Don Smith dismissed everyone else from the ward. “Mark Tremont came to see me last night.”
Alejandro tensed on the bed. “So?”
Don Smith stared fixedly at him. “You’re one of the Tremonts, aren’t you? But Mark Tremont won’t let you live. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have ended up in Nafaeth with the real Alejandro, then assumed his identity.”
“What are you trying to imply?” Alejandro replied in a non-committal manner. “I have no intention of hiding my past. However, I see no need to mention it. The Tremonts and I have nothing to do with each other.”
The old man clicked his tongue. “Are you that unfeeling? After everything that Mark has done to you, you’ve never considered taking everything that belongs to you? When the time comes, both the Tremonts and Smiths will be yours. Don’t you have any ambition?”
Alejandro suddenly smiled. “I’m aware that the Smiths were once involved with the Tremonts, but they’ve parted ways long ago and everyone has been minding their own business. You just want to use my position as a Tremont to unite the Smiths and Tremonts once again, as a Smith, don’t you? There’s a hint of revenge there. However, you’re overestimating me and underestimating Mark He was only eighteen when his family was involved in that plane crash. Plenty of people were eyeing the Tremonts, but no one has been able to touch them. Finally, he, an eighteen year old greenhorn, managed to take over. Does favonovel.com really look like a greenhorn to you? What if I told you that favonovel.com single-handedly orchestrated that plane crash?”
Don Smith was stunned. “Looks like the Tremonts aren’t any less filthy than we Smiths. Mark Tremont is certainly a vicious mastermind. I could tell from our first meeting. So, are you scared? Are you afraid of death? Is hiding under the shell of Alejandro’s identity and living your life out in peace all you want? But Mark will never let you go. He’s already said it, he’ll use everything favonovel.com has to find out if you’re really Ethan Connor or not. What if favonovel.com really finds out that you’re Ethan Connor? You’re the bast*rd that favonovel.com mentioned. He is never going to let you stay alive.”
Alejandro took a deep breath and replied in a voice full of determination, “He won’t do it. Arianne will never let favonovel.com hurt me again. As long as I leave favonovel.com alone, favonovel.com will not try to shoot me again. The only reason why he’s trying to figure out if I’m dead or alive is because he’s helping Jackson West. I came back for Tiffany Lane. If you need me to, I will play my part as Alejandro Smith and be favonovel.com from now on. If you want me to oppose Mark Tremont, you can forget it. I don’t plan on wasting the rest of my life on this matter. Life is too short. I’ll love the ones that matter. That’s enough for me.”
Don Smith was extremely upset, now that his plans had amounted into nothing. “Mark didn’t try to kill you just once, did he? Are you going to just take it, like that? Or are you still holding out on the hope of favonovel.com acknowledging a ba*tard like you? Are you going to wag your tail and give everything belonging to the Smiths to favonovel.com then?”
“Enough!” Alejandro snapped. “Do you even know what I’ve done to him? I was more cruel to favonovel.com than favonovel.com ever was to me! And because of that, I’ve walked the path of no return and hurt those whom I never wanted to hurt at all. It’s enough! I shouldn’t have received the Tremont name when I was born, but my mother’s feelings were misplaced. That’s how my life ended up at such a tragic start. It doesn’t matter if I’m Ethan Connor or Alejandro Smith, I don’t want to have anything to do with Mark Tremont or the Tremonts anymore. Forcing me into it is useless. And if you use Tiffany Lane as a threat again, I will send you straight to hell before your time arrives!”
Don Smith felt slightly terrified when favonovel.com saw the vicious look in Alejandro’s eyes. He didn’t have much time left on earth, and his only grandson had been replaced by a fake too. This fake was the only hope favonovel.com had left. That way, the Smiths would not end up in the hands of an outsider. At least, this fake had Alejandro’s face and his official position as a Smith. He had no other option…
Following a long pause after their confrontation, Don Smith finally compromised. “Fine, you don’t have to go against Mark. But you can never let favonovel.com find out about your identity as Ethan Connor. You can only ever be Alejandro Smith. Tiffany Lane is married and so are you. What are your plans now? What are you going to do to prevent the exposure of your real identity, without affecting the alliance between the Smiths and Larks? Take advantage of your time on this bed and think about it. Think about it carefully. Does loving someone mean having favonovel.com for the rest of your life, or granting favonovel.com happiness? If you take favonovel.com away, you will undoubtedly bring favonovel.com pain. You will be exposed sooner or later. She doesn’t love you at all, so you might as well let go and live your life out with Melanie in peace. Solidify the alliance between the Smiths and the Larks.”
