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Chapter 1089
Margaret had a habit of getting up early in the morning. However, she had not slept well the night
before. Thoughts flooded her mind, and she could only fall asleep at the break of dawn.
Unfortunately, a phone call roused her from her sleep. Margaret felt like her head was about to explode
from the noise. "Hello?" she mumbled as she weakly answered the call.
Ralph was so restless that he could not tell something was wrong with his mother, "Mom, you're
already awake, right?"
Margaret was usually up by this time as she was a light sleeper due to her age, so it was natural for
Ralph to assume she was awake.
"No, not really. Why?” Margaret sat up from bed. Her eyes were still closed as she asked softly.
"Nothing much. I wanted to ask about the results of the DNA test. Is it out yet?"
If the report had been out, Margaret would have read it. He did not want to ask his sister, so he could
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Margaret's eyes immediately flew open when she heard Ralph mention the report. Her eyes were clear
as she turned to the report sitting on her table. " Yeah, what about it?” She did not give him a clear
answer.
"So, it's out then? What are the results? Alexander is not biologically related to us, right?" He asked in
haste, as h desperately wanted the answer.
Margaret had a pained expression on her face as she did not admit nor deny his accusations. Instead,
she just huffed in response.
Ralph, who did not get a clear answer from his mother, was confused, so he asked again, "Mom, are
you okay? Are you still sleepy? What are the results? Is Alex part of our family?"
Margaret coughed into the phone softly and said, "It was already late when I got the results yesterday. I
fell asleep even before I could look at it. Let me check and get back to you.”
'That’s not important!" Ralph suddenly proclaimed upon hearing that Margaret had not seen it. "Mom, I
have a favor to ask of you.”
"What is it?” Margaret frowned. "Don't tell me you want me to distract Alex and Lily again. I've already
told you I won't do that anymore. I've already helped you once, so don’t even think about it!”
Then she paused and continued questioning him, "Wait, didn't you say you were successful the last
time? What happened to Heather? Did she not keep her end of the bargain?"
Margaret knew something was wrong. If Ralph had been successful, he would have some of the Riggs
shares in hand, so why was he doing this?
"No, of course not. Why wouldn't Heather keep her end of the bargain? She was the one who wanted
the handbook so badly." Ralph dared not tell his mother that Heather had tricked him. He was worried
Margaret would lose faith in him. As for Heather, there was nothing more he could benefit from her.
He needed to get rid of Alexander. If he were the head of the Russell family, he would not have to fear
Heather nor need her company's shares anymore.
"Isn't that enough? What else do you want?" Margaret sighed as she sat up and massaged her
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"Mom, you know I've always wanted to be the head of the family, not just hold some Riggs family
shares! This position was supposed to be mine! If my brothers were still around, I wouldn't have put up
a fight if Dad had given them the position.
"However, I'm still young, so why is my nephew the one inheriting the family head position? Do you
think I enjoy being a useless uncle with nothing to do in the company because I didn’t get an official
position? How do you think that makes me feel?" Ralph protested.
As Margaret listened to his complaints, she could not help but feel slightly uncomfortable. She had
given Ralph too much love and was overprotective of him. She had used him as an outlet to channel all
her grief when her sons passed away.
As a result, she favored him too much as she wanted him to grow up healthy and safe. So, when her
husband named Alexander his successor, she was furious.
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