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Chapter 384:
“How did your cousin wind up in the hospital?” Geoffrey asked.
Detecting the clear accusation in Geoffrey’s tone, Damon replied with a chilling edge, “He has only himself to blame for landing in the hospital p>
As he continued, Damon detailed all the reckless antics Huntley had pulled lately. By the end, his voice had escalated to a thunderous bellow, his gaze blazing with fury. “Are you aware that because of Huntley’s idiocy, Wyatt is pressuring me to give him the land I’ve secured p>
Geoffrey went quiet for a moment, easing Damon’s features slightly. Geoffrey finally responded, “It’s merely a plot of land. Regardless of what he did, Huntley is family. For him, just hand the land over to Wyatt p>
“Merely a plot of land? Do you realize the sweat and toil I invested in obtaining that?” Damon snapped.
Owing to the past disputes over the inheritance, Geoffrey always felt like he owed Elmore’s family. Consequently, he wanted Damon to tolerate Huntley’s antics.
Throughout the years, Damon had endured this refrain countless times, but every time it happened, it still stirred a profound wave of powerlessness and irritation within him.
Just as he was poised to swallow his pride once more, Damon abruptly recalled Wyatt’s words from their café encounter that day.
“Dad, if you carry a debt to Uncle Elmore’s family, feel free to extend grace to them yourself, but don’t request me to do anything for them. I don’t owe them a thing p>
With those words, Damon ended the call.
For the first time, he stood his ground against Geoffrey. He felt a rare sense of liberation.
𝗧𝗋e𝘯𝘥𝗂n 𝗼𝗻
Yet that feeling was fleeting, vanishing in mere moments as his grandfather called him.
Damon could summon the resolve to defy his father, but facing his grandfather, Azariah Figueroa, refusal felt utterly out of reach.
After all, the lion’s share of the Figueroa Group’s stocks remained firmly in his grandfather’s grasp.
When Azariah phoned, his directive mirrored Geoffrey’s. He wanted Damon to sacrifice the land for Huntley’s safety. The instant the call ended, Damon’s composure shattered, and he flung his phone against the wall in a fit of rage. The screen splintered into fragments.
The pair of bodyguards behind him exchanged a look and then lowered their heads in unison.
Amelia remained oblivious to the drama unfolding at the hospital. Nevertheless, bolstered by Wyatt’s confidence, she trusted that Damon would ultimately relent and relinquish the land. What she hadn’t expected was how quickly it would happen.