Chapter 94 Love-struck Fool

Liam frowned.

After living with her for so many years, how could he not know her?

No matter how sweetly she talked in public, the fact remained that she couldn't stand Alistair.

She'd secretly pitted her own son, Caleb, against Alistair. Once, when she noticed that Alistair was a few inches taller, she went on a shopping spree, buying all sorts of so-called height-boosting supplements. "Caleb, you gotta take these every day. They'll make you as tall as a basketball player!" she'd insisted, shoving the pills at him.

Another time, seeing Alistair's clear, smooth skin, she ordered Caleb, "You should wear a mask whenever you go out. It'll protect your skin." Caleb rolled his eyes, muttering, “Mom, that's so girly. I'm not doing it." If he hadn't put his foot down, she probably would've gone as far as getting him an umbrella to shield him from

the sun.

Suddenly, Liam's mind flashed back to Caleb's senior year in high school. Celeste had turned into an absolute maniac. "Caleb, you're not going to bed until you finish these practice tests. I want you to ace the SATS!" she'd scream. Night after night, she forced

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Caleb to study until one or two in the morning. Poor Caleb couldn't take it

anymore. He ran away from home several times.

Liam came to an abrupt halt, his face frozen in a mask of shock

and disbelief.

He was dead certain of what he'd just realized.

Celeste found out Alistair was outshining Caleb at school. She was terrified Alistair would blow Caleb out of the water on the SAT.

So, so...

Liam's expression kept shifting, a whirlwind of shock, remorse, and anger swirling across his face like a wild carousel.

just because he'd discovered he'd been duped by

college.

he'd known Alistair was a top-notch student back then, he might've just

good would it do him if Alistair went to college? Could it land him a cool two

of Celeste's sweet-talking in his ear, he'd still

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his own

now, well, Liam saw

glorifying himself, convinced

son drop out of school. That conniving bitch Celeste is the one who

then, Celeste's call came

what the hell? Are you coming home tonight or what? If you don't haul your ass back here pronto, we're getting divorced. I'll live with Caleb, and you can go live with that little bastard son of

pushy words got Liam's

the house, he'd done his

and refused to hige an inch. Left with no other

had gnawed at him

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stunt on

underworld connections.

that guy ever found out what he'd done, Liam's life

over.

from resenting Alistair for being so heartless, Liam held the

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Eloise, whose personality had become increasingly outgoing, bid a sweet farewell to Alistair and Caroline without a single tear or tantrum.

to

home.

house needed a thorough renovation, which would take quite some time. She had made the decision to transfer Eloise to a new kindergarten rather abruptly. The kindergarten nad been purchased at a high

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continue to live in their current place and move

also located in the city center, only about a

usual, Caroline drove Alistair

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