When There Is Nothing Left But Love
Chapter 235

Chapter 235

I looked at Jared and forced a smile. “See? If you think this isn’t enough of a reason for me to hate him,I can tell you more. He’s like a brother to you, so I can understand why you feel the need to defendhim, Dr. Crest. Perhaps to you, I merely lost a child, and no matter how you think about it, it just doesn’tseem like such a big deal. Well, I’m sorry to say this, but this is how I am. I must get my revenge at allcosts. Not to mention, that child was my life!”

No one in this world could truly empathize with others. Some couldn’t even bring themselves to feelsympathy, and most would only stand on the sidelines to watch the show.

After leaving the hospital with Marcus, he sighed with a contemplative gaze. “John really went over thetop this time. It’ll be difficult for you to do anything from now on. There’s no doubt that the Moore familywill have their guard up.”

I nodded and released a tired sigh. John had directly played the video in the hospital so that Ashtonwould feel anguished upon watching it.

Whatever. Since things have already been put into motion, there is no reason to stop now.

As he started the car, I looked sideways at him and asked, “Did you take a photo of the child?”

My voice was calm, but his body visibly stiffened. He glanced back at me and said, “Didn’t you say youdidn’t want to see it?”

My breath caught in my throat as I looked out of the window, struggling to breathe through the pain inmy chest. “Mm, I don’t. Send it to John. Tell him to hack it into Rebecca’s phone discreetly. If possible,do it at midnight.”

He nodded and drove for a while before changing the subject. “Is there any news about the AI project?”

I nodded. “John is a computer expert. There’s a tech company in J City. Many of their researchers aregeniuses, but they have poor management. We’re planning to make a trip there one of these days andreplace a way to acquire it.”

He raised his brows. “A company like that exists?”

“Yeah!”

“Alright, it seems like you don’t have to risk HiTech anymore.” He smiled faintly with a subtle tease inhis tone.

My eyes dipped to my lap before looking at him again. “If it fails and I lose HiTech, I’ll have to live offyou.”

He bellowed with laughter at that. “Sure!”

By the time I reached home, it was already past midnight. Fortunately, there were many rooms in thehouse. He found a random one to sleep in while I went to my bedroom. With so many things on mymind, it was yet another sleepless night.

Sharon would be celebrating her 56th birthday on the fourth of November.

The Baumans were considered scholars in K City. Sharon had stayed with them after her divorce fromBenjamin. They weren’t a large family, and among them were two elderlies who were close to ahundred years old.

Sharon had two older brothers; one was in politics while the other in business. They both had a soneach, who had moved abroad and settled down with families of their own there. Hence, they rarelycame back to visit.

Sharon was the youngest daughter in the family, so she was rather spoiled and arrogant. Marcus wasaware of his mother’s temper and would occasionally advise her on it, but he eventually gave up.

When Marcus said he was taking me to her birthday banquet, I refused flatly. After all, I had rubbedelbows with Sharon before, but the outcome wasn’t very pleasant.

Marcus smiled. “The Baumans are scholars. The two elders will be holding a birthday banquet for mymother, and they’ve invited many business and political figures. The Moore family will be attending too.Don’t you want revenge? Well, this is the perfect time to strike.”

I was stunned for a while and came back to my senses after his words registered in my mind. If I wasreally serious about bringing the Moore family down, I had to become their equal or perhaps superior tothem. Only then would I be able to overturn them. Otherwise, everything I did would be insignificant,and I would never achieve the desired effect.

I glanced at Marcus and nodded. “Fine. I’ll go!”

The world’s social structure looked simple. All of us were human beings living on the same planet.

However, no human was the same. We were all divided into different categories, like a pyramid. Somepeople would never be able to climb from the bottom to the top even if they were given a few lifetimes.

Poor people could rely on education to climb up one level at most and live a relatively comfortable life,but to climb another level higher, they would need talent and wisdom.

However, when you reached a certain level, talent and wisdom were no longer valid. The next thingwas to rely on connections and blood relations. Gaining a firm foothold in the upper-class circles at thepyramid’s apex depended on how tactful you were at garnering admiration and respect from others.

The reasons Cameron was shunned by the Moore family for many years were her family backgroundand lack of wisdom.

It was only because of Zachary’s persistence, the discovery of their long-lost daughter, and the wealthCameron had accumulated over the years that the Moore family begrudgingly accepted her.

Rebecca’s instant boost through the ranks was solely because of blood relation, and such was life; noone could control the direction in which it flowed.

Marcus informed me the plan for that day, “I’ll come to pick you up at 6 p.m., which is an hour earlier.Then I’ll take you to shop and get your makeup done.”

I nodded since doing it myself would probably be a bad idea. Seeing how compliant I was, he grewslightly worried.