Wyatt looked up and took one long look at Asher. Then, his gaze shifted past Asher andnded on Arnold.


    A whileter, Wyatt said, "I need a word alone with you, Ash."


    Wyatt and Asher remained in the ward.


    With his back facing Asher, Wyatt looked out the window in long silence.


    The angry grilling, yelling, and criticism did note down on Asher as he expected.


    In fact, the silence tore him up inside.


    "Everything you saw is true, Dad. I''m sorry."


    Asher broke the silence, hanging his head low. "I let you down for the years you raised and taught me. I fell short of your expectations. It''s all my fault. I only ask that you don''t put this on Arnold." Wyatt kept to himself.N?velDrama.Org holds ? this.


    Asher slowly straightened his back. "I know that I just gave KS Group a huge problem to deal with. I''ll hand in my resignation tomorrow, manage the handover, and withdraw from the board of directors." Wyatt jolted to his feet from the wheelchair and lost his bnce. He quickly grabbed onto the windowsill to keep his bnce.


    "Watch out, Dad!"


    Asher approached to help him up when Wyatt looked back and gave him an angry look.


    "Are you quitting all because of this?"


    Asher was taken aback.


    "Many CEOs of overseas corporations are open with their sexual orientation, and they are doing just fine. The culture is a little conservative here, but this is your private life. You''re not bothering anyone."


    Wyatt pounded the wall annoyedly. "I


    was in the tabloids daily for taking four wives. They''ve called me the worst names, but I still carried on with my life as the Chairman of KS Group for decades. Sure, they talked behind my back, but they still had toe to me in reverence*


    Stunned, Asher dropped his jaw. "Dad, I..."


    "You''re such a stick in the mud, even though you''re my son. You should have half of Be''s mindset."


    Wyatt shook his head in frustration. "This is strange. Who do you take after? Not me or your mom."


    "I''m different from you, Dad." Surprised by his father''s support, Asher felt warm and cozy inside. However, the guilt washed over him. "How are you different?"


    Anxious, Wyatt carried heavy


    footsteps to Asher. "Are you lesser


    than me or anyone? You''re not wrong for loving a man. It''s not your fault you swing the other way. If the public has a problem with that, the


    problem lies with them. opinion


    of others doesn''t matter, Just


    remember one thing."


    With a lump in his throat, Wyatt put his hand on Asher''s shoulder. "No matter what happens, you''ll always be my best son." Asher''s eyes widened.


    His father''s words echoed heavily in his mind, triggering a wave of warmth within him.


    Even when his mother passed, Asher never exposed his vulnerability to his father. Yet now, tears filled his eyes.


    "Don''t worry about it. Even when


    troublees, M and I, Be, Axel,


    your brothers, and Justin will handle it. Since Justin wants to marry Be, I should leave it to him to deal with as a test. He should know that it isn''t easy to marry into my family Wyatt seoffed and set up his little test for his future son-inw.


    "Thank you, Dad." Asher did not know what to say except to thank him.


    Recalling the hurtfulments online, Wyatt felt bad and spread his arms to hug his son. "Don''t mention it. You shouldn''t have to thank your dad because of this."


    Wyatt knew that the public loved the drama happening in the Thompson family.


    They believed Wyatt would be embarrassed by the shame Asher brought to the family and business.


    These people had another thinging.


    Wyatt had enough money and power not to care about their opinions.