Wayne was still holding the teacup in his hand and he didn’t smash it on Michael. “What do you mean?”
“That old b*stard doesn’t have any intention to cooperate with me. He just wants to make sure I have no other children because he’s after my assets, but I saw through him and set up a trap for him. You should have guessed when you saw how the Gurney family’s stocks had plummeted in the past few days.”
“Were you the one behind it?”
“I can’t possibly do that myself, so I worked together with William! I’m telling you that the Gurney family can’t hold on any longer and Francis has taken over the Davis Group shares from me. If you don’t want to lose everything, you’d better make your move soon because the Davis family will end up like the Gurneys soon.”
“You… you b*stard, how can there be someone like you in our family!?” The cup in Wayne’s hand fell to the ground powerlessly.
If William had intervened in the Gurney family’s affairs, their company’s bankruptcy was nothing but a foregone conclusion. However, Wayne wasn’t willing to let the Davis Group get destroyed.
He begged Michael. “Michael, can you discuss it with William and give the Davis family a way out? I’m old and I don’t want to see the foundation that I built disappear just like this.”
“Grandpa, you’re going too far. I’m telling you that I’ve already given you a chance to save yourself.”
“How can you be so heartless? I am your grandfather.”
“That’s right. You’re my grandfather, but what did you do to me?! You did so many shameless things just to fulfil your grand ambition. Grandpa, you’re old and you don’t have the ability to lead the company by yourself, so you just wanted to take a shortcut. You don’t have the ability to save this company and your era is over!”
Michael said mercilessly, “In fact, you should thank Abbie the most and you should be glad that she is still alive. I changed my mind and forgave you because of this, and I saved you from a life of misery as well.”
Wayne’s face was pale and his lips were trembling, but he couldn’t say anything. Michael was right. He really didn’t have the power and capabilities that he used to have, so he wanted a stable foundation and relied on external parties.
Michael stood up. “If you don’t want to lose everything, you should make the arrangements immediately. I’ll go first!”
After Michael left, Wayne sat on the sofa for a long time.
Wayne seemed to have aged considerably in just a few minutes.
The butler was watching him and Michael talking from a distance, but he didn’t know what they were talking about. Judging from Wayne’s expression, it seemed that something terrible must have happened.
The butler quietly went over to pour him a cup of tea. “Sir, have a cup of tea!”
Wayne came to his senses and took the tea from the housekeeper to gulp it down. Then, he put down the teacup and stood up. “Go to the company immediately and gather everyone for a meeting!”
Francis was carried into the car by a bodyguard after he was passed out. Azalea was sitting in the car as she waited for him, but she immediately got out of the car when she saw Francis being carried out. “What happened?”
Frederick ignored Azalea and ordered the driver, “Quick, send him to the hospital immediately!”
Azalea followed Francis into the car and they went straight to the hospital. She knew that something bad must have happened when she saw this, but she did not expect that it would have something to do with her. She thought it was because of Casper, so she cursed him in her heart.
After Francis arrived at the hospital, the doctor immediately started to stabilize his condition.
He was so angry that he fainted, but he didn’t have any serious problems and he finally woke up after being treated by the doctor.
Francis suddenly sat up after regaining consciousness and he had a terrifying expression on his face. This made the first aid doctor jump in shock because Francis looked as if he was going to kill someone.
The doctor took a few steps back and reached out to hold his chest. “Are you awake? How do you feel?”
Francis ignored the doctor. Instead, he pulled out the needles from his body and fell to the ground while he shouted, “Frederick! Frederick!”
Frederick, who was waiting outside the emergency room, immediately pushed the door open and came in when he heard his name. “How are you feeling, Sir?”
“I…” Francis spat out a word as he was filled with pure fury!
He had always thought that he was smarter than everyone and that everything was under his control. He was sure that he could get all of Michael’s assets, but he had never thought that it was just his wishful thinking.
Michael dealt with Casper because knew that about Francis’ ill intentions beforehand. Since this was the case, how could he let Francis go as well?
Furthermore, how could Michael let him earn profits from his investments? It was clear that Michael had been luring him from the beginning.
He was too confident at that time and he didn’t think straight because he was blinded by greed. That was why he ended up like this.
Francis regretted it. If he had known about this result, he would not have schemed against Michael at the start. But there was no turning back now and Michael would not let him go, so he had to find a way to fight back.
Francis reached out and grabbed Frederick’s hand. “Call Michael’s assistant and withdraw all our funds!”
Frederick looked at how weak Francis looked and he did not ask any more questions. He immediately went to make a phone call, but it could not get through.
Francis knew that the assistant would not answer his calls. “Go and find him now! I’ll go with you!”
“Are you sure?” Frederick asked worriedly.
“It’s okay, I’ll make it out of this alive!” Francis insisted on looking for Michael, so Frederick had no choice but to hold him as he walked out of the room.
When Azalea saw Francis walking out, she immediately greeted him. “Dad, are you awake now? You scared me to death just now!”
Francis immediately became furious again when he saw Azalea. At that moment, he ignored the surrounding doctors and nurses and asked, “Tell me honestly, who is the father of your b*stard child?”
“Dad, isn’t it Michael?” Azalea answered with an aggrieved look.
“What? Hah… are you still hiding something from me!?”
Francis roared in anger. Just now, Michael’s assistant had said that Michael wasn’t the father of Azalea’s child.
Who else could the child belong to? Azalea had a bad name when she was still an artist. At that time, he had spent a lot of money to suppress the bad rumours that surrounded Azalea. Since this was the case, how would Azalea have lied to him about the child?
He had only thought of using Azalea’s child as a bargaining chip. If she had lied to him from the very beginning, then she would be the main culprit of his failure.
Azalea looked at Francis’ fierce gaze and took a few steps back. “I didn’t hide anything from you, Michael is the father of my child!”
“Michael’s assistant has already told me on the phone that he has nothing to do with your son! How can you explain this?”
“It’s… it’s impossible! That assistant is talking nonsense. I have never slept with another man except for Michael, so how could the child be someone else’s?”
Francis was in a hurry to find Michael’s assistant, so he didn’t have time to argue with Azalea. “Hmph! I don’t have time to talk about this matter with you, I’ll discuss it with you later!”