He Watched Me Shine Without Him novel Chapter 73

Rose stopped, confused, her gaze fixed on Houston.

Vivian felt like she had just been dragged through a hurricane—now that it had passed, all that was left was a cold emptiness.

She had clearly heard Houston say a girl’s first time was something precious. Her face turned ghostly pale.

So men did care about a woman’s purity.

Her blind confidence shattered into dust by Houston’s words.

She yanked the curtain shut with a sudden motion, as if trying to block out every last one of her foolish dreams.

The world outside was vast and silent once more.

Clayrance Estate.

In the ultra-expensive city of Crestview, Clayrance Estate sprawled across an enormous stretch of land from the inner first ring all the way to the third ring on the city’s southern side.

Only one family could command that kind of territory in such a prime location: the Clarke family—Crestview’s undisputed apex predator, the richest of the rich.

The Clarke family patriarch was the founder of the globally renowned Clarke Group, and the cornerstone of this massive clan.

He had four sons: Noah, Gordon, Morton, and Jose. All four were savvy in business. But being born with silver spoons in their mouths, they each carried the signature flaws of privileged heirs.

Noah craved power. Gordon was a notorious womanizer. Morton worshipped money. Jose, somehow, had inherited all the worst traits of his brothers.

Because of their particular vices, each brother had stuck to his own interests and none was deemed suitable to take over the entire Clarke empire alone.

So the old man set his sights on the next generation. But the grandchildren were, if anything, even more disappointing—spoiled, lazy, addicted to luxury.

Except for one.

Houston, the eldest grandson, raised away from the main household, stood out as the polar opposite of the Clarke family mold. Every virtue they lacked, he possessed.

He was the embodiment of excellence.

The patriarch had seen this and quietly begun grooming Houston to be his successor. Over the years, he had gone to great lengths to pave the way, hoping the family would one day wholeheartedly accept Houston as the rightful heir.

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