Chapter 2260

"Back then, the Dutton family was a wealthy family who was as highly regarded as the Beckett family is today. Mr. Javier's first wife was the second daughter of the Dutton family, Caroline Dutton. Their marriage was ordained by Mr. Newton personally and was publicly known as a marriage alliance between corporations.

"It is said that both parties barely met a few times before their marriage, so there was no opportunity for them to date romantically. In other words, their marriage wasn't built on love. Back then, the marriage alliance Mr. Newton forged with the Dutton family was only to salvage the Beckett Group, which was embroiled in some financial turmoil at the time."

As Alyssa listened to Jonah's elaboration, she looked unperturbed. "Marriage alliances between wealthy families are commonplace. Winston even wanted to have Taty marry into the Schmidt family previously."

"Mrs. Beckett only had one son, Mr. Justin. Even though the relationship between Mr. Justin's parents wasn't great, there weren't any malicious rumors at the time either. After all, the Becketts benefited from the Duttons power, and Mrs. Beckett gave birth to a son. Even if Mr. Javier has any objections about anything, there's no way that he would've shown it.

"This harmonious relationship went on until Mr. Justin turned four."

Cyrus listened intently, as if he were listening to a story. It was the same for Alyssa. She quickly prompted, "What happened after that?"

The look in Jonah's eyes dimmed. "One night, Mrs. Beckett used a shotgun to end her life by the pond in Seaview Manor."

Alyssa's eyes widened in shock. She started breaking out in cold sweat. "She took her own life with a gun? But, why?"

"Damn! That's real brutal of her!"

from a building, slit their wrists, or take sleeping pills when they try to take their own lives, just so that they won't die a painful death. I can't believe that she actually dared to shoot herself. She was

tad of helplessness in his voice, he said, "Truth be told, no external party knows what Mrs. Beckett's cause of death was. That said, our father is an extremely nosy person. Back then, he even had that buddy of his, Mr. Victor, who was a busybody. So, as much as the Becketts

"When Justin was four...

mother happened to be pregnant. Could it be that Mrs. Beckett took her own life because Mr. Javier had an

couldn't help but feel terrified. His head went

on, right? If Justin's mother's death was really because Mr. Javier had an

returned with ulterior motives this time.

whirl. She also happened to have the same thoughts as

it

a low voice, he continued, "When I was young, I once mentioned to Dad

getting married, Mr. Javier never brought her out in public. Even in private, she rarely left home, and I've never heard of her having any close female friends either.

didn't seem to be doing

brief glance at them before scurrying off. Since then, they never saw her again. On top of that, Justin had just

was something like

together and pondered. "Quite a lot of women who failed postpartum care ended up with symptoms of postpartum depression. It's possible that she

Javier's affair to top that off, her condition worsened and caused her

anything to do with the Dutton family's

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