Secretary's Secret Lover
Chapter 544 Colton’s Secret

Chapter 544: Chapter 544 Colton’s Secret

When Colton heard this, his heart leaped, and he had a bad feeling.

However, he still pretended to be calm and said, "What nonsense are you talking about? Since you insist on being stubborn, don’t blame me for accusing you of occupying my property!"

"You are right. I am not related to you, so I don’t expect you to treat me as your son," Lance said coldly.

Colton could not understand why Lance sounded like he knew something.

How was that possible?

Apart from Jaiden, only Mike knew about that secret.

A third person couldn’t know.

Why was he so sure? It was because Jaiden had always valued promises in his life.

He promised himself that he would not spread the story of Lance and he would keep it.

Mike was Jaiden’s confidant, and he was a participant in this. It was hard to avoid letting him know.

There was no other way.

It was also this secret that caused Mike to lose his life.

In Colton’s eyes, he should have died long ago!

Otherwise, why would Colton be willing to be defeated in the last meeting that impeached Lance?

It was because Mike had used that secret to threaten him!

Mike was an old fox taught by Jaiden. None of them were easy to deal with.

Back then, if not for the fact that Jaiden was still alive, how could Colton have endured so many years without seizing power?

Most importantly, Jaiden was indeed shrewd.

Colton was not confident that he could win against him. After Jaiden passed away, he slowly infiltrated his forces into the Wolseley Group.

However, it took him a long time.

Because Jaiden had probably discovered his ambition, he began to set up defenses within the company, not allowing him to participate in the Wolseley Group’s big decisions.

Unfortunately, Jaiden was a wily old fox, but he did not expect that he had an acute illness and would not have long to live.

Suddenly, he passed away without leaving a single word behind, allowing Colton to seize the initiative.

Colton was the boss of the Wolseley Group. No matter how well Lance did in the company, he still had to respect Colton!

Just like this, Colton did it step by step.

If not for that damned Mike jumping out, he would have already succeeded.

But it was also fortunate that Mike had stepped forward that time, which reminded Colton of this hidden danger and completely cleared it out.

Even though many things were wrong, Colton could only suppress the feeling and deal with important things first.

Colton was confident that no second person would know what happened back then.

He pretended to ease his tone and said, "Since you know it yourself, considering that we are father and son, even if you treat me like this, I will not be ruthless to you. Our family will welcome you as usual."

Colton’s magnanimity was definitely better than Lance’s cold-blooded attitude.

Among the shareholders, Colton’s friends supported him in the crowd.

"Mr. Colton is really a friendly person. He can ignore the past despite being treated like this by his son. He is a role model for us to learn and the city image we need!"

The people beside him applauded and echoed, "Yes."

Someone said, "Mr. Colton has taken care of you for many years. You are unkind. Hurry up and apologize to your father!"

Colton was pleased with himself. He waved his hands and said, "Thank you. Everyone, I don’t dare to accept your compliment. I really don’t dare!"

"It’s true because you don’t deserve it." Lance smiled coldly.

Colton didn’t know what to say.

His expression turned cold. He could no longer pretend to be kind.

Even really nice people had a bit of a temper, not to mention that Colton was pretending to be kind.

"You little bastard!" After cursing, he felt that it was inappropriate.

Coughing a few times, Colton changed his words. "Lance, you are so stubborn and unrepentant. I have no other way to deal with you. Since you don’t put me in your eyes, I can’t consider myself your father. I now announce that you have nothing to do with the Wolseley Group. From now on, you can do what you want with your life. We don’t have anything to do with each other!"

After saying this, Colton pretended to wipe the corners of his eyes and blinked his fake tears.

It seemed that he was really hurt by Lance’s attitude.

The people under the stage were fooled by his acting, and he had arranged spies to support him.

At this time, someone spoke.

"It is wrong. How can you treat Mr. Colton like this? You were raised by him. How can you be such an ungrateful person?"

"Yes, this time, Lance went too far. I used to admire him for being young, promising, and outstanding. Now it seems this person is not a decent man!"

"It is difficult for such a person to gain a foothold in the market. So what if he is a genius? He is an animal and will only be spurned by others."

"..."

People’s words entered Colton’s ears. They helped him a lot.

He was incredibly pleased and was not as cautious.

Colton smiled and said, "Lance, without our help, you have to rely on Juliette. You don’t have to worry about food and clothing."

Seeing that Lance did not speak, Colton thought he was stunned by people’s words.

He was pleased.

Turning around, he ordered as the head of the Wolseley Group, "After today’s wedding, you don’t have to go back to the Wolseley’s house. After all, you are not a descendant of the Wolseley family. It is not appropriate to go back to the house. Only qualified people can stay there."

"Indeed, only qualified people can stay there. You and your son are not worthy."

"You!"

Colton was so angry that he could only spit out one word.

After a moment, he scolded, "Little bastard, why am I not qualified to live there? I am the most qualified person in the Wolseley Group!"

"When you are Colton, you are qualified, but have you forgotten your original name?"

Lance said coldly, "Mr. Mateo Hodge."

Colton was surprised.

Colton’s expression was like being hit by a bolt from the blue in a split second.

How could it be?

How could this brat know the name?

Impossible, absolutely impossible!

He was very confident that Lance did not know about this!

After all, when Jaiden listened to his advice back then, he had to make Lance think that he was Colton’s son for the sake of Lance’s health.

All the evidence about his past had been sealed up.

And after Jaiden died, he opened the safe and destroyed all the information.

Thinking of this, Colton became much calmer.

Perhaps this kid had only heard some news and wanted to trick him.

