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Liam was dumbfounded.

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He hadn't expected his usually mild-mannered and agreeable son to bring up old grievances suddenly.

After his initial shock wore off, embarrassment turned to anger. "You little punk, are you trying to rebel against me?!"

Alistair let out a scornful laugh.

Rebel?

"Life Choice Triggered! Host, please make your selection!

"Option one: Filial piety above all else. There are no bad parents in this world. Once you calm down, you decide to apologize to your father and follow his instructions to seek Rebecca's forgiveness.

"Option two: Not all parents love their children unconditionally! Blood relations don't guarantee pure family affection. You are thoroughly disappointed in your selfish father, who disregards your feelings, and you firmly decide to cut ties with him!"

Alistair stared at two clouds drifting lazily across the brilliant blue sky outside the window and smiled-only a complete idiot would choose the first option!

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Though he had always craved family affection and once

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desperately sought Liam's attention, he now understood that some things couldn't be forced. After seeing the reality of their relationship, this so-called family bond meant nothing to him. anymore!

"I don't care about cutting tics!" he exploded. "From this. moment on, we're done! And whoever takes back these words. is a real son of a bitch! You have the nerve to call me worthless? If you're so capable, why don't you pay back the two million. dollars I gave you years ago!"

Liam was fuming at Alistair's disrespectful way of referring to himself. "You ungrateful, disobedient brat! From now on, you're

not my son!"

Liam didn't say a single word about the two million dollars.

Alistair leaned against the telephone pole to catch his breath. The falling out with Liam hadn't hit him as hard as he expected; instead, it gave him a sense of inevitable closure.

So what if they'd cut ties? It honestly didn't bother him that much.

To put it bluntly, even though Liam was his father, what difference had his presence made throughout Alistair's life?

Their rare meetings always featured Liam showering praise on his stepson from

second marriage, treating the boy like the

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he wasn't good enough.

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notice his achievements and

He'd been so naive,

finally woken up to reality, even

after ending her call with Liam, Rebecca waited anxiously at home. Sure enough,

then deliberately sat back down. She waited until she imagined the person outside

answer.

you were capable. Why

saw who was standing there, she

It wasn't Alistair.

it take so long to answer? Were you sleeping? Oh my god,

Everything's a complete mess. Where's Alistair? Why hasn't he cleaned anything

It was Cordelia.

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Cordelia, Rebecca couldn't hide the disappointment on her

however, was too busy being shocked

Alistair to notice Rebecca's

excuse about Alistair's absence and brushed

about the place irritating and called in

help but criticize Alistair again, despite Rebecca's "defense"

on the sofa. "No wonder Alistair's been getting too big for his britches lately! You've been spoiling him rotten! Why

young girls nowadays are trouble-always looking for shortcuts. Alistair is young and decent-looking. If he starts fooling around, you'll

felt a

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up. After living here for six years, all of Alistair's belongings fit into

luxury item actually belonged to

Now that

Nathaniel and Cordelia looked down on Alistair didn't mean they would accept Richard, even

one.

father, would they

it broke

been beaten so severely by Nathaniel's belt that he'd spent two weeks in the hospital

Alistair was tough-skinned- what did a beating matter to him? He just needed

recover.

was far too precious.

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parents saying even a harsh

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