Chapter 1429 Truthful in the Moments Before Death
Although Titus hadn''tmitted any crimes in the first two decades of his life, he hadn''t done any
kindness either. In the next twenty years, he was blinded by his envy and lost his reason. Also, he
was unable to withstand the criticism of others who imed that he could only inherit the family
business while his childhood friend was a self-made entrepreneur. Though they had grown up
together, he could not beat Henry no matter how hard he tried, and he was never as good as Henry.
Titus could ignore these words the first few times, but after some time, he was unable to ept
them any longer. He didn''t want to admit that he was not as outstanding as Henry, and he didn''t
want to admit that he could notpare with Henry in any aspect. Even though he was always
better than Henry in their studies when they were young, why were these people saying that he was
nothingpared to Henry?
His resentment grew, and as time went by, his envy and hatred turned him into an entirely different
person. Particrly, he once found out by chance that one of Henry''s subordinates had improved
one of their technologies, and once it was spread to the public, Paradigm Co. wouldpletely
overtake Triforce Enterprise.
This was undeniably a huge blow to him, and it certainly made him feel threatened. This was
because he knew that if he allowed Paradigm Co. to overtake Triforce Enterprise, it would further
confirm the fact that he was not a match for Henry.
Hence, he decided to stop Henry from using this piece of technology. Then, he hired someone to
bribe the staff so that they would jump ship to Triforce Enterprise with the technology he improved,
but the staff was unexpectedly loyal to the core and refused his offer no matter what they said.
Left with no choice, he finally sent someone to steal the piece of technology. As long as Paradigm
Co. did not have it, they would never overtake Triforce Enterprise, and the outsiders would have no
reason to say that he was nothingpared to Henry.
At first, Titus'' n was going well, but he hadn''t expected the staff to be so frail psychologically, and
they soon ended their own life. At that moment, he was stunned and panicked as he had never
wanted to take anyone''s life. He only wanted to steal the piece of technology, and he had never
nned to harm anyone, but the staff''s death was irreversible.
The death of Paradigm Co.''s staff caused their stocks to take a nosedive, and Paradigm Co. was
facing a crisis. To take revenge on him, Henry stole his daughter. At first, he thought that as long as
Henry returned his daughter, he wouldpensate the staff''s family regardless of the cost.
However, before he could convey his intentions, Henry had thrown his only daughter into the river.
Since then, his heartpletely darkened and he had no remorse even if he had caused all of this
to happen. Henry could''ve taken revenge on him using other methods, so why did he set his target
on his daughter? Hence, he swore that he would never let Henry off easily for the rest of his life.
Hence, in the past two decades, he continuously tripped Henry over and bribed Henry''s wife,
Sandra, to poison him so that he would know what true pain felt like.
Other than confronting Henry, Titus fought Paradigm Co. as well. In the end, Henry was unable to
withstand his revenge that hadsted over twenty years and coupled with his mental state
weakening from the poison, he jumped off a building and took his own life.
Back then, Titus genuinely felt exhrated as he had avenged his daughter. However, he was no
longer able to feel joy after that day, and he didn''t even know why his heart constantly felt stuffy.
It was only now that he knew the reason why this happened. He had grown up with Henry as each
other''s closest friend, so it was impossible for the two not to have any friendship between them.
However, it was all because he was selfish and close-minded that he slowly drifted away from
Henry until they eventually became mortal enemies. However, after he had taken Henry''s life, he
didn''t feel the slightest bit of joy that he thought he would feel, and he would even dream of Henry
on many nights.
Titus knew that he actually felt guilty toward Henry, but he couldn''t admit it. If he did, it would mean
that everything he had done was a mistake, and he couldn''t ept that, nor would he admit that he
was in the wrong.
Hence, he could only continue to deal with the daughter Henry left behind, thinking that he would
only lose the effect Henry had on him and stop dreaming about him after he had gotten rid of the
entire Reed Family so that he would not see any of them anymore. He firmly believed that his
actions were right, and so, after Henry died, he continued to take revenge on Sonia.
The reason why Sonia was picked on by Jean for six years was his doing as well. He had sent
someone to whisper lies into her ear, nurturing her hatred for Sonia so that she would make Sonia''s
life difficult.
However, everything turned out to be a huge joke, for Sonia became his daughter.
Twenty years ago, Henry had not actually taken revenge on him and he had not killed his daughter
either. Instead, he raised his daughter into the woman he wanted her to be.
Didn''t that show that Henry had always considered him a friend, and other than doing it for Lina''s
sake, he wasn''t able to finish the child off because she belonged to his friend?
Perhaps that was the case. He''d always been soft-hearted since he was young, and he would easily
pity others. This wasn''t something that Henry couldn''t do, but him? Compared to Henry''s foolish
sympathy, he truly was cold-hearted.
Henry hadn''t killed his daughter and even raised her, but he had killed him and even fought with his
own daughter. His hands were stained with blood, both from someone who used to be his closest
friend and from his daughter.
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Perhaps because his end was nearing, the kindness that he had long thrown away was beginning
to return, and now his heart was filled with guilt, self-resentment, and regret.
Titus wondered, had he been slightly kinder and more magnanimous, would his friendship with
Henry not have ended, and would their daughter grow into the world''s happiest girl under their
shared affection?
After all, they had made a promise in high school that no matter which one of them had a child in
the future, the other would be the child''s godfather. Henry had fulfilled that promise, but he failed to
keep his. Those outsiders were right—he was not a match for Henry, whether it was their character
or their abilities.
Now that his daughter had returned, he knew that he should put an end to everything.
Thinking of that, Titus picked up his phone again and made a call. "Hello? Is this the police? I''m
Titus Gray, and I want to confess…"
The callsted for a long time, and Titus established an agreement of some sort with the police so
that they did not immediately send someone over to capture him at the first notice. After all,
ording to the usual procedure, even if he was currently a patient on hisst legs, as long as he
confessed his crimes, the police would still show up for him. However, this time, they surprisingly
agreed to let him remain in the hospital, and they would only head over after some time.
Moreover, the police did not hide things from Toby, and after ending the call with Titus, they instantly
contacted Toby to inform him of the matter.
After finding out, Toby was a little surprised, but it seemed to be within his expectations as well.
Titus did love Sonia, enough to choose her over his life. Hence, it wasn''t that astonishing that he
would confess all of the crimes he hadmitted.
"That''s good news." Toby lowered his gaze and muttered.
At the very least, it showed that Titus'' conscience had reawakened at his final moments, and it was
enough to let Henry rest in peace from now on.