Chapter 744 Are You Still Holding Grudges?
Joseph''s father had tons of other women, but his rtionships with them were all transactional.They
benefited one another with their wealth and reputation.
However, there was this one woman named Giselle Young who wanted more than just that.She wanted
to be a part of the Woodley Family and upy the spot that had been left empty for years.
Giselle was a gorgeous and intelligent woman who had ulterior Motives and the skills to achieve her
goals.
When she first dated Joseph''s father, she had only been in her early twenties.
Joseph''s father was already in his fifties at that time.
Giselle had indirectly revealed her desire to marry him but was rejected by him.
So, she shifted her attention elsewhere.
At that point, Charles was already married and had Charlotte, who was already a few years old.
Thus, Joseph—who had remained single the whole time—naturally became Giselle''s next target.
Initially, she approached Joseph with her own goals in mind.
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However, with her previous partner being an aged man in his fifties and Joseph being a man who was
closer to her age, she found herself gradually developing feelings for Joseph.
After some time with him, she eventually began to perceive the rtionship as a genuine and loving
kind.
Joseph was extremely sweet to her, and it was clear that he truly liked her.
Giselle severed all ties with Joseph''s father at this point.However, the good days didn''tst for long.
Soon enough, her debts came chasing after her, and she needed arge sum of money within a short
period.
Coincidentally, Joseph had just begun to take over thepany, and he spent most of his days at
work.
Giselle couldn''t bring herself to ask him for help when she saw how busy he was.She didn''t want her
lover to find out about this ugly side of her that she had hidden so well.So, she ended up going to
Joseph''s father to ask for money.Fate was a cruel thing—Giselle got pregnant soon after this incident.
Joseph had been pleased when he first heard the news.He liked children, and although Charlotte was
often around him and kept calling him sweetly, he still wished to have a child of his own.
As for Giselle, she felt faint when she first found out about the child—she knew precisely whose child it
was.
After discovering she was pregnant, Joseph rescheduled their wedding to an earlier date and even
brought her home.
The whole scene yed out terrifyingly.
Joseph''s father didn’t spill all the beans, but he ordered them to break up immediately.
Naturally, Joseph didn''t agree with it, and he tried his best to argue against his father''s wishes.
That was how the rumor came about—that the Woodleys didn''t take Giselle in because they looked
down upon her.
Charles was the one who realized how familiar she looked.He only found out the truth after doing some
investigation. novelebook He then approached Giselle personally and ordered her to abort her
child and leave Joseph.
However, she didn''t wish to give up on this golden opportunity just like that.
So, she ended up threatening Joseph''s father with her child.
She threatened to expose the truth of her pregnancy to the public if he didn''t allow her to get married
into the Woodley Family.
During that period, Joseph was actively going against his family''s wishes to be with Giselle, so many
people knew Giselle as Joseph''s girlfriend.
If the truth about her pregnancy were to be revealed, it would be a major scandal for the Woodley
Family.
Eventually, Joseph''s father agreed to Giselle''s request to keep her in control.
However, the cat couldn''t be kept in the bag for long—Joseph eventually realized an issue with the
date of Giselle''s pregnancy when he saw her medical reports.
Instead of confronting her directly, he investigated the matter on his own.
He was disgusted and horrified by what he found.
Giselle, who had assumed that everything was settled at that point, continued to y the sweet and
loving role of a wife.
"Darling, do you think the baby will look more like you or me?" she asked.
"What do you think?" Joseph asked tly.
"I''m sure the baby will look like you since it''smon for daughters to look like their fathers.I''ve been
craving spicy food recently, so my gut feeling tells me that our baby is a girl.You love Charlotte, don''t
you? Well, we''ll have our own daughter in the future, and you—"
Before Giselle could finish her words, Joseph pushed her away and went downstairs to puke for a
while.
After that, Giselle encountered an ident on the way to the hospital.Her vehicle was destroyed, and
she died in the crash.
Joseph was the one who had nned all of this.
However, he didn''t just stop there—his next target was his father.
Before he could take action, Charles and Philip found out about his n and managed to stop him in
time.
Kian and Philip had a discussion about this, and they decided to kick Joseph out of the family, both for
his own good and to avoid making matters worse, Philip let out a long sigh after recounting the story.
"His father was the one who made a mistake in this case, yet we chose to kick Joseph out of the family
instead.It was probably because of that that he thought we were siding with his father, which led him to
start hating all of us as well.But the truth is that he had changed into apletely different person at
that point.It wouldn''t do him any good if he continued staying in Jamesdon.We were afraid that he
would make another mistake by impulse," Philip uttered.
Leanna was stunned to hear all of this.
It took her a while to process all the information.
She parted her lips to speak a few times, but she simply couldn''t find the right words to say.
L’s mother was the first to speak up, "You guys know how the Woodleys have a lot of power
struggles within the family, and the hierarchies within areplicated.
If they found out that Joseph was the one who had killed Giselle and how messed up this whole
incident was, they''d have made a big deal out of it.
Since they wouldn''t have the guts to mess with Joseph''s father, they would attack Joseph instead."
"Joseph''s father was traumatized by this incident and was bedridden a while after his son left
Jamesdon.He passed away half a yearter, and people eventually forgot about this matter," Philip
continued.
"I didn''t know the Woodley Family had such aplicated and interesting past,"
Aidanmented.Philip cleared his throat before speaking again, "Joseph might be at fault, but he
wasn''t the one who started things between the Woodley Family and Highside.Technically speaking,
both your grandfather and I were responsible for that.We had intended to teach the Pearson Family a
lesson back then, but we hadn''t expected...another person with malicious intentions to get involved.The
child in the Pearson Family is probably one of your grandfather''s greatest regrets—"
"wouldn''t his greatest regret be the fact that he didn''t get to say his apologies on his own?" Aidan
interjected.
Philip cleared his throat once more.
"Your grandfather was the head of the Woodley Family, and many things were beyond his control.He
was still thinking of you and your mother even on his deathbed.Others may me and hate him, but
you shouldn’t—"
Aidan got to his feet just then.
"Why would I me him? This is all in the past now.ming him won''t change the oue of things,"
he uttered.
Philip stared at Aidan for a long while, and all the words that he had in him eventually came out as a
sigh instead.
For things to have transpired in such a manner, we have no one else to me but us.
Leanna got to her feet as well.
After bowing and showing her respect to Philip and L''s mother, she turned and left along with
Aidan.
The skies were already dark outside; night seemed to have fallen while they were talking.
Clumps of rain clouds gathered above their heads, and it looked like it was about to rain soon.
Leanna walked alongside Aidan.
"Are you still holding grudges now?" she whispered.
"Hmm?"
Aidan nced at the woman before answering, "No.It''s all in the past now."
Leanna halted her footsteps before jabbing him in his chest.
"You always say that, but deep down, you still can''t let it go, do you?"