Chapter 1279 Regret

"I promise you," Lucius said, "the Darnell family will voluntarily withdraw." He had lost. His grandfather, Derrick Darnell, had taught him never to reveal his trump card in business and to keep people guessing. Derrick despised Lucius' half-Cascadia heritage, but with only one grandson, he imparted what he knew. Lucius had indeed never revealed his trump card over the years. Even Adrian, his own father, had hoped for his demise. But Lucius wondered why it mattered even if he did meet a bad end. He had gotten what he truly wanted anyway. Moreover, he only considered his maternal grandfather, Jared Neil, his family member. In a family that scorned him as a half-breed, it was Jared who took him to Hawford. He taught Lucius to write Cascadian and kept him close. Jared had said that Lucius' green eyes didn't matter. As long as he lived righteously, he would be his beloved grandson. Lucius didn't care how anyone saw him. Jared was long gone, after all. But there were still some thin