Faux Vows, True Desires

Stefan deduced from Lucinda's dreams that she wasn't an abandoned baby.

Edgar said, "You're talking about the Moore family, right? Ike would want to strangle you if he heard you. The Moores are all straight shooters, they wouldn't do something like child trafficking." Stefan gave him a sidelong glance, "I'm just guessing that maybe Lucinda was once kidnapped and escaped, then was adopted by the Moore family."

What a wild theory!

The Moores would never be involved in child trafficking.

"So, if your wife was indeed adopted by the Moore family, how would you handle it?" Edgar asked curiously.

Stefan retorted, "What do you think I should do? Lucinda is my wife, whether she's a Moore by birth or not, that won't change. My decision to marry her has nothing to do with her background." The Andersons, being top dogs in Pinehurst, didn't need to marry for status.

The elders in their family had always said that, although the previous generation might have needed to marry for power, their generation had the freedom to choose their own wives.

As long as the woman they liked came from a good family and was well-mannered, the elders wouldn't object.

Of course, they'd be happier if the woman was from the same social class. It's always easier when you're dealing with your own kind.

"You're the firstborn of the Andersons, the CEO of Ascend Global. If your wife doesn't come from a notable family, how will she fit into the high society of Pinehurst? Do you really think that just by giving her the Anderson name, she'll be able to hold her own in society? Unless she doesn't socialize at all, do you think that's possible?"

The women of the Anderson family were expected to accompany their husbands to various social events.

High society parties might seem glamorous, but that didn't mean there's no competition. After all, where there were people, there's competition.

Stefan already had a lot of suitors, and if his wife didn't come from a significant background, she'd definitely be bullied when accompanying him to these parties.

Recalling Lucinda's performance at their first party together, Stefan confidently said, "Even without a family background, Lucinda handled herself well at the party. She's naturally beautiful and can handle any situation. She seems to be born for the high society life."

"If she doesn't want to accompany me to these events, she's free to do as she pleases. We don't have a lot of restrictions in our family."

lived pretty free and easy lives. His mom even

a while, then said, "Lucinda must have done a lot of good

doted on his wife

all of Pinehurst will

on his way down that road and showing no signs of

not worried about that. What I am worried about is that my wife's mother would persuade Lucinda to leave me because I'm too rich,"

without Lucinda telling him,

she thought he was too rich and high-status for Lucy, even persuading Lucy to divorce

laughed, "Boss, so you do have moments when people don't like

you off to some poor and remote place."

a man of refined tastes, didn't want to go to

on those people I asked you to

Edgar's expression

was just about to report back to you. I spent a lot of time and money digging into their backgrounds, and now I finally have some leads. They're gangsters, not from Pinehurst, and they're

voice, "They've targeted your wife. That means the person they're planning to murder is

aiming to murder your wife and it has nothing to do with you. Boss, you should ask your wife if she's offended anyone. Someone actually spent a lot of money

face went serious and he asked in a deep

businessman, dealing only in lawful

he needed information, he

have to deal with gangsters; obviously not him personally, but through Edgar's

"Mr. Jack."

underworld as a force to be reckoned with. He has trained

without even knowing her biological

you find out who's pulling the strings in the

accounts, we found that the commission was