novelxo Chapter 255
The street lamps lit up as the skies darkened.
Rose Loyle stood in front of the large glass window with her arms folded in front of her chest, looking at the colors that painted Swallow City.
Once upon a time, the Severe family was the most influential in Swallow City.
What had happened?
Her mother was living in a secluded manor, her grandfather was holding on to dear life in a government-owned hospital, and the subsidiary companies under the Severe family were being bought over one by one. To top it off, the family was facing potential bankruptcy.
Her brother had founded Eminent Honor because he was unsatisfied with what had befallen the Severe family. He was hoping to rise again by using friends and relatives that were once close to the Severe family. What her brother did not understand was that those people were neither reliable nor useful as the Severe family would not be in such a position if the case was the other way around.
There was subliminal hope for Severe Enterprise to rise again as Old Master Severe was now bed-ridden indefinitely. Who in the right mind was going to bet on the Severe family to rise again? Rose sighed hopelessly.
The accident not only changed her fate, but the fate of the whole Severe family!
Back then, she was a young and foolish girl who was in love; she never once considered the consequences and thus ended up paying a painful price.
Fortunately... she managed to find her path once again.
She recalled the lessons her grandfather had once imparted to her. 'Angeline, a person will never have a smooth sailing life. When you're high up in the mountains, you have the risk of falling down the cliffs. You must always remember that you cannot be proud or arrogant when you're at the top. Likewise, you should never feel humiliated or embarrassed when you fall into the gorge. Keep your dignity high because your confidence will help you reach new heights and achieve glory.'
The sadness within Rose's gaze gradually turned into determination.
On the bed, Baby Zetty was fast asleep, snoring obliviously to everything around him. 2
Rose quietly left the hotel as she planned to visit her grandfather at the hospital.
Consequently, the sound of her door opening alerted the man next door.
Jay frowned. 'It's so late at night. Where is that girl
going at this hour?'
He was worried about her loitering outside alone and thus quietly tailed behind her. Not long after, he found out that she was making a beeline for Swallow City Hospital.
Old Master Severe was once a brilliant man who held the reins of Swallow City. However, now that he had tubes running in and out of his body and was lifelessly lying on a bed, he appeared like a cachexic
man.
A middle-aged man was seated by the bed.
With a sly smile, he held Old Master Severe's hand and said pretentiously, "Chairman Severe, the doctors said you're going to leave soon. I guess you must be worried about Severe Enterprise which you founded and built up? Let me inform you of the latest happenings in the company."
Rose stood outside to eavesdrop.
She recognized the man that was talking to her grandfather. He was Yosemite Titus, her grandfather's old driver. He was a trusted staff member and thus had been taken into the company by her grandfather t o be trained. Yosemite was an intelligent and hardworking man. Consequently, he climbed the corporate ladder as a general worker; he became a supervisor and then the vice president.
Everyone was of the opinion that he was an honest and loyal man, a man who had gratitude. Hence,
everyone was always full of praises for him.
Nevertheless, Angeline had seen him having an affair with her father's lover and on many occasions reminded her grandfather to be aware of him. She wondered if the Severe family's current predicament had something to do with this two-faced man.
Yosemite continued to speak leisurely, "Everything that Severe Enterprise used to own has almost been fully bought over by the Titus family. Nonetheless, seeing how you trained and taught me in the past, I'll leave a few properties as well as the Severe Filming Company that has been losing money each year for those useless children and grandchildren of yours."
Rose clenched her hands into angry fists when she heard his words.
"Chairman, you can die in peace now. These tubes coming in and out of you must be making you suffer. Let me help you remove them, okay? Hahahahaha...” The man laughed out loud. On the other hand, Rose quickly hid in a corner as the man's footsteps grew nearer.
When Yosemite exited the room, he saw a girl standing in front of the neighboring room and gave her an extra glance.