Declan’s POV:
Father leaned back in his chair, clearly outraged by Percival’s refusal, while Percival himself just sat as though he hadn’t just thrown father’s ridiculous offer back in his face. It was a stupid thing to do and that was how I knew he was faking.
Percival might be rich, but he did not have power, certainly not the kind of power that taking over the company would give him, and anybody with a working brain would jump at father’s offer. I had the dreadful feeling that he was toying with father in a bid to get all of the company for himself.
I could never let that happen.
“And why’s that?” Father asked calmly.
“Because, as I told John, your lawyer, the only reason I agreed to come to this… ceremony was because I already had plans to expand my business. I want to test th
