"How else would I witness this sorry state of yours?" I quipped, one eyebrow cocked.Seeing Jeff like that was not a shock, not in the slightest.The evidence Wynnie dug up, including the debts that hounded him, bore my fingerprints all over it.I had always been one to hold a grudge.He did me wrong in my previous life, and there was no way I was going to let that slide."It was you! You were behind it all!"Jeff looked like he wanted to tear me apart with his bare teeth.However, there he was, a pitiful mess, missing limbs, reduced to nothing more than a wild animal yapping away.'Revenge isn't just about drawing blood. It's about breaking the spirit.' I thought.I did just that, letting him in on the will Thomas left me, my rejection of Wynnie, and my upcoming marriage to my new fiancee.I was on top of the world, while he was nothing but a gutter maggot.If only he had not come after me, the Cunninghams might have spared him. However, his greed knew no bounds.Still, Je
"As for Jeff, if you had any trust or care for me, you wouldn't have judged me so quickly. You know, in my previous life, I blamed myself for everything, for ending up broken and with nothing." Everyone pointed fingers at me, clueless about the storm inside me. My family, my wife, they all turned on me for someone else, leaving me with no will to live, especially after knowing my wife had me go under the knife 99 times, which eventually wrecked my body beyond repair.That pain was the deepest cut of all. A thought crossed my mind.'I'm not walking that path again in this life!'After pouring out my heart, I was ready to grab Elena and walk away. Three years abroad did not just bring me true love, I also hit it big in my field, making waves in biological research.My fortune rivalled that of the Cunninghams and the Gibsons.However, I had barely stepped away when I heard voices behind me.When I turned around, I saw my parents and Wynnie standing there, their heads hung lo
"You're his parents, yet you believed a stranger over your own son, always misjudging and scolding him. Now, after cutting him off, why the charade?"Elena's blunt words left Thomas and Alice speechless, their faces flushed with shame.Wynnie, however, could not help but glare at Elena's hand, which rested comfortably on my arm—a sight that seemed to sting her eyes."Who are you, exactly? You have no right to butt in on what's going on with Kelvin and I!" she snapped, her eyes shooting daggers at Elena. Beneath the surface, there was a flicker of panic and envy she had not even noticed in herself. I stepped in front of Elena, wrapping an arm around her in a protective gesture. "This is my mentor's daughter, Elena, and she's also my fiancee." Wynnie's face was drained of color. She was in utter disbelief as she sputtered, "Fiancee?!Kelvin, you're still mad, right?! You're mad at me, and that's why you're parading her around to get back at me."However, I've realized my mistake
Jeff was unequivocally ousted from the Cunningham family. Initially, he sobbed and pleaded, desperate to stir Thomas's and Alice's sympathy.However, when they remained indifferent, preoccupied with finding my whereabouts, he erupted in rage. Jeff camped out at the Cunningham doorstep, cursing everyone, demanding that Thomas and Alice hand over the family fortune and shares to him. He went after Wynnie too, pestering her at the Gibson family business until security threw him out and taught him a harsh lesson. However, Wynnie's vengeance was far from finished.Jeff was kicked out of the Cunningham household without a dime to his name. He had lived a life of luxury, never lifting a finger for anything. Nevertheless, he could not even scrape together enough cash for a serving of fast food. My parents had turned their backs on him, cutting him off without a second thought. In his most vulnerable moment, Wynnie had someone tempt Jeff into the clutches of gambling. Maybe he h
However, Jeff did not even wince. Instead, he hung his head in front of Thomas, Alice, and Wynnie, his face the picture of sorrow."Mom, Dad, Wynnie… I was just so desperate for your love. Ever since Kelvin returned, you've all been on his side, and I—"He did not get to finish his sob story. Alice's hand cracked across his cheek with a resounding slap.Tears streaming down her face, my mother threw herself at him, fists flying."On his side?! Jeff, do you even hear yourself?!"Ever since you were a child, we held you close, treasured you like you were our own. Even after finding Kelvin, we still loved you as if you were our flesh and blood, but why did you betray him, making us doubt our own son? He's my child!"Alice's sobs filled the room. The memory of that snowy day, when I was cast out of the Cunningham family home, only wearing underwear, still pierced her heart like a thousand needles. Thomas and Alice loved me. I was their child by blood.However, in that heated mom
With that, I walked away for good.Just me, my scars, and my sorrow.They only felt the weight of my departure when I was truly out of sight.I left with nothing but a single photograph."Kelvin just doesn't get it," Jeff mused, his voice tinged with frustration."Throwing a fit like that, what does he hope to gain? Even if he storms back to that orphanage, it won't be long before it's torn down for new buildings. Why go through all this trouble?"However, when it comes down to it, it's all on me. I never should've stayed."Jeff let out a sigh, pretending to defend me.However, what he was really doing was manipulating our parents. He made it seem like I was just being stubborn before cleverly hinting that he might leave in order to get what he wanted.As expected, our parents rushed to comfort him, assuring him it was not his fault.Wynnie, however, snapped her head up."How do you know the orphanage is going to be demolished?" she questioned, her eyes sharp as knives.In