Three yearster, Dereck finally relented and agreed to a divorce after seeing Unity, who hadpletely lost her mind, and Alexei, who was scarred and resentful.
He’d gotten rid of the servants who’d been taking care of Unity and Alexei.
That day, all of them got into the car together. Alexei had clung to Unity. Teri hade along just to witness Unity’s moment of defeat.
After waiting for years, Teri was finally able to be with the man she’d been in love with for so long. She was absolutely thrilled.
She couldn’t help but feel smug, mocking Unity for all her scheming to marry into the Turner family, only to end up unable to protect herself.
Unity couldn’t even give her parents a good ending.
Maybe even the heavens couldn’t bear letting a viin like Teri have a happy ending.
As they got onto the highway, Unity, her mind pushed past its breaking point, suddenly let out a shrill scream.
She climbed over the back seat and lunged for the steering wheel.
The car crashed into the guardrail and plunged down.
In that ident, Unity finally found her release.
She fought desperately to shield Alexei right up to herst breath, and thanks to her, Alexei only suffered minor injuries.
Dereck, on the other hand, ended up with severe internal damage and was hospitalized for almost a year.
As for Teri, she lost the baby she’d been carrying for three months. With it, she lost any hope of ever being a mother. The doctors had to remove her uterus.
The tangled grudge between the three of them finally came to a tragic and bloody end.
After getting out of the hospital, Dereck still ended up marrying Teri.
As Dereck’s only son, Alexei should’ve finally gotten better treatment. But every time Teri saw him, all she could think about was the baby she’d lost.
She got even more obsessed and cruel,ing up with every twisted way she could think of
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She’d lock him up in a pitch–ck room, leave him hungry, jab him with needles, even shove him under water.
Dereck couldn’t stop Teri every time. He knew she was full of resentment, and as long as she didn’t go too far, he just let her have her
way.
To be honest, sometimes when Alexei looked at him, Dereck felt a chill running down his spine.
That fierce, wolf–cub re was even scarier than anything he’d ever seen from an adult.
His tacit approval only fueled Teri’s cruelty. The worst time, she even went so far as to n to dump Alexei deep in the mountains and let the wolves have him.
That was the first time Alexei ever came to Edgar’s notice.
It took a whole month for the Turner family to finally track Alexei down. By the time they found him, they thought they’d be bringing back a corpse.
He was only ten years old. No one ever thought a kid that age couldst that long out in the wild.
In a moment of anger, Dereck actually struck Teri.
The two of them got into such a fierce fight at home that it finally caused enough of amotion to rm Edgar.
Edgar had only gone to the mountains nning to deal with the aftermath, but what he found was beyond anything he’d imagined.
He saw Alexei covered in wounds, his clothes stiff with dried blood and sweat, clutching a wolf pup and desperately sucking its blood to survive.
Alexei had a look that he would fight tooth and nail just to stay alive. It left a mark on Edgar he’d never forget,
He couldn’t help butugh out loud. “Now that’s the kind of grit and ferocity that proves a true Turner.”
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When they got back, Edgar disciplined the irresponsible Dereck and Teri. Against everyone’s objections, he insisted on bringing Alexei with him to personally raise and mentor him.
It was then that Edgar realized just how exceptionally talented Alexei was. He was brilliantly intelligent.
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Alexei didn’t let him down. Once he was in a new environment, he soaked up everything like a sponge, desperate to grow stronger.
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By the time Alexei reached adulthood, he was already establishing his own influence and building a power base of his own.
As expected, Alexei became the most outstanding heir of his generation. He was even outshining all those who came before him.
But on the day Edgar decided to personally raise and mentor Alexei, he never imagined that Alexei would one day bite back at him.
‘The entire Turner family is his. What more could he possibly want?‘ Edgar thought.
Now, Edgar finally understood. For Alexei, the Turner family was nowhere near enough.
Edgar had always figured Alexei would hold a grudge over what happened to his mother, but Edgar felt that every family had its dirty secrets.
All these years, Alexei had just been cold and distant. Aside from breaking Dereck’s legs four years ago, he hadn’t really made any big moves.
Edgar had convinced himself that Alexei had gotten over it, that the whole mess was water under the bridge.
