Griffin softened his tone. "I'll cut you a share of the profits..."

Cameron, fed up with Griffin's cold-heartedness, snapped back, "I couldn't care less."

"What do you want, then?"

Cameron didn't bother to answer. Instead, he turned and walked away, feeling utterly defeated.

Griffin caught Cameron's sorrowful words floating back. "This used to be my home. I never thought coming back would be so hard. Dad, you were so good to me."

Griffin shot back, "You didn't live up to my expectations. Is it wrong for me not to want a son who's a disgrace?"Content held by .

"If you don't love me, just admit it. Stop making excuses." Cameron suddenly stopped, turned, and faced Griffin. "I accept that you don't love me. But using my love and trust to make way for your favorite son? That's low." Griffin felt a pang of unease.

As Cameron left the Dawson estate, he bumped into Nathan at the entrance.

Nathan was casually leaning against a marble lion statue, puffing on a cigarette with finesse.

Cameron, looking worn out and defeated, didn't want to engage with Nathan.

But Nathan couldn't resist mocking him, "Cameron, what's it like being betrayed by the person you trust most?"

Cameron blinked in surprise. "How do you know?"

Nathan smirked as if he had everything figured out. He blew a smoke ring. "Back when you were the Dawson family's golden boy, you strutted around like you owned the place. You looked down on Nathalie. Now look at you. Where's that confidence gone?" Cameron weakly acknowledged his situation. "Mr. Nathan, you've got a sharp eye."

Nathan shot back, "Cameron, do you believe in karma?"

Cameron looked confused. "What?"

Nathan said with a mocking edge, "Isn't this exactly what you did toz Nathalie? You took poor Nathalie in and pretended to be nice for a few days. To save Greta, you deceived a sweet, trusting girl."

"When she trusted you most, you stabbed her in the back and took her kidney Cameron, don't you see it? Your deeds that affected Nathalie's

past have become your karma now."

It hit Cameron like a bolt of lightning, leaving him shaken to his core. He turned pale and staggered. "I'm sorry."

Nathan gave him a sideways glance. "What you're going through now doesn't even come close to her pain."

Cameron's eyes widened in disbelief. Being betrayed by someone so close hurt like hell. Hadn't Nathalie suffered ten times more?

Nathan flicked the cigarette from his lips, tossed it to the ground, and ground it under his heel until it was nothing but ash. "Cameron, want to get back at your dad?" Every fiber of Cameron was burning with hate.

Nathan continued, "Nathalie's revenge? You've got to take it on the chin."

Cameron's handsome face turned ghostly white. The wrongs he inflicted on Nathalie had come back around, hitting him squarely. He had to face the consequences of his actions.

Cameron looked at Nathan and saw his teasing, mocking eyes. He felt a shiver of unease.

He sensed that his life was being manipulated by unseen forces. He felt trapped.

"Nathan, who are you really?"