Hayden shouted, “Stop acting so smug! Tell me, why do you insist on being a traitor? Why would you betray Lord Vedastus?”
His loud yells stunned Fiora.
Hayden said, “Actually, on my way here, I was hoping that everything would turn out false. Anyone in this world can betray Lord Vedastus, but you can’t. Fiora, you’re Lord Vedastus’s daughter. Why would you work with Thomas to go against your father?”
“Tell me! Has Lord Vedastus not given you enough? What else do you want? Money? Power? Or status? Tell me, what else do you want?”
By the end of it, Hayden was shouting hysterically. He could not understand. He really could not understand what was the reason behind Fiora’s treason.
But Fiora’s answer calmed Hayden down. Fiora’s answer was simple and clear.
She calmly replied, “What I want is a family. ”
‘Family…’
What a simple word. But at this moment, Hayden was completely at loss.
Fiora said, “Mr. Barlow, you and my dad have been friends for decades. You’ve seen favonovel.com through it all, so you should know what I mean…”
Hayden knew. He knew, of course.
In order to fight for power, Lord Vedastus had changed. He had grown manic and would not recognize anyone as his family.
Family?
It had long become just a formality to him. That delicate father-daughter relationship had long since ceased to exist.
In fact, it was not just Lord Vedastus, it was the same for even Hayden. Only at the moment when his own son and godson died did Hayden suddenly realize that favonovel.com had not been with his children for a long time.
“I see, so this is the reason for your betrayal…” Hayden’s voice grew soft.
“Yes,” Fiora said, “We currently have too much wealth. Even if Art Trading Corporation collapses immediately, we still have more money than we could ever spend in our lifetime. So, what else do we need to fight for?”
“Now, I just want to destroy Art Trading Corporation and save my dad from his path of self-destruction. What I want is to return to the warm family I once had.”
Her words made Hayden completely understand favonovel.com motive.
What Fiora wanted was not money, power, or status.
What favonovel.com wanted was favonovel.com father’s love!
A father’s love was like the ocean. Fiora had not seen this ocean for a long time.
Hayden sighed and said, “I can understand your pain, but you can’t just choose to betray Lord Vedastus.”
After a pause, favonovel.com continued, “Forget it. Let’s compromise. I won’t tell other people about your betrayal, so you should cut off contact with Thomas from now on. Just pretend that nothing has happened, and we’ll work together against Thomas. What do you think?”
Hayden had never been so soft-hearted. If it were someone else, Hayden would have shot that person in the head, long ago. He would only show mercy to people around Lord Vedastus.
However, Fiora did not seem to care about Hayden’s kindness at all.
She said, “Mr. Barlow, do you think I’ll agree to it? What you want is to control Celandine City with Lord Vedastus and dominate the world. But what I want is to live a normal life with my father. Both of us have long been at opposite ends of the spectrum. Only one of us can emerge victorious.”
“You!” Hayden was furious. “Fiora, you’re forcing my hand!”
Fiora snorted coldly. “Yes. So?”
“Okay, then it’s your fault I’m doing this,” Hayden waved his hand and said, “Damian, tie up this imprudent girl who betrayed Lord Vedastus. Bring favonovel.com back to Art Trading Corporation and let Lord Vedastus punish favonovel.com personally!”