I cannot fall for this stinky brat’s trick!

"You little bastard, don’t slander me!"

Colton put his hands on his hips and said righteously, "People’s eyes are sharp. Everyone can see that you are angry and embarrassed after knowing your background and want to slander me!"

Lance curled his lips and said coldly, "Mr. Hodge, I am slandering you? What’s your identity? Since you can’t remember, let me tell everyone."

Before he finished speaking, Colton was no longer calm.

"Little brat, I will beat you to death so you know I am not to be bullied!"

Colton began to untie his belt in a flurry as he spoke. But the more he panicked, the more he couldn’t undo it.

He raised his leather shoe and smashed it toward Lance!

The bodyguard behind Lance kicked it back like kicking a rubber ball.

Nobody saw that coming.

There was a muffled sound.

Colton was hit in the chest by his leather shoes and fell to the ground.

Instantly, he wailed, "My son hit me. It’s crazy. This little bastard is crazy. Hurry up and catch him and beat him hard!"

When Charlie saw Colton fall to the ground, he quickly stepped forward and held Colton’s arm. Concerned, he asked, "Father, are you alright?"

How could Colton say that he was OK?

Colton groaned and said, "Ouch, my chest hurts badly. I don’t know if it hurt the internal organs. Ouch."

Colton snorted miserably, and Charlie accused Lance.

"You went too far. My father has been taking care of you for so many years. You have no conscience and allowed your subordinates to hurt him!"

Lance curled his lips and asked. "He just shot himself in the foot."

Lance stared coldly at them, sneering, "You and your father are thieves. He is the one who has truly let my grandfather down. My grandfather nurtured him for so many years!"

Charlie was not convinced. He wanted to jump up, grab the man by the collar, and beat him.

In any case, this sick and weak man was definitely not Charlie’s match.

Colton clutched his chest and panted heavily. He pulled Charlie to stop him.

Colton decided to play the role of the clown and scoundrel alone.

Colton hoped that Charlie could continue to maintain his gentle and refined image.

"You unfilial son. Your grandpa is not here, and you feel that no one can stop you."

Colton panted heavily and said, "Good, very good. In that case, under the witness of everyone today, the Wolseley family will no longer have anything to do with you. You have to take care of yourself."

Then, he ordered, "He is no longer a member of the Wolseley family. The cost of this wedding comes from the Wolseley family. Since he is unreasonable, don’t blame me for being immoral. Throw him out now."

Hearing this, Juliette was anxious. Her beautiful face turned pale as she said, "You can’t do it!"

She didn’t want to be seen as a joke on such a happy day.

Colton pretended to be heartbroken and said, "Juliette, I don’t want to do it. He hurt me. Not only did he not have the slightest attitude of admitting his mistakes and repenting, he even tried to frame me!"

He patted his chest and said, "I have lived a good and upright life for fifty years. How can he frame me just because he wants to?"

Lance interrupted his impassioned speech and sneered, "You don’t deserve to be called Colton! Mr. Hodge!"

The new name appeared once again and finally attracted the attention of others.

Why did Lance call his father Mateo Hodge? Could it be?

Everyone turned their eyes back to the stage, only to see Lance coldly narrate, "When you were young, you were stranded on the streets due to illness, and my grandfather accidentally ran into you. Seeing that your appearance resembles my biological father, Aden, he brought you to the Wolseley family. Later, a psychic said that you would encounter evil in your life and needed the family in this world to help you. Grandfather saw you were young and could not bear it, so he agreed to the psychic’s words and announced that you were his son.

"Later, on the thirteenth year of your arrival, my parents died in an accident. I was just born and was still in my infancy. When you saw that grandfather pitied me, you volunteered to keep me under your name and asked a psychic to tell my fate. You insisted that this was beneficial to me.

"Actually, you just wanted to rely on me and help yourself to ascend to the seat of the only heir of the Wolseley Group.

"I believe you suddenly gave up last time because Mike told you about this."

After Lance finished speaking, the people around were all dumbfounded.

They thought they would only attend a luxurious wedding today. Still, they had never expected there would be so many twists.

Nobody expected Colton to be the child adopted.

And Lance was the only grandson.

Colton’s body stiffened for a long time until Charlie shook him awake.

Then, Charlie quickly whispered, "So what if he knows? Without evidence, it’s useless. Who can prove that he is the son of the dead man?"

His words enlightened Colton.

Yes, even if he knew this secret, what could he do?

The people who could prove it were all no longer in this world.

Moreover, everything about Jaiden in the family had been burned and destroyed.

There was nothing left that could verify DNA.

Colton didn’t need to be afraid.

Calming down, Colton revealed a mocking smile. He said, "Lance, I didn’t think that to take possession of the Wolseley family’s property, you could even make up such a fantastical story! Do you think you can make up such a story just because you know of my brother’s existence? You are the child Jaiden adopted, yet you made this story up. It is truly lamentable and laughable."

The two told different stories, and everyone present was stunned.

They didn’t know who to believe.

At this time, there was a sudden applause from where the dinner party entrance was.

A man in a suit clapped at the door and walked toward Colton.

When Colton saw the man’s face, his eyes widened in disbelief.

The man walked up to Colton and stood still. He said coldly, "Long time no see."

This sentence made Colton’s face change. He was so shocked that he could not close his mouth and said, "You, you, you... Why are you still alive?"

Colton did not believe it and blinked his eyes again and again.

After confirming that the man in front of him was alive and real, his face became paler and paler.

The gentleman curled his lips and said coldly, "If I am not alive, how can I hear such a wonderful story? However, your ability to make up stories is becoming more and more amazing."