280: Chapter 280

Chapter 280

"Just tell me why you need me here, Dad," Henry said as he tried to get straight to the point before they fought again.  0

"I'm just making sure you are still on track, Henry," Marlon replied. "You told me that you will take Kate's baby and give it to me. But it'd still take a few more months, and I'm not sure you won't fall in love with her if you stay with her for so long."

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Henry clenched his fist, trying to suppress the guilt in his heart, and replied, "You don't need to worry about trivial stuff like that. I'm not going to fall in love with her. You know that all of my girlfriends in the past are around the same age as me."

Marlon nodded, "Good, I don't want you to be influenced by that witch as well."

"… what will you do if I fall in love with her, though?" Henry asked, then added, "Just in a what-if situation. Will you kill me too?"

Marlon closed his eyes. He looked a bit annoyed that Henry would think he was that cruel. 

"I'm doing everything necessary to maintain our family image and reputation. I am not a cruel bastard," Marlon said, though Henry doubted that claim. "If you actually fell in love with her, I will do it with my hand."

"By killing me?"

"No, by killing her," Marlon replied coldly. "I can't lose another heir from that witch. So I will kill her instead. If it's possible, I want the baby to survive so I can raise it, but if it dies with the mother, then so be it."

Marlon sighed, "I really want that grandchild, though. I want to train him to ensure he will be my obedient dog. So after you retire from the company, my grandson will take care of the company and handle it perfectly."

"So you just want a dog in the end?"

"You could say that," Marlon replied. "I can't do the same if you have a child with Sarah because she is a noble herself and will protect her baby, but I can definitely train that bitch's son like a dog after I killed his mother. Who cares about a peasant dog's feelings anyway?"

"You should see that I am not an evil man, Henry," Marlon said. "I will never hurt an innocent child coming out of an innocent woman's belly. But any child from that witch will be impure from birth, so I should get some of my revenge on that baby."

Henry felt cold all over. 

His body felt light, as if blood had been drained out of his body.

He didn't care if his father threatened to kill him. He had no self-preservation as he felt that James deserved to live much more than him.

But he didn't expect his father to attack an innocent woman and her baby just because his sons were in love with her. 

"Son?" Marlon called him as Henry was standing in a daze. 

Henry clenched his fist. 

Right at this moment, Henry wanted nothing but to punch Marlon until his brain burst out of his skull. 

He had to protect Kate and their baby no matter what!

But Penny suddenly nudged him with her elbow before he could do anything rash and said, "No need to be so tense, honey. You should be glad that you won't be killed. You will be guaranteed as the heir of the Grant family, isn't that amazing?"

Henry glared at his mother, who didn't seem to mind Marlon's crazy talk just now.

In fact, she seemed to be genuinely happy knowing that an innocent woman and her child would die because of this. 

"That's why you shouldn't screw up like your brother, okay?" Penny warned. "Besides, you already have Sarah, right? She is a perfect woman who was born and raised as a noble lady. She is P-E-R-F-E-C-T—Perfect!"

"Sarah doesn't seem to like me," Henry said as he tried to dodge the eventual wedding with Sarah.

Sarah also didn't like him. They were just good friends at best.

She agreed to be his fiancee because she also wanted to avenge James' death, and the engagement helped Henry to appease Marlon's demand and gave him a leeway to execute his plan to seduce Kate and take the baby. 

"Sarah doesn't like you? Nonsense! She told me that she can't wait to marry you!" Penny pouted. "You should meet her later. Maybe try texting her more? Or you two can have a fun time on a romantic vacation! Oh, I totally remember my vacation with your father back then! It was amazing that I got pregnant in the end, right, hubby?"

"Hmph," Marlon snorted. He had to admit that he liked Penny's body more because Dahlia was already around his age, saggy and old. She was also a lot more reserved and smarter than the ever-bubbly Penny. 

So, he didn't mind getting rid of Dahlia after James' death. It was far better to stay with a woman whom you could control.

"Besides, Sarah is already thirty-two years old. You need to marry her soon. She's waiting for the proposal," Penny urged, but the more she urged, the more reluctant Henry got.

He had a crush on Sarah when he was a child and confessed.

But Sarah rejected him, and he moved on quickly. 

That feeling never returned. Now, he already had Kate, whose presence filled every empty space in his heart until he could think of nobody other than her. 

"I will talk to her later," Henry said to appease Marlon and Penny. He stared at his father and added, "If that's all you want to say, I will leave now. I don't want to be stuck in this place for too long."

"This place is your home! You grew up here!" Marlon snapped.

Henry scoffed in response, "A home is where I can feel safe and at peace, and frankly, I'm not getting it in here. I can only feel dread and hatred when I see your face."

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