"What?!" Pedro thundered. "You sold the shares for a mere 7,000,000 dollars? You. ingrate!"

He lifted his hand and slapped me hard across the face, his anger surging.

The force of the blow sent him staggering backward. Had Theo not steadied him at once, he would have fallen.

That slap knocked my head to the side, and I almost fell out of my wheelchair.

I raised my head slowly and met Pedro's gaze with an emotionless expression. "If I hadn't sold the shares to Lyon, I probably wouldn't have even gotten 7,000,000 dollars. After all, Grandpa, you and Theo were planning to take the shares from me for nothing."

"You!"...