Chapter 1248


    Beatrice gently took Remington by the hand, and the two elderly figures shuffled back to their room,


    their movements slow and unsteady.


    ric watched his grandparents leave, his heart heavy with worry. He had been on the verge of calling


    out to them. They were his and Hertha''sst hope.


    If they gave up, then all hope would indeed be lost.


    "Grand..." ric began, but before he could finish, Angelina''s hand mped over his mouth, muffling


    his words.


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    Remington and Beatrice, advanced in their years and hard of hearing, didn''t catch ric''s muffled call.


    Frustrated, ric shoved Angelina''s hand away and burst out, "Mom, why do you always have to be


    against me?"


    Angelina, taken aback by his usation, felt a stab of pain in her heart. "You ungrateful boy," she


    "Yeah, I''m your only son, so why do you keep picking on me?" ric frowned, his voice rising as he


    recalled the morning''s events, which made him feel like he was suffocating.


    He had never felt this distressed over a woman before.


    Just this once, he wanted to be serious, and yet Angelina seemed to thwart him at every turn.


    "What? Picking on you?" Angelina, incredulous, pointed to herself, her heart shattering. She had


    poured her soul into nning for her son’s future, and it had all been misconstrued as antagonism.


    "ric, let me tell you something," she said, her voice heavy with emotion. "Everyone else can criticize


    me, say I''m meddling. Your grandparents can even use me of trying to cozy up to the Reeds to


    secure my influence, and I’ll take it with no exnations. But not you!"


    Tears welled up in Angelina''s eyes as she looked at her son, her voice firm yet filled with sorrow.


    ric, seeing his mother in such distress, looked away, quietly seething.


    Angelina swallowed hard, then continued, "You have no idea how many people in thepany are


    backing your cousin Jeremiah Falconer. He''s about to marry the Suttner heiress. He has the support of


    thepany veterans with a major family backing him. The Falconer Group is practically in his hands


    already. And you? Look at yourself! You’ve wasted your days in frivolity without a care in the world!


    What have you ever aplished? If you lose the Reed family''s support, you''ll be ousted from the


    Falconer family and left penniless once Jeremiah takes over the Falconer Group!"


    By the end, Angelina''s voice was low butced with frustration and disappointment.


    "Isn''t there still Dad and Grandma and Grandpa?" ric retorted, looking up defiantly.


    "If that''s the case, what''s so bad about Jeremiah taking over the Falconer Group?" ric tried to


    console Angelina, taking a contrary stance. "I''ve never been cut out for corporate management


    anyway. Maybe living as an ordinary person wouldn''t be so bad—going to work, making enough to


    support myself. A simple, unremarkable life and what''s wrong with that?" Updated at Draмаnоvеls.cоm


    Angelina had always been heartbroken over ric''s transformation, unable to fathom what had caused


    her son to be so indifferent.