But when Melvin ended up being a vegetable, and his son waspletely ruined, Edgar realized that Alexei’s revenge was only just getting started.
Alexei wanted to make sure there was no peace left in the Turner family. He wanted everyst one of them to live in misery and pain.
Natasha’s appearance only deepened Edgar’s suspicions.
The elders of the Turner family wanted to use marriage to leash Alexei, who had slipped out of their control.
However, Alexei decided to use marriage as his weapon against them.
Natasha was a perfect de. She charged forward without hesitation, bold and utterly fearless.
Maybe Natasha couldn’t do much damage right away, but that didn’t matter to Alexei.
As long as she could mess with them, keep them uneasy, and make them squirm, that was
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Just like how they all once tormented Unity, grinding her down with years of cruelty and humiliation, Alexei was going to return the favor.
He wanted to push them to death slowly and relentlessly.
He wanted to make everyst one of them live in constant dread, always on edge, never knowing when the sword hanging over their heads would finally drop.
Edgar sat slumped in his chair, lookingpletely spent and defeated.
He’d never cared if his kids fought, schemed, or did whatever it took to get ahead.
There could only be one head of the Turner family, and that had to be the one who could truly take the family to the top.
Even if there were some losses or sacrifices along the way, it never bothered him.
When Alexei appeared, Edgar had been absolutely ecstatic.
But Alexei was like a razor–sharp de. He was invincible in battle, yet every time he struck, the brilliance of his edge ended up wounding his family.
Edgar had always wanted the Turner family to be powerful, but as the years went by, he found himself yearning for something more.
He started yearning for warmth, for family, for his children and grandchildren to be happy together.
But it was obvious now that Alexei was after theplete opposite of what Edgar had hoped
for.
Edgar said, “Do you really have to take things this far? Don’t forget, I still haven’t handed over all my shares to you.
“I could always raise another heir if I wanted.”
Alexei just gave a mocking smile, “Grandpa, do you think those shares of yours can still threaten me?”
All these years, the Turner Group has beenpletely under Alexei’s control.
The most critical production lines and research teams across multiple industries were all in
his hands.
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That was not even counting the powerfulwork he had built overseas.
The Turner family was only strong since Alexei was a part of it.
The Turner family might be glorious, but it was not invincible.
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In other words, Edgar could either hand it all over to him or watch it burn to the ground.
Alexei had him by the throat.
At this point, Edgar had to admit that Alexei’s strategies were leagues ahead of his own.
He was getting old, and up against someone as razor–sharp as Alexei, he waspletely outmatched.
But Edgar wasn’t ready to give up just yet. He tried to persuade him, “There’s too much darkness in you, Alexei.
“If you keep burning every bridge and leave no room for mercy, you’ll end up with no one by your side. One day, regret will be all you have left.
“You want to marry that girl, don’t you? Have you ever thought about whether she could really ept someone like you?
“You have turned your back on everyone, and your hands are already stained with blood.”
“That’s none of your concern, Grandpa,” Alexei said.
He stood up and left without a pause, leaving Edgar with nothing but the sight of his cold, indifferent back.
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“Of course I’m on Alexei’s side!” Alexei had just started down the stairs when he heard Natasha’s crisp, ringing voice.
Her tone was so firm and decisive that it made everyone in the living room turn to look at her.
Alexei stopped in his tracks, his gaze growing deep and unreadable as he looked toward the
sofa.
Natasha sat over day, her rosy face radiant, speaking animatedly and full of confidence.
The twins, still unwilling to give up, pressed her, “But what if he’s wrong? Wouldn’t you try to talk him out of it?”
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Natasha shot them a look that basically said, “How can you not get this?”
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She said, “What does it matter if he’s right or wrong? As long as he’s Alexei, I’m always going to take his side, no matter what!”
She was shamelessly, irrationally protective.
When the twins heard her hopelessly lovestruck answer, they both pulled a face that showed that they were at a total loss for words.
When they first tried to chat her up and pretended they wanted to be her friends, Natasha just told them that she’d have to check with Alexei before agreeing.
They asked her if Alexei was so controlling that he even decided who she could be friends
with.
Natasha answered proudly, “Because I’m a simp for him!”
That answer left thempletely speechless, not even knowing how to respond.
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