My Dreamy Old Husband
Chapter 1199

Alex felt a boost in his energy once he saw an increasing amount of his supporters swarming in.Now that he had leverage over Cooper, he felt an unlimited amount of confidence within him andcalled the latter out the moment he saw Cooper walking toward them. “You're finally here, Cooper!”However, Cooper barely noticed Alex's presence as he walked straight toward Sophia. “Daddy!”Sophia was both surprised and glad to see Cooper. “Why did you come back?”

Cooper's gaze was fixed upon Sophia's clothes as he walked toward her and tugged lightly at herleopard-print jacket. “Are you cold? Do you need another jacket?” he asked. Someone from theMitchell Family had uploaded a livestream of the incident, and those who weren't able to bephysically there could watch it online. Cooper saw his little sweetheart getting out of a helicopter inthe cold weather, and he was worried that she would freeze to death in her clothes.

His words gave Sophia a warm, fuzzy feeling. “I'm fine. My clothes are thick,” she replied. OnceCooper was certain that his precious baby wasn’t too cold, he patted her on the shoulder. “Go andwait in the car. I'll come join you in a bit,” he said. With a swift gesture, Cooper then turned andheaded toward Woody's grave. Both him and Linus began paying their respects to Woody.However, Sophia didn't leave just yet. She wanted to watch Cooper reclaim his role as the familyhead of the Mitchell Family. On the other hand, Michael led Sophia aside. Cooper was supposed tobe the one handling this issue today, and Michael was freezing—all he wanted to do was go home.Meanwhile, Alex wore a pleased expression on his face as he watched Cooper and Linus paying theirrespects. “You're finally here, Cooper! You've been hiding in your shell for 20 years now! Now thatyou're here, I believe you owe the rest of the Mitchell Family members an explanation for whatyou've done! You should explain where you've been for the past 20 years in front of our ancestors!Where were you when your father developed Alzheimer's disease because of your disappearance?Where were you when your father was bedridden with his illness?” Alex sent a stream of questionsdirectly into Cooper's face, but the latter maintained his solemn expression; Cooper and Linuscontinued to bow and showed their respects to Woody and Beyoncé's gravestones.

Woody's wife, Beyoncé, had her gravestone placed right next to Woody's. She was the youngestdaughter of the Michel Group's family head, but she had changed her surname after gettingmarried to Woody. There was no picture of her on the tombstone; only her married name wascarved on it.

"Cooper, you must be keeping quiet because you have something to hide, huh? Haha! How can acowardly scoundrel like you ever become the family head of the Mitchell Family?” Alex's mencontinued to chant, stirring up a ruckus. Their voices were louder amidst the silence of themountains, and everyone could hear their cries. “Cooper is a traitor!”

However, Cooper continued to keep his mouth shut. He kneeled down in front of Woody's gravequietly, only standing up after the last piece of joss paper was completely burned. He then gaveWoody's tombstone a long, deep stare before he turned around and walked down the hill from theancestral grave. Shortly after, he came to a halt in front of all the members of the Mitchell Family.There was a huge crowd that day; about 8,000 to 10,000 pairs of eyes stared at Cooper and Linus asthey waited for him to provide an explanation. Alex, on the other hand, was beaming with joy as hefelt like he had already achieved victory. After today, Cooper will definitely be known as the mostunfaithful and ungrateful child after today! I'll force him to kneel in front of the ancestral grave later—that way, he can ask for forgiveness from our ancestors! I'll make him utterly embarrassed byforcing him to confess all of his sins!

“Hahaha! I bet you're speechless now, Cooper! You're just a coward and a traitor,” Alex shouted. Tohis surprise, Cooper took the microphone from Michael before he began to address the crowd.“Dear members of the Mitchell Family, I, Cooper Mitchell, have a few things to say today.”

Alex quickly interrupted him. “Stop trying to replace excuses for yourself, Cooper. Just admit it..."

“I am indeed at fault,” Cooper uttered. The crowd exclaimed in shock as they hadn't expected him tobe so straightforward. He was very forthcoming about it, which was a rare sight in well-knownindividuals like him—even Alex found himself dumbstruck by Cooper's words. This is an insufferablyarrogant man who has always placed himself above everyone throughout his entire life. Why is headmitting his faults so easily?

“I once felt a great deal of resentment toward the family that nurtured and brought me up. I hatethat this family snatched my lover away from me; I hate that it forced me apart from my ownbeloved children; I hate that it tortured my lover and caused my children to suffer from a youngage,” Cooper said as he glanced at his own children, his gaze filled with nothing but warmth.However, his voice was stern and firm as he continued speaking. “I never attempted to deny myfaults. I made a mistake because I was too young and immature back then. I feel extremelyapologetic toward my father and my family. I, Cooper Mitchell, would like to ask my ancestors forforgiveness. I hope that my wise ancestors can give me—their disgraceful grandchild—anopportunity to right my wrongs.”

The crowd fell silent after his speech. Both supporters of Alex and Cooper were equallydumbfounded. This influential man was just chit-chatting with the foreign presidents and politiciansyesterday; how can he just openly admit his faults in public now? Doesn't he feel burdened by hisrole as a famous man? Everyone didn't know what to say at that point. Cooper had admitted hismistakes in such a quick and simple way; Alex didn't even have the time to construct a sentence toattack Cooper in return.

“Now, I've returned to compensate for all the mistakes that I made when I was younger. I'd also liketo make it up...” Cooper turned and took a long glance at Woody's grave. “I'd like to make it up tomy father and my children.” The weather was brutally cold; although Cooper didn't mind catching acold himself, he surely couldn't have his little sweetheart falling ill in this weather. Sophia's face isturning red because of the cold! My heart hurts just seeing it. Therefore, he made his speech short.“I hereby announce my official acceptance of the role as the Mitchell Family's family head. Thosewho are willing to walk by my side as we lead the Mitchell Group toward glory and success onceagain can now leave with me!”

With that said, Cooper hastily left the crowd with Sophia and Linus following behind him. Once heleft, Sean, Justin, Derek, Vincent, Dimon, Drake and the rest of the men quickly tagged along behindhim. A large crowd followed them unhesitatingly. Right then, everyone could clearly tell who thewinner was between Alex and Cooper. There were a few members who hesitated for a while, butthey finally went along with Cooper.

A large group of people strode off behind Cooper, and some of the supporters who were initially onAlex's side even sneaked off quietly once they saw that the bigger party had left; they quickly toreoff the emblem identifying themselves as Alex's supporters. Once again, Alex was left dumbfoundedas he watched his supporters leaving his side. He couldn't help but cry out loud when he saw thathis number of men were decreasing. “You guys need to come back now! All of you are traitors!Traitors!”

Similarly, Sandra was losing her mind. If Cooper is now the official family head of the Mitchell Familyand Alex is no longer in power, what does that make me now? She had just been officially removedfrom the Mitchell Family! How is this even possible? I was the one who saved this entire family whenNatasha ruined the Mitchell Family's reputation. I was the one who worked so hard to rebuild ahealthy image for the Mitchells just so that they could uphold their reputation. My very existence isthe reason why the Mitchell Group's shares went up in price. I am the actual hero of the MitchellFamily. I should be the Young Lady of the Mitchell Family! She simply couldn't allow Cooper to leavejust like that.

Right then, Sandra was struck by a sudden flash of inspiration as she recalled something. Sheimmediately charged forward to snatch the microphone into her own hands and broadcasted hervoice to all of the Mitchell Family members present that day. “Cooper, your only son is a disgusting,gay man. How can you be the head of the family when you're going to die without anydescendants?!”