Chapter 269: Girls Need to be Pampered

He hadn't been back to the old mansion for some time.

Ever since Clara Knox left, his grandfather turned against him, threatening that if he didn't bring Clara back, he would never be allowed through the doors of the old mansion.

That's what he said, though as his own grandson, the old man only kept him out for the first two years. Later on, knowing how Liam was living in endless regret, tearing himself up until he was neither human nor ghost, the old man still felt sorry for him.

During the holidays, he would relent a bit, allowing him to come in for a family meal.

But aside from eating, the old man wouldn't bother with him. Later, someone without foresight spilled the news of Clara Knox's death to the old man, causing him to fall gravely ill, barely escaping death at Ghostgate Pass.

From then on, the old man completely ignored his eldest grandson.