His smile was no longer gentle but sharp and venomous. “Don’t you know that the more you favor him, the more you’re sealing his fate?”
“Young Master.” Alexia hurried over and bowed deeply. “It’s done.”
Chad gave her a slight nod, and she understood, pushing his wheelchair into a nearby lounge to speak privately.
“Mr. Hamilton is infuriating!” Alexia fumed on Chad’s behalf. “Who does Thaddeus think he is? You are the rightful heir of the Abernathy Group! And even now, he’s still protecting that bastard… Has he gone senile?”
“It was to be expected,” Chad said, his smile never reaching his eyes. “In Grandfather’s eyes, Thaddeus is his true grandson. He and I… we’ve grown distant.”
“It’s utterly despicable! He can’t even tell who his real family is!” Alexia stomped her foot in anger. “I’ve bribed Dr. Zade to confirm Thaddeus’s drug use, but even so, with Mr. Hamilton protecting him, it seems we still can’t completely destroy him, can we?”
Chad looked at her, his dark, gloomy eyes holding a hint of amusement. “You hate him that much?”
“I do! I wish I could kill him myself, cut him to pieces and feed him to the dogs!” The memory of her public humiliation, of being a disgraced heiress living worse than a beggar, made Alexia’s eyes turn red with hatred. She had to swallow the curses she wanted to hurl at Evadne’s entire family line.
Chad narrowed his eyes, his voice melodic and lazy. “Such deep hatred can only come from deep love.”
A chill ran down Alexia’s spine. She immediately knelt at his feet, looking up at him with devotion. “No, Sir! My heart has only ever belonged to you… Thaddeus was nothing! I was young and foolish then, misled by Elspeth! Otherwise, I would never have associated with someone so beneath me!”
Chad ignored her display of loyalty. “Deep love and deep hatred… I’ve never experienced either. So, in a way, I envy your hatred. And I envy my brother’s love.”
He didn’t hate Thaddeus, or his grandfather, or anyone. It seemed he was doing all this simply because he found it… interesting.

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