Goodbye My Arrogant Ex (Marguerite and Leonard) novel Chapter 285

Baron Murphy was furious when he heard the news—he never imagined that his supposed son wasn’t even his own flesh and blood. True, he hadn’t been back in years and had long since forgotten about the family he left behind, but this was beyond belief.

To think that, in his younger days, he’d been made a fool of—raising another man’s son all these years under his own roof! But what stung even more was that this boy had been parading around for years, flaunting the title of Murphy heir, enjoying the privileges that should have belonged to his real family.

Baron had never been the responsible type. He’d always been selfish, indifferent to the affairs of home, content to let others handle the mess. But this—this was too much. He couldn’t swallow this insult. Someone had to pay.

“As your brother, I’m honestly devastated. I’m furious, too. This is about our family’s reputation—we spent years raising someone else’s child. For what?” Aaron’s voice was hard, unwavering. “Now even Mom’s lost her mind. It’s like she’s fallen under some spell cast by those two. She insists on handing the company over to them. Even if I wanted to step up, she won’t let me near it.”

“That’s why I had to call you. We need to stick together now, you and I. We can’t let what’s rightfully ours fall into the hands of outsiders. We have to figure out how to take back what belongs to us.”

“You know how hard Mom worked to build this company. It’s her life’s work—her legacy to us. How could we just let strangers take charge? And now, the whole world is watching, waiting for us to make a fool of ourselves.”

Aaron’s argument was airtight, and his resolve was clear.

“Don’t worry—I won’t just stand by and do nothing,” Baron replied, his voice steely. “I never wanted to meddle in family business. You all could do whatever you liked. I had no interest in Mom’s inheritance. But now? I have no choice but to come back. I’ll book the earliest flight home, and we’ll figure this out together. We’ll decide how to handle this mess.”

“Why do they keep provoking her?” Marguerite asked, frustration in her voice. “What do they hope to gain by hurting her like this?”

If anything truly happened to Grandma, they’d regret it for the rest of their lives. That kind of guilt never fades. Didn’t they feel even a shred of remorse?

Marguerite simply couldn’t understand their motives, nor did she know how to handle the tangled mess between the families.

“They only want one thing,” Leonard said grimly. “They want the company. They want it all for themselves.”