Chapter 1718


    Chapter 1718


    Skyler couldn’t quite grasp the full extent of the situation, so she wisely chose to hold her tongue.


    Hudson continued, “You’ve seen how things have been these past few days. Everyone seems to have


    it out for Zavier.” Sensitive topics were a minefield, and Skyler dared not tread any further. She opted to


    listen silently as Hudson spoke.


    The old man chuckled, “I’m not dead yet, but there are plenty who wish I were, eager to carve up my


    estate. Sometimes, I envy those average families, with loving fathers and dutiful children.”


    Skyler envied them too, but fate had dealt her a different hand, cing her in the family she was born


    into.


    Hudson looked at her and asked, “Child, you understand what I’m talking about, right?”


    Skyler nodded, “Grandpa, Zavier isn’t as bad as everyone makes him out to be.”e2


    Hudsonughed, “Look at you, already defending your fiancé. And he won’t even let you live with him,


    yet you speak on his behalf.” Skyler rified, “Grandpa, I’m not defending him. I’m just telling you what


    I’ve seen. And it’s not that he won’t let me live with him. I chose to stay at the dorms.”


    Hudson sighed, “I know what my grandchildren are like.”


    Skyler wasn’t sure if Hudson truly knew, but she wanted to believe him when he said so.


    The conversation took a sudden turn when Hudson asked, “Do you know why I chose you to be


    Zavier’s fiancée?”


    Skyler, ever so straightforward, blurted out, “Isn’t it because of the Blue family?”


    “Indeed, it’s because of the Blue family,” Hudson confirmed. “Your family isn’t powerful enough to be a


    pir for Zavier.”


    Skyler thought she understood. Perhaps Hudson had given up on Zavier, and that was why he


    arranged such a match. However the next words from Hudson took her by surprise, shattering her


    assumptions spectacrly.


    Hudson looked out the floor-to-ceiling window, gazing into the distance, “Zavier’s brother had a girl he


    liked, from the Capital’s Duran family. You’ve heard of the Duran family, haven’t you?”


    Skyler nodded.


    The Duran family was well-known.


    Hudson continued, “Once Brodie marries the girl from the Duran family, all of the Durans would back


    Brodie. Then there’d be nothing stopping Brodie from taking over Rivera Inc. But s…”


    At this point, Hudson’s voice cracked, and tears welled up in his eyes.


    Skyler, worried that Hudson was revisiting painful memories, quicklyforted him, “Grandpa, you


    don’t have to talk about it. Your health is more important.”


    “If I don’t speak now, I might never get another chance,” Hudson said, blinking back tears. “The tragedy


    struck just when the Rivera and Duran families were about to settle the kids’ marriage – Brodie had an


    ident.”


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    Listening to Hudson’s words, Skyler recalled what Zavier had mentioned before. If Brodie and Samuel’s


    deaths were orchestrated, who could be responsible?


    Every member of the Rivera family was a suspect.


    Chills ran down Skyler’s spine as she pondered these thoughts.


    “Brodie had an ident, and so did his father.” Hudson refocused on Skyler, “Zavier is too young, not


    yet powerful enough. Giving him an equal match would only doom him.”


    Skyler suddenly understood. Hudson was using this approach to protect Zavier.


    Hudson added, “Now, Zavier stands at a crossroads. One path is to stick to his gaming, live an honest


    life without harbouring any illusions about Rivera Inc. having anything to do with him. As for the other


    path…