"You're joking, right?" Vincent still couldn't believe his cousin had the heart to harm his own family.
"No. I told you I'm not joking this time. Unfortunately, if I bought it under my name, James and my other cousins would attack me and make me hand it back by force."
"I don't understand. After all James is a Paxton, he is one of your family. Why do you even want to destroy him? And again, you are using me?!"
Vincent could no longer hold back his irritation. He was able to hold himself to his cousin's pranks and jokes. But, in this case... he couldn't accept it. One thing Vincent hated the most was someone took advantage of him.
"You just don't understand. Paxton isn't what it looks like. I can't tell you in detail."
The Paxton family was unique in its traditions. They strictly adhere to the hereditary custom of prioritizing the firstborn regardless of whether the baby was a boy or a girl. Overall, the rightful firstborn inherits ninety percent of the previous generation's wealth.
Benjamin's father was the eldest son, which means that Benjamin, the only child, has his father's fullest property.
Davone, Ben's father, has several nephews. Among them was James and his only daughter Clarissa, aged twenty-six.
Traditionally, Ben's father's brothers got only ten percent, which was divided equally. Automatically Ben's cousins got what he got from his parents.
James and Davone's other nephews wanted more. Their greed knew no bounds, and they continue to look for ways to seize what Benjamin currently has.
With his mother's help, Benjamin managed to hide most of his assets and only exposed a few that the Paxton family in general already knew.
For assets that haven't been shown, he never shows them or uses them. That way, his cousin will not know what to grab and are staying low, waiting for the opportunity to come.
There was one fatal weakness he had. Benjamin was in no way related by blood to Paxton. If other Paxton members knew about this, no doubt... his name will be erased from the Paxton lineage, which means he will lose all of Paxton's control.
Not than he minded. Benjamin already had his own business by building the Star Risen Hotel. These hotels of his had nothing to do with Paxton.
His benefactor and investor mainly came from the Regnz family instead of Paxton. He did not want the Paxton to have a reason to claim what belongs to him.
Ever since his dear one left him for good, the Regnz family was the only family and support he has. He did not care about Paxton's wealthiness, but he promised his dear sister to protect it.
But now it's different. Benjamin decided to keep all and take of Paxton's assets, that include the one belongs to James and others. He would hand them over to Catherine as the girl was the first offspring of his elder brother. Before that, he had to prepare Catherine not to be swallowed up by all the Paxton family's cunning tricks.
By returning all inheritance to Catherine... the eldest daughter of the eldest son of Davone; only then could he reduce guilt and make amends for his mother.
He was sure that his birth mother never told Davone that she was pregnant before marrying him. His mother also never cared about Daniel and never found out where he was, even though Davone always thought about his eldest son.
Benjamin did not know anything until his parents died. He did not know that he had a brother. The fact that he was not Davone's biological child was also unknown to him.
If the government had not contacted him at that time, this secret would not have been revealed. If he had not felt he had to investigate the four minors at the time, he would not have tested their DNA with Davone Paxton. He will not know that he was not Paxton's biological child because he tested his DNA with Daniel, which results in saying the two were not blood-related.
He also tested Daniel's DNA with Davone's, and no doubt, Daniel was indeed Davone's son.
That's when he understood... Why his father didn't seem to love him and always thought of other things. At the same time, he hated Daniel and refused to visit him in a mental hospital. He hoped that his brother never gets well.
However, as time went on, he saw Catherine's growing up. The young girl's face reminded him of someone. No... her face was very similar to that of a woman—his sister.
He did not know why, but he was overwhelmed by guilt every time he looked at his niece's face whenever he prayed for the worse toward the girl's father.
Because of that... he did something he had never done before. Benjamin called in a psychiatric specialist to treat his brother. He even helped Catherine and prepare her to become a Paxton's legal heiress.
He also prepared everything else. Even Catherine's birth certificate and her three younger siblings who use the name West have also been changed back to Paxton. The rest was just waiting for Catherine to be ready and introduce her to the whole world.
But before that... he had to deal with every sneaky wolf that was about to pounce on Catherine without mercy.
"You're the only one who can help me," Ben said desperately without realizing it.
The only one who could help him achieve his goal was his cousin from the Regnz family.
"If I do, I'll involve the whole Regnz family, and again... I don't have that much money. You know that too."
"Right, you don't. But V has. Isn't that right, Vincent? Or should I call you… V?"
That's when Vincent's face stiffened.