Chapter 316 Envied By Others
Early the next morning, the first thing Eliza did was drive to the hospital to check on Demarion.
Last night, after she and Beau went home to rest, the butler was by Demarion's side to take care of him.
Even though Eliza knew that the butler was a rather considerate person, he had also watched Braint and Demarion growing up.
However, if she didn't see Demarion lying peacefully on the hospital bed, she would not be at ease.
After she arrived at the ward, she pushed the door and went in as usual.
She thought that the back figure sitting in the ward was the butler, so she said while entering the door,
"Thank you. I've brought you the porridge I cooked in the morning. Eat it while it's hot. Go back and have a rest."
"Okay, thank you."
A deep and old voice rang out.
Eliza's hand that was opening the container paused slightly.
This voice...
No!
Although the voice was also very old, it was not the butler's voice.
The butler's voice was far more hoarse than this.
Eliza raised her eyes alertly. "You..."
Before she finished her words, her pupils suddenly tightened when they landed on the old man's face.
"Dad?"
The person standing by the bed was none other than Beau's adopted father, Jory.
The old man was more than 70 years old. It seemed that he had stayed by Demarion's bed for the whole night. His eyes were bloodshot and covered with black circles.
Eliza was stunned for a while and quickly walked over to help the old man stand up. Then, she helped him sit down at the dining table. "Why are you here?"
Last night, Beau had clearly arranged for the butler to stay here and keep watch.
Jory smiled as he picked up the spoon and started eating his porridge. He chuckled and said, "Do you think I can't take care of my grandson anymore?"
As he spoke, he looked at Eliza with some annoyance. "Are you treating me like an outsider after knowing that I'm not Beau's biological father?"
Eliza paused and quickly shook her head. "No, no."
Neither she nor Beau had ever treated Jory as an outsider.
She had seen how well Jory treated Braint and Demarion.
Moreover, Beau had said that Jory treated him well.
This was also the reason why Beau, after knowing that he was a member of the Benton family, still kept his last name from the Valentine family. He was willing to abandon the Sahil Group of Sage City and return to Krine to help take care of the Valentine's Group.
Because Beau had said that Elias was dead, and Matthew was the only heir to the Valentine family.
Matthew was always indecisive and he was not calm enough to handle the business yet.
Therefore, he wanted to continue to help run the Valentine's Group until Matthew was willing to take over it.
In short...
Whether it was Eliza or Beau, both of them showed no disrespect for Jory.
"No?"
Jory snorted. "Why didn't you tell me about Demarion's illness?"
Eliza was stunned. She bit her lip and said, "It's because... you just lost a son..."
Elias was dead. The person who was suffering the most should be Jory, right?
Jory sighed. "Elias..."
He turned to look at Eliza. "Do you know why I named him Elias?"
Eliza paused, and then shook her head.
Jory sighed. "Because his biological father has a similar name."
Eliza's eyes instantly widened. "You mean..."
"He is the son of my wife, who had passed away, with another man."
Jory's words caused Eliza's head to rumble.
She stared blankly at Jory's face and suddenly didn't know what to say.
She already knew that Beau was not Jory's son.
But she had never thought that even Elias wasn't his own son as well.
"It's shocking, isn't it?"
Jory sighed and looked into the distance. His voice was faint, "My wife once betrayed me, and I was always kept in the dark."
"When Elias was only seven years old, she was terminally ill and only told me the truth before she died."
"Elias has high self-esteem. In order not to hurt him, I have been hiding it from him."
"But I've not been feeling good. When I thought that he was born because my wife betrayed me..."
"I could not treat him like how I treat Matthew's father."
Eliza bit her lips and carefully opened her mouth. "But..."
Wasn't Beau the same...
Perhaps he could see through her thought, and Jory shook his head. "Beau is different."
With that, his eyebrows raised as he glanced at Eliza. "Everyone said that I was not acting like an elder. I was almost 50 years old when I married a 20-year-old girl."
"But no one knows that Beau's mother, Nyree, and I, are innocent."
Eliza was stunned.
Today, what Jory told her had greatly shocked her. "Then you..."
"I pitied her and the child in her belly, so I promised to marry her and help raise her son after she died."
Jory lowered his head and ate his porridge slowly. He said, "Beau's biological father is called Vincent. There weren't many youngsters who were as outstanding as him in business back then."
"Your parents, Hamza and Shreya... were only on the same par with him."
Eliza pursed her lips. "After that, he..."
Regarding Beau's birth father, Eliza had actually heard some rumors.
It was said that he died early.
"Those who are too excellent will always be envied by others."
"Not only will they be envied by others, but they will also be coveted by a lot of women."
Jory closed his eyes and sighed. "Vincent and Nyree used to be an enviable couple."
"Nyree is an orphan. She was adopted by the Chapman family when she was a child. Like your foster father, Luca, her foster father was also a good friend of Hamza."
"Then in a commercial cocktail party, she met Vincent. They fell in love with each other and became a couple."
"In order to repay the Chapman family for raising Nyree, Vincent arranged the marriage between the Benton family and the Chapman family. He promised that if the Chapman family is in trouble in the future, the Benton family will give up all their wealth to help the Chapman family when the engagement is fulfilled."
Eliza bit her lips.
She had been curious why Sergey had always said that as long as the Chapman family and the Benton family were connected through marriage, the Benton family could help the Chapman family through the difficult times.
At that time, she also thought that even if the marriage was done, the Benton family did not have to help the Chapman family, did they?
Jory's words dispelled her doubts for a long time.
However ...
"Then... how did Mr. Benton die?"
"Like Beau, not only was he extraordinary, he was also handsome."
Jory sighed and shook his head helplessly, sighing while having porridge.
"Later, he met a woman who did anything just to get him."
"In order to seduce him, she even changed her name to Nyree."
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