Chapter 982
Orion was receiving treatment in Pharaoh’s lab, where he would be safe. But Nash’s situation was different.
Over the past five years, Nina had honed her survival and self-defense skills. She would not be a burden. She wanted to face life and death together with him. Nash gently patted her head, his voice full of affection, “Alright.”
On the third day, Dominic finally caved. While Nash and Nina could relentlessly press him, he could not afford the time.
Back home, many were eyeing Salterra hungrily. As the president, he could not stay away from his country for too long.
He handed Nash the antidote. “Your two brothers would kill to be in your position, but you’re throwing it all away. You’re just like your mother!”
Mother? That word felt foreign to Nash.
The only mother he had known was Sally, and he had always wondered why she was so cold towards him. It was not until he overheard a heated argument between Sally and William that he learned the truth that he was not her biological son. Even after learning of Dominic’s existence, he had never met his real mother. To him, he had no mother.
“I’m grateful I take after my mother, rather than being heartless like you,” Nash retorted.
When Dominic first approached Nash, it was with the promise of an antidote to save Nina, but only if he handed over their unborn child. With no other choice, Nash had agreed, only to later realize that Dominic’s real intention was to use the child as leverage against him. For Dominic, everything boiled down to self-interest.
Even the fiancée Dominic had chosen for Nash, Remi, came from one of Salterra’s four great families. Marrying her would have solidified Dominic’s plans for Nash to become president, with the Remi family’s support ensuring the continuation of his ambitions and legacy. “Don’t try to manipulate me. I won’t bend to your will. As for the marriage you arranged, you can cancel it yourself. My life is not yours to control,” Nash added.
“If you don’t care about yourself, what about your child? What good will it do you to return to Birkham? More business deals, more endless competition?” Dominic scoffed.
It was not that he looked down on businessmen, but compared to political power, business was insignificant.
Nash had no interest in continuing this argument. “My child is also your grandchild. If you care about him at all, you wouldn’t be trying to tear our family apart.”
With that, Nash walked away without looking back, leaving Dominic staring at the resolute figure of his son. Nash’s ambitions lay outside the realm of politics.
But even if Dominic decided not to push Nash any further, Remi was not going to let it go.
Dominic had planned for Nash and Remi to marry, and many of the top officials in Salterra knew that Remi was Nash’s fiancée.
Now that Nash refused to return to Salterra, it was as if he was abandoning Remi altogether. They had not even had an engagement ceremony yet, and to Remi, this public rejection was a devastating blow to her reputation. And what about Nina? What did she have to offer?
Even if she was the daughter of the Yaren Tribe’s Pharaoh, what was that tribe but a place of conflict, war, and lawlessness?
Its economy did not even compare to that of Salterra. How could Nash choose Nina over the comfortable life in Salterra?
Remi could not accept this.
Without delay, Remi’s father gathered other influential families and confronted Dominic. “Isn’t the Yaren Tribe known for its poisons? I bet the Third Prince has been bewitched by that witch from the Yaren Tribe!”
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