Free Web NovelChapter 467: Chapter 467: From This Moment On, I’ll Say I Love You (67)
’Eleanor, do you think I’d still believe a word you say?’
’Do you think I’d still care if you live or die?’
’Impossible. Absolutely impossible...’
Seeing that Archie Lockwood seemed to have something on his mind, Julius Lockwood frowned and said in a low voice, "Archie, if you have company business to attend to, you can head back."
"It’s nothing," Archie Lockwood said coldly.
"Really? It’s nothing? Archie, do you take me for a senile old man?"
Archie Lockwood clenched his fists and turned to face Master Lockwood, his gaze fixed on him. "Actually, there is something I need to say. I want to... renounce my claim to the Lockwood Family inheritance."
"Why? Archie, are you still holding a grudge against me?" Julius Lockwood hadn’t expected his son to say such a thing, and his face filled with shock and pain. freёwebnoѵel.com
"I don’t want to bring up the past. Do you know why you’re lying in this bed? It’s because of that damned will of yours."
"Did Jason Lockwood do something to force you to give this up?" Julius Lockwood’s eyes narrowed as he asked harshly.
’He knew the character of the son he’d raised for over twenty years better than anyone.’
"No. I just don’t want anything that’s yours."
"If it was him, I’ll teach him a lesson for you as soon as I’m out of the hospital."
"Do you have any idea what state the Lockwood Family is in? How many of those people are genuinely loyal to you? For the past month or so you’ve been in a coma, the whole clan has already closed ranks with Jason Lockwood!"
"The audacity! I’m only in a coma for a little over a month, and they’re already staging a rebellion!"
Archie Lockwood clenched his fists, his gaze menacing as he said coldly, "Renouncing my claim doesn’t mean it will fall into Jason Lockwood’s hands."
"What are you planning to do?"
"You don’t need to worry about any of that." With that, Archie Lockwood strode out of the hospital room.
’He couldn’t care less about anything to do with the Lockwood Family, nor did he want it. But even if he didn’t want it, he would never, ever allow it to fall into Jason Lockwood’s hands.’
’He wasn’t doing this for Eleanor. He was doing it for himself, and for his late mother...’
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「In the dead of night, around one in the morning.」
Eleanor Bishop glanced at the men sleeping like logs in the room, then at Gia Miller, who was slumped over the table asleep. Quietly, she stood up.
However, the movement made her chair shift, letting out a soft CREAK.
Gia Miller, who had been dozing on the table, was startled awake by the sound. She lifted her head and looked coldly at Eleanor Bishop.
Meeting Gia Miller’s gaze, Eleanor was so startled that she immediately sat back down.
Gia Miller didn’t say a word. Instead, she got up, walked to the bed, and pulled a key from under the pillow. She placed it on the table before returning to her chair and slumping back over to sleep.
Eleanor Bishop looked at the key on the table, then back at Gia Miller, her brow tightly furrowed.
’What does she mean by this? Is she letting me leave?’
Eleanor Bishop stood up, tiptoed over to the table, and picked up the key. She turned and headed for the door.
She unlocked the door, closed it gently behind her, and then ran. freeweɓnøvel.com
She ran for a long time before seeing a large iron gate up ahead. Glancing at the key in her hand, her heart was a mess of complicated feelings. She walked up to the gate, used the key to open it, and saw the main road on the other side.
Thinking of the terrifying woman back in the room, Eleanor Bishop didn’t know how to describe her feelings at that moment...
’Why did that woman help me?’
