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Chapter 300
Chapter 300
Chapter 300
Chapter 300 This Is Luke's Request. I Can't Say No.
Old Master Crawford was furious when he heard Luke say that he would not marry anyone except Bianca. He knocked his walking stick on his grandson's body. "You ingrate! Do you really intend to marry that disreputable woman? Have you ever considered what that would do to the reputation of the Crawford family? Do you want us to be the joke of A City?"
Luke stood straight. The words that came from his mouth made Old Master Crawford angrier than ever. "What reputation do we currently have, Grandfather?"
He glanced at his mother and Susan sitting on the couch, and his implications were clear.
The atmosphere became tense.
Was there any other man in modern society that married two concurrent wives?
Old Master Crawford struggled to catch his breath when he heard what Luke said. Louis, sitting beside him, gently patted his grandfather's back." Grandpa, the doctor says that you shouldn't get angry. You'll have to control your temper. Otherwise, you'll have to stay in the hospital for a few days again... ouch!
Old Master Crawford whacked Louis's head with his walking stick, which caused him to wail in pain and look at his grandfather resentfully.
The old man glanced at Louis ferociously, indicating his sour mood. "Just keep your mouth shut. Your brother angers me, but you're not an angel either. You have a scandal with a celebrity every other day. Do you think that I cant control you because I'm old and useless?" "..." Louis was speechless.
'Aren't we talking about Luke here? Why are you disciplining me?"
Susan could not hold back her anger when she saw that her precious son was reprimanded. "That's not the case, Father. Who's the one who keeps Louis away from the business? Luke handles everything in T Corporation, while Louis only has a decorative general manager title. Louis is unhappy about this preferential treatment, and that's why he has to pursue pleasure outside. Can you blame him? If Louis takes over T Corporation..."
She was indignant whenever she thought about that.
Her son should have been the heir of the Crawford family business, but the son of that wretched woman Allison took over the reins instead. That had been a sore spot for over so many years. To her, all of the riches of the Crawford family should belong to Louis, and Allison and her illegitimate son should be driven out of the household!
Louis was instantly annoyed when his mother suggested that he should go into business. "I'm not meant for business, Mom. T Corporation will go up in flames in a matter of days if I take over the reins, and I don't want to singlehandedly bankrupt the family. Don't even mention me taking over T Corporation again. Otherwise, I won't come home."
Allison gloated as she looked at Susan and her son.
So what if Susan was the legitimate wife? She had a useless son.
Old Master Crawford knew that he had let Susan and her son down.
However, Louis was not interested in inheriting the family business, and he did not have the acumen and assertiveness to lead T Corporation.
The old man had let Louis take over several subsidiary companies. However, Louis did not have the talent in business management. As expected, those businesses went bankrupt one after another.
He could not imagine what would happen if he let Louis take the helm of T Corporation. The company might eventually cease to exist.
"Enough talk. Louis, from tomorrow on, you'll learn business management from your brother. I don't want to see you wasting your life away!" Old Master Crawford sighed and said authoritatively.
Louis wailed. "That can't be, Grandpa! You want me to work? I don't think I'm ready for it..." "You're twenty-seven years old, not a child! All you know is play. Should I beat some sense into you?"
Louis immediately shut his mouth when he saw that his grandfather was about to throw his walking stick at him.
Why does Grandpa like to get violent without provocation? He should change his bad habit!'
Luke watched the interaction impassively. He was used to watching arguments in the household.
Being with Bianca felt more like a family. His gaze turned gentle when he thought of Bianca.
"Grandfather, Mother, I will proclaim my resolve here and now. I will not marry any woman other than Bianca Rayne, regardless of what you think."
Then, Luke took the two children upstairs.
The atmosphere in the living room was stifling. He did not want to linger there for too long.
Old Master Crawford was preparing to vent his disagreement, but Luke had left the scene just like that. His body shook with anger!
Luke frowned. He looked at the furious Old Master Crawford, then turned to speak to Louis. "Louis, call Johann and get him to nurse Grandfather back to health."
Allison's face was thunderously dark when Bianca was mentioned.
Her mind automatically rejected the repulsive thought that Bianca would be her daughter-in-law. She would not allow that to happen.
In the cafe.
As usual, Walter was dressed in a business suit, leather shoes, and a pair of gold-rimmed glasses. His gentlemanly presence attracted a lot of attention from the young women around him.
His slender fingers rhythmically tapped on the table. He might look calm and composed, but deep down, he was terribly nervous.
He could not believe it when he received a call from Shandra. He thought that she was pulling a prank on him.
It was only when he saw Shandra walk into the cafe, still as cold and aloof in his memories, that he believed that Shandra was back.
"Long time no see." Shandra sat down opposite him. Her gaze on Walter was calm and collected, hiding the hatred that she felt for him.
"How... have you been?" Walter asked with much difficulty.
The best lawyer in the country stammered when he spoke to his first love.
Walter knew very well how Shandra was doing. He had been monitoring any news of her.
Shandra smiled mockingly and told him her intentions. "You don’t have to worry about how I have been. I'm here today because I want you to relinquish your role as Bianca Rayne's defense lawyer." "You know that I can't..." Walter looked at Shandra's face greedily. However, he could not say no to Luke.
He was greatly indebted to Luke.
If Luke had not supported him when he took on that gang-rape case that shook the nation, he would have been torn to shreds by those influential people. Luke was a significant influence in his rise to fame. He could not refuse anything that Luke asked of him.
Shandra smirked and retried a paper document from her briefcase. "We'll see about that. Take a look at this first."
Curiously, Walter took the document.
His eyes abruptly widened when he read through the contents of the document. Following his disbelief, his eyes brimmed with utter agony, and the hands that held the document started shaking...