Caesar's father had many women outside, but they took what they needed from each other, that was
all.
Some were for money, some for fame and fortune.
But that woman, Julienne Yona, wanted more.
She wanted to be a part of the James family and to sit in the position of the hostess that had been
vacant for over ten years.
Julienne Yona was beautiful, scheming, and resourceful.
She was only in her twenties when she was with Caesar's father, who was in his early fifties at the time.
After mentioning to him several times, both explicitly and implicitly, that she wanted to get married, but
being refused, she decided to change her target.
By that time, Franklin was married and had his little girl Elaine.
Caesar, who was single, naturally became her target.
At first, she approached Caesar with a purpose, but perhaps because she had previously been dealing
with older men in their fifties, and now that she was with a man of her age, ambiguous affection was
gradually growing in her heart.
She had been with Caesar for a long time and for a while she even believed that they were really
boyfriend and girlfriend. Caesar treated her well, and obviously he liked her a lot.
So she broke off contact with Caesar's father.
But it didn't last long when her creditors came to her door and Julienne needed a large sum of money.
At that time, Caesar had just taken over a lot of company business and was very busy, leaving early
and returning late every day.
Julienne looked at him and just couldn't tell him the truth.
She didn't want the person she liked to know that she had such a bad history.
So she went to Caesar's father and got a sum of money from him.
But as fate would have it, soon afterward, Julienne became pregnant.
Caesar was happy when he learned the news. He was very fond of children. Although he had Elaine
around him all the time, he wanted to have a child of his own more than anything else.
But Julienne's face turned pale. No one knew better than her that who the real father was.
Since she was pregnant, Caesar had put their marriage on the agenda and even took Julienne back
home with him.
That scene was enough of a shock.
Caesar's father didn't make it clear, but he demanded them to break up on the spot. Caesar, naturally,
did not agree and resisted as hard as he could.
That was why it was rumored that the James family didn't like the woman and wouldn't accept her.
Franklin also thought Julienne looked familiar, and it was only after he looked into it secretly that he
found out the truth.
He went to see Julienne and told her to abort the baby and leave Caesar.
But Julienne refused to give up the opportunity that was within her reach. She turned to Caesar's father
and threatened to make it public that she was carrying his child if he did not let her marry into the
James family.
By this time, Caesar was fighting against the James family to be with her, and many people knew that
she was Caesar's girlfriend.
If she exposed the truth, it would be a huge scandal.
Caesar's father agreed to this in order to appease her.
However, there really was no such thing as a secret. Caesar found out about her pregnancy test and
discovered that there was a problem with the date of her pregnancy.
Instead of asking Julienne directly, he went behind her back to check it out.
The results he got made him sick and shudder.
Julienne, who thought everything was all right, hugged him and said sweetly, "Honey, do you think our
baby will look like you or like me?"
Caesar asked her numbly, "What do you think?"
"I think she must look like you. Everyone else says that the daughter would look like her father. I just
have a hunch that I'm gonna have a baby girl. You like Elaine a lot, right? Later, when we have a
daughter of our own, you can..."
Caesar pushed her away and left without looking back, going downstairs to puke for a long time.
Then later, on Julienne's way to the hospital, the car broke down.
The car was wrecked and Julienne was killed.
It was Caesar who did it.
And Caesar didn't stop there. The next person he planned to kill was his father.
But his attempt was discovered by Franklin and Hilbert in time to stop him.
And to prevent the thing from escalating, Hilbert and Bancroft, after consulting with each other, expelled
him from the James family in order to save him.
As the story came to the end, Hilbert heaved a long sigh, "He probably feels that in this case, it was his
father who did the wrong thing and we took his father's side, so he holds a grudge against even us. He
changed into a different person by then, and staying in Riverside City wasn't going to help him, and it
was foreseeable that he would do something appalling again."
Stella froze as she listened and it took her a long time to react. She opened her mouth but didn't know
what to say.
Darnell's mother said, "As you know, the James family has many branches and the forces are already
complex. If they found out that he killed Julienne and that he was involved in so many things... they
were going to make a big deal out of it. They wouldn't dare do anything to his father, so they could only
get on him."
Hilbert continued, "His father was so devastated by the incident that he was bedridden after Caesar left
Riverside City and died within six months. Later, the story was forgotten."
Clarence spoke coldly, "I didn't expect that the James family had such a spectacular past."
Hilbert coughed, "Caesar was at fault, but the James family's connection to City N didn't start with him.
To be frank, it was also down to me and your grandfather. We only wanted to teach the Conrad family a
lesson back then, but we didn't expect ... to let someone with ulterior motives take advantage of the
situation. One of your grandfather's greatest regrets in his life was that child of the Conrad family ..."
"Was it not his biggest regret that he didn't get to apologize in person?"
Hilbert coughed again, "Your grandfather was the head of the James family and there were many
things he couldn't help himself with. He was thinking of you and your mother even as he was dying.
Others can blame him and hate him, but you cannot ..."
Clarence got up, "What am I blaming him for? It's been so long ago, and blaming anyone won't change
the ending."
Hilbert looked at him. He was at a loss for words and could only sigh.
It was the sins sown by the previous generation that had brought about the present retribution.
Stella rose with him, bent in greeting to Hilbert and Darnell's mother, and followed Clarence out.
Outside, it was already dark.
It seemed very late now.
Dark clouds were gathering in the distance and it was about to rain.
Stella walked up to Clarence and whispered, "Are you still upset about this?"
"What?" Clarence looked at her and spoke gently, "No. It's over."
Stella stopped and poked Clarence in the chest and said slowly, "You always say it's over, but you can't
convince yourself of that here, can you?"
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