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Chapter 1077
Lincoln looked apologetically at her and said, "I'm sorry, Vicky. This is the only way I could think of to make sure
Tyler doesn't take you away. Please bear with it for the time being. I'll arrange for you to go abroad once security is
not as tight."
"Thank you. You've actually been an immense help to me. I might have been taken away by Tyler already if you
hadn't asked Old Mister Hart to help me," said Vicky quietly. Guilt immediately filled her heart when she saw the
wound on the corner of Lincoln's mouth. "I'm sorry that you got hurt because of me."
Tyler did not hold back at all when he punched Lincoln in the face, and up till now, there was still a bruise on the
corner of Lincoln's mouth.
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtLincoln smiled to show that he did not mind. "This? This is nothing. Besides..." He suddenly paused and changed the
topic. "Vicky, Tyler's men are stationed outside of this place, so don't ever leave until I give you the green light."
A multitude of feelings flashed across Vicky's eyes as she looked at the smiling man in front of her.
"Just what happened in the past between you and Tyler to make him hate you so much?" Then, realizing she had
overstepped her boundary, she quickly added, "You don't have to tell me if you don't want to."
"Well, what happened was no secret." Lincoln walked over to her and looked at her gently with his deep, dark eyes."
Besides, there's no need to be a stranger with me."
Vicky instinctively backed away to avert her gaze from his. Noticing this, Lincoln's eyes darkened but he did not
continue to move closer to her.
"I know you must have heard a lot of rumors about what happened between me and Tyler, like how I'm worried
about him usurping my position as the heir, so I deliberately set up a plan to frame him to the extent of using you
as a bargaining chip to destroy him. To be honest, I've never cared about all those rumors, so I didn't feel the need
to clear them up. While I might not care about what others think about me, I do care about what you think about
me."
He moved his gaze from her face and to the calm pond.
"I also know that my grandfather had spoken to you a few times. He had been trying to throw me out of the family
ever since he found out that we were not related by blood. He would've gotten his way if my parents didn't
intervene," Lincoln continued in an indifferent tone.
He suddenly smiled in a self-deprecating manner. "Our family and the Hart Corporation might be big, but through
the years of infighting to be the successor, everyone has pulled out all of the tricks in the books at the expense of
those closest to them.
"I'm sure you've heard about my father being in a coma before. Well, he ended up that way because the other
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmrelatives tried to get rid of him for their own benefit. To ensure her own and our safety, my mother transferred
away all the shares she had, but she never got them back, not even after my father woke up from his coma.
"That is why this branch of the family had no choice but to live under the thumb of the other relatives. My mother
had to ingratiate herself and endure all kinds of humiliation just to ensure my safety while I was growing up. She
never fought back even when she was hit.
"Thus, when I was young, I swore to myself that once I'm an adult, I would never let my parents live such a life
anymore. I hid whatever I was feeling and pretended to be lackadaisical just so they would lower their guard
around me while I slowly bought back all the shares that belonged to my parents."
Lincoln raised his head and looked at Vicky.
"However, my grandfather prevented me from doing that once he found out that we were not related by blood. He
even went as far as to bring Tyler back into this family."
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