The old lady lowered her eyes to the glass of juice resting in her hand, her fingers absentmindedly tracing the rim as though she were organizing the thoughts she had carried for years.
After a brief silence, she finally lifted her gaze toward Kelvin. "What do you think?" she asked quietly.
Although the Thorne family had always projected an image of unity, harmony, and stability before the media, the reality hidden behind the mansion's grand walls was no different from that of countless other wealthy families.
Beneath the polished reputation lay greed, jealousy, hatred, and an unending struggle for power. Every smile concealed calculation, and every act of kindness came with a hidden motive.
To the outside world, Kelvin was the only grandson of the Thorne family and the undisputed heir to the Thorne Group.
Within the family itself, however, he was viewed very differently.
To many of them, he was an outsider who had stolen a position that should never have belonged to him.
