Loving You In Secret novel Chapter 1078

"At that time, Tyler had his own business, so he didn't want to come back to the family. Meanwhile, I gradually grew my influence patiently over the years. My grandfather didn't want the family business to end up in the hands of an outsider, so he came up with a plan."

Lincoln's eyes darkened. "His plan was to put me in a fight against Tyler. He's the biological son of my parents, so that makes him the rightful heir. With his capabilities, he could easily dethrone me with my grandfather's help if he wanted to. However, he didn't want to return to the family, nor did he want to fight me for the inheritance."

After a pause, he added, "Vicky, everyone thought I was the one who wanted to stop Tyler from coming back for fear of him taking over. However, in all my years of growing up under this roof, I've been preparing and gathering power, so even if he's the biological son of my parents, it would still be very difficult for him to replace me, right?"

Vicky gave a light nod.

Lincoln continued to say, "So, why should I care whether he comes back or not if he can't win against me? Besides, he was the one who didn't want to come back. Nevertheless, my grandfather found out about your existence and decided to use you to drive a wedge between me and Tyler. He even arranged for someone to deliberately spread the news to Tyler, claiming that I wanted to hurt you.

"To be honest, I wouldn't even have known of your existence if my grandfather hadn’t done that. You've regained your memory, right? So, you should know that we've never ever met before this. After that, Tyler got really angry. He barged into this house and beat me up. His actions after that infuriated our family. Everyone thought he acted too rashly and that he should have thought it through before doing something like that."

Lincoln suddenly smiled subtly. "However, what they didn't know was Tyler did all that on purpose."

Vicky was rather shocked. "He did all that on purpose?"

"How would he be able to cut ties with our family if he didn't make them angry?"

"Vicky, I'm no saint. All these years, I've given everything to the family, so I won't let him waltz in here and take everything away from me. Letting you marry him was just a stopgap measure to buy me some time.

"Now that I'm powerful enough, I don't have to worry about him coming back to dethrone me. However, I want you to know that I don't really hate him. It's just that it's best for me to keep a close eye on him, so I hope you can understand."

Vicky was about to say something when her phone suddenly rang. She was still trying to digest everything Lincoln told her, so she did not pay attention to who was calling.

As soon as she answered the call, a man's cold and glum voice said, "Vicky, stay away from Lincoln."