Love Worth Fighting For

Johan drives his favorite car at high speed to his house which is on the banks of the Rhone river not far from Hospital de Leox, the hospital Edmund uses for routine check-ups.

“Daddy…Daddy!!!” like a child who just got his favorite candy Johan screamed loudly for his father who was at the dinner table with his personal butler.

Edmund let out a long sigh. “This you, don’t realize how old you are right now?”

Johan smiled broadly. “Daddy definitely won’t be angry after hearing from me.”

“What news?” Edmund raised an eyebrow.

Johan, who was still standing, then dropped his butt onto the chair beside Edmund with a smile that never left his face. “Finally I have the key to enter Muller Finance International’s security system.”

“What? You’re not kidding, are you?!”

Instead of answering his father’s question, who was very surprised, Johan slowly took his cellphone out of his pocket and showed it to his father. “This is the foster child’s entrance, this afternoon he gave it to me.”

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Edmund took Johan’s cellphone and looked at it more closely, his eyes watching the barcode code printed on his only son’s cell phone screen seriously.

“Are you sure this is the correct entry code?”

Johan nodded enthusiastically. “That’s right, before I went home I tried logging in at the office and it worked.”

“Have you tried it anywhere else?” asked Edmund quickly.

“Not yet.”

“Try to come in now then,” said Edmund quickly, as fast as his movement was returning his son’s cell phone.

Johan, who did not dare to contradict his father’s words, immediately took out his laptop and started trying to enter the Muller Finance International security system using Asher’s access code.

‘Access Denied!!!’

“Fuck!” Johan shouted loudly. “How can it be refused!!!”

Edmund, who had expected this to happen, smiled slightly at the curse that had just escaped from his only child’s lips.

“Damn Jackson Clarke, he’s really very cunning,” Johan cursed back with great emotion.

“If he’s not cunning how could he beat Daddy, Son,” said Edmund quickly, trying to remind his son of his struggle to win his rights from Jack which ended in his defeat which left him crippled for life.

Johan brushed his hair roughly. “So what should I do now Dad? This access is completely pointless, my years of fighting for this access have been completely fruitless.”

“You will still be able to use this access while you are at the office, Son. Therefore you have to make the best use of the time to sneak into the system while you are at the office,” Edmund said quietly. “This time we have to admit that Jackson Clarke is very smart but believe me if we can definitely beat him someday, your success in getting this access is one of the proofs of our success in destroying them. What we need to do now is be patient while looking for a good opportunity to destroy them without a trace.”

“I understand Dad,” John answered slowly.

Edmund patted Johan on the shoulder, giving encouragement to his only child who looked so disappointed when he found out that the access he had been fighting for for years could not be used anywhere else.

“There are still many ways to destroy that family, we still have a lot of opportunities so don’t be sad.” Edmund tried to comfort Johan who looked so disappointed. “By the way, how’s Jack’s pregnant daughter-in-law doing? What’s the percent chance we destroy Christian through that woman?”

Johan straightened up. “Currently she is under super strict supervision from Christian, it is certain that we will not be able to reach her at this time. Jackson Clarke also mobilized several members of The Warrior to look after his beloved daughter-in-law, it seems that the death of a disabled child made him so concerned about his pregnant daughter-in-law and his descendants.”

“Hmmm Daddy I think you’re right, it looks like it’s very difficult to attack that woman at this time. The risk is too great especially since The Warrior is also guarding her, Jack really hopes very much for the baby apparently,” said Edmund hoarsely, his eyes turning dark as remembering about Zwetta who is pregnant with Christian’s child. And Jealousy towards Jack flared up even more. “If at this time we can’t attack that woman then we will switch to Suri, that spoiled child seems easier for us to use to destroy Jack.”

“We can’t reach Suri either right now Dad, that kid is currently running the Clarke House of Jewel in Luxembourg with Zwetta. She won’t be coming back to Geneva so it’s impossible for us to use her to attack the Clarke family. Suri’s kidnapping five years ago then really made Jackson Clarke so protective of Suri, especially since Suri has Areez Floyen. Daddy must have heard of the big name of the Floyen family before, right?”

Edmund’s jaw tightened, his face flushed with anger. His plan to destroy Jack through his son and daughter-in-law really couldn’t be done easily.

“Looks like we’re sticking to the original plan, using Asher to break up the family unit,” Edmund said hoarsely.

“I think so too Dad, Asher is our only chance at this point. Suri, Christian and his wife are out of reach of us at this time.”

Edmund nodded his head. “Fine then, we’ll just stick to the original plan for the time being. Make the most of the adopted child before the baby is born.”

Edmund planned to destroy Jack to the bottom, Edmund planned to make Jack lose his heirs one by one. Edmund wants to make Jack as broken as he is who can do nothing but sit in his wheelchair, that’s why he targets Zwetta and her baby. Edmund wants to make Jack lose his grandson again.

“This time I will definitely succeed, wait for your destruction that will soon come, Jack,” said Edmund hoarsely. “You have to pay dearly for all your actions to my father in the past, I will not let you continue to laugh at the sadness that is stifling my chest.”

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“Ouuchhh…”

Jack dropped the silver spoon he was holding onto the table roughly when he accidentally splashed the extraordinarily hot chamomile tea that was in his cup. Anne, who was enjoying an apple pie, immediately turned to her husband in panic.

“What’s wrong? What happened to you Jack?” asked Anne worriedly.

Jack shook his head. “I’m fine.”

“Are you sure?” Anne, who couldn’t believe it, then grabbed a handkerchief from the table and wiped the spilled tea on the table. “What’s bothering you Jack?”

“I don’t know Anne, I suddenly had a bad feeling. I suddenly thought of…”

“To whom?”

“Edmund,” Jack answered hoarsely. “I remember that cousin of mine.”

“Edmund is dead, Jack. He won’t bother us anymore,” said Anne softly.

Jack frowned. “I hope so, I hope our family is okay.”

Anne took Jack’s hand and squeezed it gently. “Amen, God will take good care of our family Jack.”