The Old patriarch was having a chat with his son in his bedroom. "This old man feels sorry towards you. Up until now, l still haven't been able to make up for my mistake. Do you still blame this old man?" Old man Arnold spoke softly, his voice shaky and labored.
Jacob affectionately took held his wrinkly hand and replied,"This son doesn't dare to blame father. I know that it's all thanks to father's grace that l grew up successfully and have a foothold in this city. My family and I are very grateful to father."
Old man Arnold looked at his son with approving eyes. As he grew older and felt death nearer everyday, he longs to make peace with his past and fixed the mistakes he had made in his life. He feels especially guilty towards this obedient illegitimate son of his. He sighed.
Somewhere in the city, in a private room.
An old man dressed meticulously in a tailored made black suit holding a walking cane sat opposite a cold looking young man. His old face looked happy and excited as his expressive eyes looked greedily at the young man.
"This... This Old man is quite pleased to see you again. You're all grown up now. I've always wanted to ask you; how are you doing?". The old man cried, his voice trembling with excitement.
Despite his happy face, the young man continued to look at him with indifference, clearly unmoved.
"Child, all these years l never gave up hope that I'll find you. My heart aches not knowing your whereabouts and how you're living. The accident that year was this Old man's fault. Forgive me". He apologized sincerely. After years of searching for this missing grandson, his sources has finally managed to track down his location. He travelled from S city overnight to come and meet him and couldn't help being overwhelmed.
One look at him and he already knew that this was his grandson without a doubt. "Mr Lhoman must be joking. I'm the son of an ordinary family. I have no connection with your family and I don't know what you're talking about. You've mistaken me for someone else". The young man uttered coldly.
He got up to leave from there but the the old man blocked his path." You're my grandson Alessandro Lhoman. I can never be mistaken". Mr Lhoman protested. "Well then, Sir should be aware. My name is Axel Lyle and I'm not related to you in any way". Axel walked away without looking back at the distraught old man.
Outside the door, he met by a man in black suit who greeted him enthusiastically but he coldly ignored him too and left. The man in black suit entered the room to find the old man sitting down feeling sad and dejected.
"Sir, have you spoken with the young master?" he asked. Mr Lhoman sighed deeply.
"All these years, it was him who didn't want to return back. He still blames me for the incident that happened that year". Mr Lhoman lamented.
"But Sir shouldn't give up hope yet. The report showed that the young heir suffered from amnesia and that's why he couldn't remember you. You're his most important person, there's no way the young heir will choose to willingly abandon you."
The man in black assured Mr Lhoman that Axel will definitely return to his side. It just a matter of time.
"Aaron,you were his childhood companion and I'm sure he'll be happy to see you again. I'll leave you behind to watch over him. I have to return to S City and prepare for his arrival". Mr Lhoman said. Aaron accepted the order.
That year, he was the young heir study companion and they were very close to each other. When the accident happened, he was also in the car with him but was thrown out the window when it overturned. He survived but the young heir's whereabouts were unknown. All these years, he had lived with the guilt of not being able to protect and save the heir. He grew up and made it his mission to find him and apologize for his mistake.
Axel arrived home to find, Annie cooking lunch with Julia. "Brother, you're home. Come and let's eat. Sister Julia came to help me prepare the food" Annie greeted him with a smile.
"Welcome home handsome. I've been waiting for you". Julia smiled flirtatiously at him. She has had a crush on him ever since she first set her eyes on him but he remained unmoved at her advances.
"Where is Mother?" he asked. "Mama has gone out. She said there's something she urgently needs to attend to. She'll be back in the evening". Annie replied. Axel nodded. "Brother guess what?. Sister Julia promised to call sister Reina for me. I'm so excited". Hearing what Annie said, a surprised Axel looked at Julia and asked, "Is it true? You know how we can contact Reina?" Julia nodded. sheepishly. She didn't know that Axel would come home so early when she promised to call Reina for Annie.
Now looking at Annie's expectant gaze and Axel's sharp eyes, she felt conflicted. In the end, she still called Reina. When Annie heard her sister's voice on the other side, she screamed in excitement.
She hasn't heard of her sister in months and missed her so much. Crying, she told Reina how much she misses her and want to see her so badly. Reina cried too, assuring her that she'll come home very soon.