Chapter 235

"So what if you paid for that house?" Ashton sneered. It mattered not to him. It had been so many years—what was the point of bringing it up now? In his mind, if my family hadn't taken that money back then, he could have invested it and made a fortune. Their family's downfall wasn't their fault; it was mine. Fueled by resentment, he glared at me with growing hostility and sneered. "Joshua, if your mother hadn't begged and borrowed money from everyone for you, you would still be stuck in that small, miserable village. And even now, after all that, you still have nothing to show for it!" My brow furrowed tighter, and my gaze hardened. "Do you really not know why my mom got into gambling in the first place?" Ashton froze, his expression cracking as panic flickered across his face. Seeing his reaction, my stare turned even colder. "I was busy at the time, too swamped to visit her. If it weren't for you, would she have gotten into gambling?" The unease in his eyes deepened, his voice