Chapter 451

“No one gets a second chance. Did you spare me, Uncle?” Theodore replied, his gaze cold.

Steven clasped his hands together. “I apologize, I will never dare to do it again!”

“There’s a next time?”

“No, no!”

Theodore lowered his eyes for a moment. When he looked up again, his gaze was sharper.

“I know Marico misled you. He’s the one who really wanted me dead. But someone else put the idea in his head, didn’t they?”

“Well…”

“Who was it?”

Steven hesitated, unwilling to speak.

Theodore smirked and pulled out his phone, starting a video call. The other end picked up quickly, and he showed the screen to Steven.

It was the warehouse where Marico was hiding. Flames were now engulfing the building, which looked like it could collapse at any moment.

“It was… it was Hans!”

Penelope’s head snapped up in surprise at the name.

She couldn’t believe it. Hans wanted his granddaughter to marry Theodore, but he was also the one who wanted Theodore dead? Was this some kind of sick “if I can’t have you, I’ll destroy you” mentality?

“Theo, your cousin already hated you for taking everything from him, so when Hans provoked him, he lost all reason. I thought he was just planning some minor trouble to let off steam. I swear I didn’t know he was going to send a truck after you. If I had, I would have stopped him!”

Steven’s face was filled with remorse, and for once, he seemed to be telling the truth.

But just as he finished speaking, a loud crash echoed from the phone. The warehouse had collapsed, sending sparks flying into the sky as the fire consumed everything.

Steven stared, horrified.

“Marico! Marico!”

“My son! My baby!” Nydia wailed before slumping to the floor.

After the initial shock, Steven’s grief turned to rage as he turned on Theodore.

“Theodore! You killed my son! You killed him! I’ll kill you!”

Theodore just snorted. “I’m not as foolish as you are.”

Just then, the camera on the phone panned, revealing Marico bound hand and foot in the back of a car,

screaming defiant

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“Theodore! Theodore! Let me go! I’m going to kill you!”

“You dare set me on fire? I’ll chop you into pieces when I get out of here!”

“You just wait! Your time is coming!”

Seeing that their son, though looking miserable, was very much alive and loud, Steven and Nydia went from

uter despair to immense relief

But Theodore’s cruelty was astounding. Toying with them like that was just plain vicious.

“You bastard!” Steven trembled with fury, but under Theodore’s icy glare, he quickly lowered his pointing finger.

He didn’t dare provoke him again.

This wasn’t a nephew; he was the devil himself.

His ruthlessness was on another level, one Steven couldn’t even begin to

comprehend.

“Have them bring your cousin back. From what I saw on the video, he’s injured. He needs to see a doctor.”

“I’ve had them take him to the airport.”

“What?”

Theodore sneered. “My cousin must

have been a rat in a past life. He spent three years digging a tunnel to escape. ve reflected on this, and believel gave him too much space, too much freedom. So, I’ve decided to took him in a building where the doors and windows will be welded shut with iron bars. Even a rat like him can’t chew through solid steel, can he?”

“You… you… My son is not a prisoner!”

“If he dares to escape again, I’ll lock him in a basement.”

“You… this is illegal!”

“And hiring someone to run me over with a truck isn’t?”

“That…”

“Or would you rather he go to an actual prison?”

Steven fell silent. His nephew was truly ruthless and would absolutely do what he

said.