Save Her Lose Us (Evangeline and Soren) novel Chapter 393

He had navigated the treacherous waters of Serenity City, finally managing to align with the Lockridge and Fawkes families to secure the Carlisle's position.

If it weren't for the fact that his dozen or so other children were either too incompetent to take over or too young, he would never have brought Glenn back.

Glenn had expected this reaction. His gaze was just as cold as he said calmly, "You brought me back for the future of the Carlisle family. As long as I don't cause irreparable damage to the family, I don't believe my actions require anyone's permission."

Kearney was momentarily speechless.

That was indeed the promise he had made to Glenn.

But—

"You've offended the Fawkes family now!" Kearney roared.

Glenn looked at him calmly. "Poppy is not a member of the Fawkes."

Kearney shot back, "But she's about to marry Soren, and she's carrying his child!"

The fact that the Fawkes family had spent a fortune to get Poppy out and suppress such a huge story was proof enough that they had accepted her as their daughter-in-law.

"You will come with me to the Fawkes estate immediately," Kearney ordered. "Apologize to them and issue a public statement explaining that this was all a misunderstanding!"

"A misunderstanding?"

Glenn let out a soft laugh.

He didn't answer, simply turning to leave.

His silence spoke volumes. His actions said it all.

If he had been willing to apologize, he would never have exposed the truth in the first place.

"Take one more step, and I will immediately revoke all your authority within the Carlisle family!"

Seeing his words had no effect, Kearney played his trump card.

Glenn didn't give him the chance. "It's not even certain if the Fawkes family has truly accepted her. But even if they have, they're making enemies everywhere in Serenity City, and Soren himself is missing, his fate unknown."

"The Fawkes family is a rising power, but no matter how prominent they are, if the other families in Serenity City are willing to join forces and find a weakness, they could collapse overnight."

"You have such a golden opportunity in front of you, yet you're still thinking about how to apologize to them?"

His words hit Kearney like a bolt of lightning. He froze.

Seeing his father reconsidering, Glenn didn't bother with him any further and walked straight out the door.

He hadn't finished his point, but with Kearney's years of experience in the business world, those few sentences were enough for him to understand.

In the past, this might have been a fantasy.

But with the Fawkes family making so many enemies recently, and more importantly, with the major conflict they'd stirred up with the Howard family of Serenity City, the Howards would surely take the lead in uniting the other families.

When that happened, whether the Fawkes family could even survive would be the real question.