Chapter 0128
Half an hour later.
A phone call, seething with fury, reached Amelia.
As she blissfully cared for her nails on the sofa, Amelia answered the phone and activated the speakerphone.
“Amelia, are you out of your damn mind? I’m your blood brother!” Lucas’s roar sounded like he was on the brink of collapse.
“I let it slide when we had our spats, and you spat venom at me. Now you’re conspiring with outsiders against your own brother, what’s your last name again? Are you even human?”
After his tirade, Amelia blew on her nails and replied with biting sarcasm, “Lucas, you sure know how to play the sentiment card when you’re in trouble. Is that how you deceived Madison too? Outsiders? Since when have we not been strangers? Whenever you call, it’s either to insult or to start insulting me. What kind of brother does that? Have you ever reflected on how our sibling relationship got to thi point?”
Her tone was so nonchalant it made Lucas falter.
But he was too desperate to care about what Amelia wanted, issuing commands in a domineering tone-
“Listen, Amelia, delete that F******k post immediately. And if anyone asks, say it was a stunt for attention. Otherwise, don’t bother coming home again, and consider our sibling ties severed!”
An order followed by a threat.
Amelia paused her grooming, coolly picked up her phone, ignoring Jessica’s puzzled and incredulous gaze, and stepped outside.
Slamming the door behind her.
The cold autumn wind greeted her as she stared into the dark yet vast sky.
“Lucas, who taught you to beg in such a manner?”
“Who made you so arrogantly sure that everyone would bow to your threats?”
Her triple-questioned rebuke left Lucas speechless.
Amelia laughed, her tone casual as if reminiscing, “You always wonder why I’m so ruthless, don’t you? Let me jog your memory today. Save you from being blinded by the crap in your head and the little intelligence you have.”
“That year when I was 8 and you were 10, we got kidnapped at the school gate, and the kidnappers demanded a ransom. I wasn’t scared because I had my brother by my side.”
She paused, her voice turning icy, “But while I cried myself to sleep, I was awakened by your voice. I heard you say.
She hesitated, as if the words choked her, “I heard you say ‘my little sister is young and pretty; if sold, she would fetch a good price’. Then you told the kidnappers to release you first, suggesting they sell me off to some deep village as a child bride, promising you’d send more money from our parents once you got home.”
Lucas’s heart pounded with shock.
She… she had heard all that?!
Lucas frantically explained, “I…I was trying to trick the kidnappers. I would have escaped and saved you too!”…
“Hah.”
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Amelia’s laughter was radiant, “Do you even believe your own words? You make me sick, and you’re my damn brother! Did you not know what those kidnappers were capable of? If you had really left, they would have raped me then sold me off!”
Towards the end, she ground her teeth, “So this is your karma. Help you? Even if I were reduced to begging, I’d never help you. I’d rather you just drop dead!”
The call was cut off unilaterally by her.
Amelia tried to calm herself.
She had always known of Lucas’s selfishness since childhood, always following their parents, asking about the inheritance.
If their parents mentioned splitting the assets between them, Lucas would throw a tantrum until they conceded it all to him.
This selfishness was ingrained in Lucas, unchanging with age, only becoming more pronounced.
That’s why Amelia believed in the saying ‘some are born devils’.
And the notion ‘by nature, humans are good’ was utter nonsense
As Jessica watched Amelia return from the call, she hesitantly asked, clutching a pillow, “Are… are you hungry?”
Amelia paid her no mind.
Jessica blinked and ventured again, “How about… I order from that dessert shop you love?”
Unexpectedly, Amelia replied briskly, “Sure!”
Jessica stiffened, tossed the pillow aside, and while ordering on her phone, headed upstairs.
Second floor.
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Just as Ethan stepped in from the balcony after finishing a call, he was ambushed by an unexpected hug.
“Big brother!!!” Jessica engulfed him in a bear hug.
Faced with her sudden enthusiasm, Ethan instinctively felt it spelled trouble, peeling her off impatiently, “Spit it out if you have something to say.”
But Jessica clung to him, eyes brimming with tears, “Bro… I just realized how incredibly good you are to me… How fortunate I am that you didn’t sell me when I was a child…”
Jessica had followed Amelia outside earlier, overhearing the conversation by accident.
She had rushed back, not wanting to eavesdrop any further.
But recalling Amelia’s words, Jessica felt more grateful than ever for her brother.
“From now on, whatever you say is law. I won’t argue or talk back. I’ll work hard and take good care of you!”
Ethan checked her forehead with the back of his hand, “Did Madison’s fever rub off on you?”
“… Big brother.” Jessica almost suffocated on her own fervor.
Ethan shrugged her off, disgust written all over his face, “Do I need your filial piety? Just don’t cause trouble or come home pregnant, and that alone would be divine blessing.”
“That’s how you see me?” Jessica was incredulous.
As Ethan descended the stairs, he retorted, “Think you’re any good?”
“Am I not?!” Jessica was utterly shocked.
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The man, having reached the bottom of the stairs, glanced back and declared, “Compared to my girlfriend, you fall way short.”
“!!!”
At that moment, the Chairman’s girlfriend was catching up on sleep, and everyone in Wood Lake Grandeur tiptoed around to avoid waking her.
Ethan, after much consideration, decided to recruit a host of
servants for Wood Lake Grandeur.
William, ever efficient, soon ushered a team of about twenty
servants into the living room.
Ethan left these trivial matters to William, who instructed the new staff with numerous orders and, lastly, offered a significant, meaningful smile.
He concluded, “Just remember, always prioritize the needs of President Grant’s girlfriend.”
The servants bowed without hesitation, “Understood.”
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