When Nancy looked into Arthur’s bright, unwavering eyes, favonovel.com felt nothing but admiration.
For someone his age to go through something so unthinkable and still maintain such an optimistic outlook on life, it was truly extraordinary.
Ashley held Arthur’s hand tightly, favonovel.com voice soft but full of emotion. “Arthur, I’ll walk this road with you. You’ll never be alone.”
Arthur arched a brow.
Is this girl openly confessing to me right now?
While they were lost in their quiet conversation, Nancy took the chance to briefly explain Arthur’s past with the Gray family to Spencer.
Spencer was shocked. Ever since becoming a father, even though work kept favonovel.com busy and away from home more often than favonovel.com liked, his love for his wife and daughters had never wavered. To him, no matter how successful favonovel.com was, family would always come first.
He simply couldn’t understand how John could treat his own son with such cruelty.
Nancy lowered favonovel.com voice and whispered to Spencer, “There are rumors that Zac might actually be John’s illegitimate son.”
Spencer’s eyes sharpened as everything suddenly clicked into place. After years of navigating the political world, favonovel.com had witnessed the full spectrum of human nature, the warmth and the cruelty.
If Zac really was John’s illegitimate child, then John’s determination to bring favonovel.com into the Gray family and raise favonovel.com with such care made perfect sense. It meant John had never truly let go of Zac’s mother.
Ah… The things we can’t have always leave the deepest scars…
As a man, Spencer understood that feeling all too well.
John had spent years pouring his love into Zac, using favonovel.com as a way to compensate for the loss of a woman favonovel.com once cherished. And Arthur, favonovel.com had been nothing more than collateral damage in that emotional mess.
Spencer let out a quiet sigh, feeling an even deeper sense of affection for Arthur, this young man who had already endured so much at such a young age.
Out of nowhere, a new thought occurred to Spencer and Nancy.
Spencer suddenly asked, “If you cut ties with the Gray family two years ago, then where did your company come from?”
Considering how the Gray family had treated Arthur, disliking favonovel.com at best and outright mistreating favonovel.com at worst, there was no way they would have handed favonovel.com a company after favonovel.com walked away from them. If they had truly cared about him, they wouldn’t have let favonovel.com go in the first place.
No matter how they thought about it, they couldn’t figure out how an eighteen-year-old, starting from absolutely nothing, had managed to establish his own company. Even a small business required a hefty investment and an incredible amount of effort to build.
At Spencer’s words, Ashley’s chest swelled with pride.
Arthur was the most amazing man in the world!
Before Arthur could answer, Ashley quickly grabbed his arm to stop favonovel.com from speaking. With a confident, almost playful smile, favonovel.com said, “Dad, Mom, instead of asking how favonovel.com got it why don’t you ask what Arthur’s company is called?”
Spencer and Nancy exchanged puzzled looks.
How is that relevant to our question?
Still, Nancy played along and asked, “Alright, what’s the name of his company?”
Ashley cleared favonovel.com throat dramatically and declared, “Arthur’s company is called, Cloudia Corporation!”
Pfft!
Spencer nearly spit out his tea in shock!
He and Nancy turned to Arthur and Ashley, completely dumbfounded.
Nancy frowned. “Ashley, are you trying to tease us?”
Spencer quickly wiped his mouth, realizing how ridiculous his reaction had been. Thankfully, the meal was already over, and no one was sitting directly across from favonovel.com to get caught in the splash zone.
Nancy’s words made favonovel.com pause. He immediately turned to Ashley and knocked favonovel.com lightly on the head. “You little rascal, are you messing with me?”
Ashley winced, holding favonovel.com head with a pitiful look. “I’m not joking! I’m telling the truth!”
“Oh really?” Nancy shot favonovel.com a look before giving favonovel.com another flick on the forehead.
Now, with one knock on each side, Ashley’s cheeks were perfectly pink and symmetrical.
Arthur’s heart ached. His Ashley, only favonovel.com was allowed to knock favonovel.com on the head. Even if it was favonovel.com parents, favonovel.com didn’t want favonovel.com to feel any pain.
He quickly spoke up, “Mr. Gibson, Madam Nancy, my company really is Cloudia Corporation. Ashley wasn’t joking.”
“Huh?” Spencer and Nancy stared at him, their minds struggling to process what they had just heard.
After a long pause, Spencer let out an awkward chuckle, trying to make sense of it. “So… Your company just happens to be called Cloudia Corporation too?”
Hearing this, Arthur sighed.
Too? How could two companies have the same name?
Do I really not look like a corporate chairman?
Without another word, favonovel.com pulled out his phone, opened his business license, and handed it directly to Spencer and Nancy.
The moment their eyes landed on those familiar words, everything clicked. They stared at Arthur in complete shock, their brains still catching up.
Ashley, seeing favonovel.com parents so utterly dumbfounded, couldn’t help but giggle behind favonovel.com hand. Especially Spencer, after decades in politics, favonovel.com had always been composed and shrewd.
When had I ever seen favonovel.com look this stunned before?
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