My Love for You Broke Me

Chapter 570

Chapter 570 What About Bryxton?

"You treat me with insincere feelings like you're trying to appease me, afraid I might do something wrong again. You always say I have you, but you consider me an outsider. You're just... Ree, I don't like you."

Robert's face darkened as he turned and walked back to the villa.

I stood there stunned, not quite sure what he was ranting about. However, upon closer inspection, he wasn't entirely wrong. Despite my efforts to change myself and wholeheartedly accept him, it took time, and I still had reservations. However, I had been treating him with the utmost kindness, even though my feelings for him were not as deep as they should be. He was just a responsibility on my shoulders, and I only cared about his well-being, nothing more.

Moreover, I had some feelings for him, but they were more pity and sympathy than anything else.

I was sure Robert had realized this too.

He even thought that I was closer to Kevin than him.

But Kevin and I had known each other for a long time, and he was like a brother to me.

He genuinely cared for me.

On the other hand, Robert was not bad, but he had some mental illness.

I had suffered a lot because of him.

Feeling restless, I closed my eyes, not knowing how to comfort Robert. I went into the villa to keep the two children company. After a while, Robert went downstairs, and my mother asked him, "Are you going out, Rob?"

Robert nodded.

Then, he left the villa.

He never came back to Felix's Villa. That night, Jennifer called him, but he didn't answer. Instead, he texted, 'I want to go home. My mother is waiting for me. I'll go back and spend some time with her.'

Robert didn't want to stay here anymore. I guessed it was because of me.

I sighed inwardly, and Jennifer asked me in confusion, "Rob said his mom treated him poorly. Will he suffer when he goes back?"

Robert was going back to see his birth mother.

That birth mother of his...

Robert wouldn't benefit from going back.

"No, he's not that foolish. At most..."

At most, he would be heartbroken again and again.

My mother asked with concern, "At most what?"

"Nothing. After all, she is still his mother."

Hearing this, my mother didn't ask about Robert's situation anymore, but I was uneasy. I knew I had made a mistake, but it wasn't intentional; it happened unconsciously.

From my perspective, there was no major issue with my relationship with Robert. After all, I had never done anything wrong to him. I just didn't give him what he wanted, which made him sad.

In the end, I was still the one who made him unhappy.

I sighed deeply, and Jennifer asked, "What are you thinking? Where is Shawn?"

"Shawn is on a business trip. What about Dad?"

"Your dad is in the backyard taking care of the garden."

I gently rubbed the cheeks of my two children and went to the backyard to find Otto, my father. He was trimming tree branches, and I stood beside him and asked, "Dad, how is Felix Corporation doing recently?"

While his back was facing me, Otto said, "I haven't been involved in the business. Clair handles everything. However, I heard him talking about it last night. The company's development is stable, and many things are on track. Oh, by the way, Gary has returned to work at the company."

"Right, Gary is familiar with Felix Corporation," I said.

Otto cut off a branch and continued, "Clair wants to do business with Nicholas. I can tell that he has a good impression of Nicholas. I see that they have been getting along well."

Since Clair and Nicholas joined forces two years ago to trade with Quinn, their relationship had been good. Later, Clair even spoke for Nicholas to me.

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He believed that Nicholas was worth dealing with.

"Nicholas' character is not a problem, and he has much power in Bryxton. Clair must cooperate with Nicholas if he wants to establish a foothold in Bryxton. After all, Nicholas is the local powerhouse."

In Bryxton, the most powerful family was the former Felix Corporation. After the company's bankruptcy, only Forger Corporation was left. Alfred and Ezekiel were newcomers to Bryxton, and they did not understand Bryxton as well as Nicholas did, including the current Xenos Solutions.

The Xenos Solutions' influence in Bryxton was relatively small, so my direct measure of controlling Bryxton was to transfer people from Eldham and allocate more resources here.

However, some things could not be accomplished overnight.

While dominating Bryxton, Xenos Solutions needed time to develop slowly. Nicholas was very important. As long as he did not obstruct anything, there would not be any big trouble in Bryxton in the

next year or two. Even in the worst-case scenario, Bryxton would be calm until the end of the year.

I hope everything will be peaceful.

"That's true. However, Nicholas annexed Felix Corporation before. I hope Clair will pay attention to everything." Otto turned around and continued to ask, "What about the marriage between you and that bloke?"

It took me a while to realize he was referring to Shawn.

"Didn't we already get married?" I asked.

Otto shook his head. "I'm talking about the wedding."

Shawn and I did not have a wedding ceremony

He never talked about it to me.

"We already got the certificate. We can have the wedding anytime. Besides, it's just a formality. Whether we have a wedding or not doesn't matter to me."

Otto disapproved and said, "I didn't have the chance to attend your wedding with Nicholas, but for your wedding with Shawn... Ree, even though you're not my birth daughter, I've treated you as my own

since you were young. I was selfish enough to leave you all of the Felix Corporation but nothing for Leon and Clair! You should know how much I love you. My biggest dream is to walk down the aisle with you."

At his words, tears welled up in my eyes.

As I thought carefully about my past, I realized my parents had doted on me since I was young, and I had never considered myself an adoptee.

"I promise," I replied. "Wait for my good news."

Upon hearing my promise, Otto smiled from ear to ear. "Take some time to discuss it with Shawn. Don't make us wait too long."

"Okay, I'll gonna go to Skyler and River now."

Returning to the living room, I didn't see the children. I guessed that Jennifer and the nanny had taken them out for a walk, so I took the car keys and went to Xenos Solutions' branch. Gary wasn't there, so I dealt with some of the accumulated documents and then went to the Felix Corporation.

The Felix Corporation was now located in the same building as before. It was already late when I arrived, but the receptionist recognized me and didn't stop me. I took the familiar elevator to the top floor.

Walking down the hallway in my flats, I heard Nicholas' voice as soon as I arrived at the office door. "Sundew is under your control. Whether you come back or not is not a problem, but staying in Bryxton..."

Clair's low, puzzled voice interrupted him. "What about Bryxton?"