Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 269

Chapter 269: You are not an Allen

The words fell like a sledgehammer, shattering the rock in Davis’s heart and bearing their judgment with them. "Desmond isn’t an Allen," he murmured silently, his mind spiraling as he struggled to analyze and comprehend the weight of this revelation.

One question thundered through him with unwavering force: "If not an Allen, then who?"

All his life, he had known Desmond as his uncle. He had grown up calling him that, had seen him at family functions, in business meetings, and around the Allen mansion like any other member of their bloodline.

Not once had there been a whisper or hint suggesting he was anything but an Allen.

Yet now, hearing Elder Allen say it with such finality stirred an unsettling dread within Davis. How many more secrets lay buried in the depths of this family?

Unbeknownst to them, Desmond, who had just arrived at the hospital room door ready to argue his way past the guards, stood frozen. The words filtered clearly through the small window, hitting him with unrelenting force.

"I am not an Allen?"

"I was never a member of the Allen family?"

"Why have I not known about this? Why was it hidden from me? What really happened?"

"If I’m not an Allen, then who am I?"

"Why had I never been treated differently except in the course of taking over the Group?"

"Why had no one mentioned it within or outside the Allen family?"

Inside, Davis’s voice, slightly trembling, broke the heavy silence. "How? Why? Since when?"

heart pounding. He wanted to hear it. He needed to hear how the man he called father would explain away the life he had lived under

sugarcoat the truth,

what felt like an eternity, Elder Allen’s voice came, quiet and heavy. "Alfred, go to the company and bring Desmond over. I need to speak with him. He deserves to hear

his instincts told him this matter couldn’t be resolved

turned to him, his voice weary,

his return this time is to make it true. After the revelation, he had blamed Desmond for much of the pain he had endured—the death of his parents, the theft of his inheritance, the

this truth, a strange

him come. There are questions only he can answer,"

gave a nod of resignation and turned to the door, hand reaching for the handle but before he could pull it open, the

Desmond stepped in.

eyes glittered with rage and pride, and his voice rang with biting sarcasm. "Long-lost nephew and niece-in-law. Tired of

Davis smirked, locking eyes with him. "You may not be wrong,

tension in the room thickened instantly. Their auras clashed like swords in a silent battlefield. Neither

seated with her phone in hand, yawned lightly and tapped Davis’s shoulder. "Hubby?"

instantly to her, hand gently brushing her forehead. "Are you

the charged atmosphere around them yet wouldn’t want Davis to

replied,

simmering as memories of everything he’d done flashed before him. All his efforts, all his plans, and

better, indeed," he

moment, cold and sharp. "Desmond, it would be better for all of us to stop the unnecessary jabs. I had just sent Alfred to call you. There is something I must say. A truth I should

for Desmond to sit. With silent resistance, he

I held you back from taking over the Allen Group.

fell into

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