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.

he'd discovered he'd been duped by his second-wife, and it had

college.

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

core. Just like Celeste had put it, what good would it do him if Alistair went to college? Could it land him a cool two million dollars

a bit more of Celeste's sweet-talking in

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his own flesh

Liam saw

always been big on glorifying himself, convinced he

me, I'd never have just sat back and watched my own son drop out

then, Celeste's call came

you don't haul your ass back here pronto, we're getting divorced. I'll live with Caleb, and you can go live with

words got Liam's

night, when he'd rushed out of the house, he'd done his damnedest to persuade Celeste to come

a mule and refused to hige an inch. Left with no other option, Liam

had gnawed at him

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a raise, he'd pulled some shady stunt on a colleague. He never in a million

underworld connections.

out what he'd

over.

being so heartless, Liam held the deepest grudge

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the kindergarten, Eloise, whose personality had become increasingly outgoing, bid a sweet farewell to Alistair and Caroline without a single tear or tantrum. "See you this

to the company while

home.

decision to transfer Eloise to a new kindergarten rather abruptly. The kindergarten nad been purchased at a high price in the shortest possible time, but she had to put some effort into decorating the new house to make it as

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would continue to live in their current place and move to

from the new kindergarten. It was also located in the city center, only about a ten-minute

drove

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