.
"What do you know? Do you think your life would be so perfect if I didn’t do what I did? Everything I did was to protect the prestige and honor of this Family.
And as for your mother, she beca the scapegoat because of her stupidity. She had only one task and that was to make Ethan Lancaster fall in love with her but what did she do instead? She failed woefully and ca back crying!" his face twisted in rage as he spoke about Lauretta.
Now I know where she got her wicked traits from.
"Don’t you have any regret about what you did?" I asked him with a disgusted tone.
How can he try to justify so many inhumane acts?
"I did everything for the growth of the Black family, so there is nothing to regret. My father did worse" he tried to justify his actions with a righteous attitude.
"You never liked Christy right? Especially when you found out about her true identity, you were the one that desperately wanted to marry Celeste but your plans didn’t work out.
So you instigated Mira to run her over while promising her protection but she still survived, so you beca even more desperate.
You kept Curtis in the company because it was easy to watch and control his every action." I paused to observe his expressions and noticed he wasn’t as calm as he previously was.
" The reason grandma committed suicide was because she found out about your affair with Saen and Raymond also found out about it, he confronted you the sa day that he went missing" I continued and he suddenly got up to leave.
"Why are you in such a hurry? I asked him with a smile and pressed the remote to automatically lock the door.
He looked at like he wanted to kill on the spot.
"You must be wondering how I found out about all of these" I laughed and walked to the wine cabinet in the corner of my office and pulled out one of my favorite wines.
I poured myself a glass and took a few gulps, before walking back to him.
"Curtis establishing his own company ca as a surprise to , so I did a little investigation and noticed that he was secretly moving funds from the company’s account but the funds he moved are too small for the large scale company that he is creating.
So I figured that he wanted to think it was the company’s fund but I am not that easy to deceive.
I rembered what you taught grandpa, you said that when it looks too obvious, then there is definitely sothing hidden.
After a little investigation, I found out that you were his secret sponsor. I was shocked and didn’t believe it at first.
I knew you were monitoring my movents so I allowed Mason to do the investigations" I noticed how pale he was looking and I took a sip of my wine as I enjoyed the mont.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Why are you making up conspiracy theories? What Affair are you talking about?" he asked with an extrely agitated expression but it only made his panic more obvious.
"I always wondered why you were so lenient with Saen and her children. You allowed them to do as they pleased while I suffered in the sa house.
But it all made sense after Mason checked how grandma died and I couldn’t believe what I found out. You told everyone that she was attacked by a servant who was unsatisfied with how she was treating them but the truth is she committed suicide and then you paid the man’s family enough money for him to stab her and make it look believable.
She was already dying when he stabbed her and you had him secretly released and sent out of the country to ensure your secret isn’t exposed" his forehead was now covered by beads of sweat.
"The truth you have been desperately hiding is the fact that Curtis is your son, the result of your affair with Saen"
"Shut up! What do you know about leading a family and maintaining dignity?" he yelled angrily, his breathing becoming rapidly short.
"Your biggest pain in life was not having a son, so you got Raymond to marry into the family with the hope of grooming him but things didn’t go as planned as he beca greedy and wanted everything for himself.
So you set your sights on but I was too rebellious and stubborn. You had no choice than to secretly push your biological son up the ladder, all the while making sure no one notices.
You needed ti to personally groom him, so you got injected with a toxin that affected my body and made unable to be with a woman, then you convinced to go abroad for treatnt and ensured I didn’t co back on ti. So in the three years I was gone, you were grooming and making necessary connections for Curtis"
"So what if you know? You should be grateful that I didn’t hand over this company to him!" he growled angrily, his eyes were filled with so much hatred that it sent chills down my spine.
"I must admit that you and Saen are really good, she cried so pitifully when Raymond got Celeste pregnant but who would have guessed that she planned everything?" I laughed coldly.
"She really played a good ga and if not for all the evidence I have, I wouldn’t have believed it as well"
"Kendrick, just let them go.. They are innocent" he suddenly said with a slightly pleading tone that made surprised.
"Who would have thought that a day would co that the almighty Damien Black would beg" I laughed coldly.
"You should be more worried about your mother right now, she might make her move any mont from now" he warned but I just laughed again.
I pressed the remote again and the door unlocked, Lauretta walked in with a smile.
"Why would I harm my own son, father?" she asked him and he seed to realize what was going on and his face turned paler.
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