Chapter 399 Unwillingness
In the hospital, inside the VP's office.
"Hey, Mr. Duncan, everything's done just like you said. No worries, it's all smooth."
The other end mumbled something.
The VP's chubby face lit up with a grin. "Alright, alright, and what about that thing you promised me? Good, then I can chill." He hung up, took a leisurely sip of coffee, and thought about how he'd be moving to another hospital as the big boss next week.
It was a close call, but everything worked out in the end.
On the other end of the line, John's face was stormy.
He glared at Carlos. "Useless! All you do is mess things up, and I gotta clean up after you. Do you even get what would happen if Adrian finds out? You'll be doomed then! You got some nerve, pulling this without telling me. If my guys hadn't tipped me off, I wouldn't have known you were up to something big today!"
Carlos gritted his teeth. "Even without your help, I wouldn't have let anything slip. Adrian won't find out! You think I can't do anything right, that I'm useless no matter what. Then why'd you have me, why'd you raise me? Dad, am I really that worthless to you? If I'm always second to Adrian, then why protect me? Just hand me over to the Howard family!"
"You!" John almost blew a gasket, nearly passing out!
"Don't you dare talk back to me!" He slammed the table.
Carlos dropped to his knees on the carpet, silent.
John saw Carlos's defiant look and slammed the table again. Usually, he handled the Howard family's small stuff and, being tall and imposing, was already pretty authoritative. Right now, with his face full of rage, Carlos was scared stiff.
John barked, "Spill everything about this and your deal with Alice! Leave out one word, and I'll beat you to death!"
"I've known Alice for a while. We met at a party, hooked up after. Back then, Alice hadn't met Adrian. Her private life was wild, and we slept together a few times. Didn't expect her to suddenly latch onto Adrian. She saved him, and he agreed to marry her, but she was already pregnant with my kid. She wanted to abort, but we decided not to. Dad, don't you think if she marries Adrian while carrying my kid, the Howard family's assets will eventually be ours?"
John snapped, "Shut up, watch your mouth. Mr. Howard's been good to me; the Howard family is my home!" But deep down, he didn't feel the same.
He was the Howard family's butler, handling all the big and small stuff. But his power was limited to the Howard family. In the Howard Group, he was just a nominal VP, and aside from being the Howard family's adopted son, he had nothing else.
He was an adopted son, but the treatment of adopted sons varies.
He'd taken a bullet for Ruben, lost an eye, and Ruben adopted him out of gratitude.
Even as an adopted son, his kid Carlos was just the butler's son in the Howard family. But Jamie, he had to call Jamie "Mr. Lawson," and Jamie dined at the main table with Adrian and the others.
That was the difference; he was just a glorified servant.
He couldn't be content with that!
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