Chapter 760
Chapter 760:
A cruel smile twisted Patton’s features. “Save your explanations for my brother when you meet him in the afterlife!”
On his signal, the guards launched their assault like a coordinated pack of wolves, their attacks precise and merciless.
Out of lingering respect for Jorge’s memory, Janice chose restraint, limiting herself to defensive maneuvers rather than striking back at his family members.
Yet even with her extraordinary combat prowess, the sheer number of attackers meant her stamina would eventually fail her.
Storm clouds gathered in Janice’s expression as the relentless assault pushed her to her limits. Anger flickered in her eyes like lightning.
While she understood their grief-fueled rage and thirst for vengeance, she wondered bitterly if not one of them had stopped to consider there might be more to Jorge’s murder than met the eye.
“Everyone, stop.”
The command cut through the chaos like a frozen blade.
Janice froze mid-movement, turning to the familiar voice. Her eyes widened in genuine shock.
“Aiden?”
Vernon wheeled Aiden through the tense gathering, the latter’s complexion still ashen from his hospital stay, yet his eyes blazed with an unwavering intensity.
Janice shot Vernon a withering glare that spoke volumes about bringing Aiden here in his condition.
Vernon could only respond with a helpless smile. He had tried to refuse, but Aiden’s determination had been absolute. The man would have crawled here if necessary.
“You should be resting in the hospital,” Janice chided, her voice a mixture of concern and reproach.
𝗠𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 ⬇ gⲁ𝗅𝗇𝗈ν𝖊𝗅𝘀⫽𝓬𝓸𝓶
Aiden’s lips curved into a weary smile. “I’m grateful I came. Otherwise, these misguided fools might have harmed you.”
“Vernon!”
At Aiden’s command, Vernon guided the wheelchair forward, positioning him before the assembled Lambert family.
Even confined to the chair, Aiden’s natural authority commanded attention, causing the Lamberts to shift uneasily.
“Who are you? And what is your connection to MO?” Patton studied Aiden with calculated interest, sensing the power that radiated from him despite his weakened state.
“Aiden Green, head of the Green family in Efrery and sole CEO of Forest Corp.”
Aiden Green?
The name struck Patton like a physical force. This was the business prodigy who had spent three years feigning disability, meticulously rooting out traitors in his midst before capturing them all in one masterful stroke.
During that same period, he had secretly built Forest Corp into an empire that left his peers in awe.
Though Efrery-based, Aiden’s reputation had spread to Cloverhill like wildfire, with families clamoring for connections.
Patton, being of similar age, had long admired the Green family head from afar, harboring a desire to match wits with him. Yet fate had chosen this fraught moment for their first encounter.
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