Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard) novel Chapter 16

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Liam was dumbfounded.

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He hadn’t expected his usually mild–mannered and agreeable son to bring up old grievances suddenly.

After his initial shock wore off, embarrassment turned to anger. “You little punk, are you trying to rebel against me?!”

Alistair let out a scornful laugh.

Rebel?

“Life Choice Triggered! Host, please make your selection!

“Option one: Filial piety above all else. There are no bad parents in this world. Once you calm down, you decide to apologize to your father and follow his instructions to seek Rebecca’s forgiveness.

“Option two: Not all parents love their children unconditionally! Blood relations don’t guarantee pure family affection. You are thoroughly disappointed in your selfish father, who disregards your feelings, and you firmly decide to cut ties with him!”

Alistair stared at two clouds drifting lazily across the brilliant blue sky outside the window and smiled–only a complete idiot would choose the first option!

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Though he had always craved family affection and once

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desperately sought Liam’s attention, he now understood that some things couldn’t be forced. After seeing the reality of their relationship, this so–called family bond meant nothing to him. anymore!

“I don’t care about cutting tics!” he exploded. “From this. moment on, we’re done! And whoever takes back these words. is a real son of a bitch! You have the nerve to call me worthless? If you’re so capable, why don’t you pay back the two million. dollars I gave you years ago!”

Liam was fuming at Alistair’s disrespectful way of referring to himself. “You ungrateful, disobedient brat! From now on, you’re

not my son!”

Liam didn’t say a single word about the two million dollars.

Alistair leaned against the telephone pole to catch his breath. The falling out with Liam hadn’t hit him as hard as he expected; instead, it gave him a sense of inevitable closure.

So what if they’d cut ties? It honestly didn’t bother him that much.

To put it bluntly, even though Liam was his father, what difference had his presence made throughout Alistair’s life?

Their rare meetings always featured Liam showering praise on his stepson from his second marriage, treating the boy like the golden child.

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Alistair had always believed he wasn’t good enough. He’d

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studied relentlessly, desperately hoping Liam would notice his achievements and offer some praise…

Alistair let out a sneer. He’d been so naive, so foolish.

At least he’d finally woken up to reality, even if it had taken this long.

Meanwhile, after ending her call with Liam, Rebecca waited anxiously at home.

Sure enough, before long, someone rang the doorbell.

Rebecca sprang from the couch, then deliberately sat back down. She waited until she imagined the person outside was nearly at their breaking point before leisurely getting up to

answer.

Opening the door, she taunted, “I thought you were capable. Why come crawling back now?”

When she saw who was standing there, she froze.

It wasn’t Alistair.

“Why did it take so long to answer? Were you sleeping? Oh my god, what happened in here? Everything’s a complete mess. Where’s Alistair? Why hasn’t he cleaned anything up? Alistair? Alistair!”

It was Cordelia.

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Seeing Cordelia, Rebecca couldn’t hide the disappointment on her face.

Cordelia, however, was too busy being shocked by the chaotic state of the house and looking for Alistair to notice Rebecca’s unusual reaction.

Cordelia was furious when she spotted the luxury menswear carelessly tossed on the sofa. “No wonder Alistair’s been getting too big for his britches lately! You’ve been spoiling him rotten! Why would you buy such expensive clothes for someone who just cooks and picks up the kids?”

She continued, “You’re dressing him up like he’s somebody important. What if he gets ideas and starts chasing other women? These young girls nowadays are trouble–always looking for shortcuts. Alistair is young and decent–looking. If he starts fooling around, you’ll be the one crying later. You need to be more careful!”

The clothes weren’t Alistair’s. Alistair barely owned anything. The day after she kicked him out, Rebecca had hired people to clean up. After living here for six years, all of Alistair’s belongings fit into a single suitcase, which she had ordered to be packed up and thrown away.

She had hidden the truth from her parents for six years. Now that Richard was back, Rebecca hadn’t figured out how to come clean to them.

Six years ago, Alistair had been beaten so severely by Nathaniel’s belt that he’d spent two weeks in the hospital with open wounds.

But that was different in her mind. Alistair was tough–skinned- what did a beating matter to him? He just needed some rest to

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