She Was the Treasure All Along novel Chapter 602

The entire Winslet family was gathered in the main hall of their estate. Elise sat at the head of the room, her expression grave.

When Yorick—whose impulsive actions had offended Lucian and brought this disaster upon them—entered, the room looked at him as if he were a condemned man.

Elise, who normally doted on her grandson, was icy. "On your knees."

Yorick dropped to his knees on the hardwood floor, lowering his head in shame.

"You let a multi-billion-dollar contract—one that wasn't even signed yet—blind you so completely that you thought you could take on Lucian Shapiro?" Elise demanded, her voice echoing in the silent room.

Yorick looked up, desperate. "I thought Lucian wasn't a threat anymore! He's relied on his military influence all these years. I never expected—"

His mother cut him off sharply. "Why on earth would you assume a tiger without its fangs is no longer a tiger? Yes, Lucian stepped down from his military post, but do you honestly believe he reached the top solely because of Zeke Shapiro's backing?"

"When did you become so foolish, Yorick?" his father snapped. "I thought you knew how to bide your time and hide your ambitions. Look at you now. What's the difference between you and the rest of those brainless trust-fund brats?"

Yorick's face burned under his parents' relentless scolding. He had let the promise of Stellar Trust's wealth and the sycophants around him inflate his ego. He had underestimated Lucian and overestimated himself.

"But I was at the final signing stage with Stellar Trust!" Yorick argued, unable to let it go. "They backed out at the last second! I had no idea Lucian had connections with them, let alone the power to make them change the contract. He set me up!"

"Yorick!" Elise roared. "You thought? You had no idea? Business is a battlefield; one wrong move and you lose the entire war! You gambled the lifeblood of this family, the livelihoods of thousands of our employees, all on an 'I didn't know'?!"

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