Forced Marriage: My Wife, My Redemption by Lilyheart

Chapter 405 405: Allen Group was innocent...

It seemed this was the longest statement Davis had ever made without pause. With it, Ethan felt his memory of Davis's clipped speech refreshed.

But recalling the reason behind it, he swallowed hard.

Davis's gaze burned into him. "Who in this universe could ever make peace with being treated less than human? When his worth is trampled on, denied, and ignored?"

His voice lowered into a dangerous calm. "Tell me, Ethan, what peace could there be in that?"

It seems this was the longest statement Davis had ever made without a pause. With it, Ethan felt his memory of Davis's clipped speech refreshed.

Ethan lowered his head further. He dared not meet Davis's eyes. He felt it was ridiculous.

For all his skill in investigation and the vast resources at his disposal, he had never been able to uncover his own origin. Not even his mother's name let alone his father's. It was as though he came from nowhere.

The only record he had was his first name, Ethan, given by the matron at the orphanage.

His surname came from his adoptive parents, but with Jessica's request that he sever the toxic ties with them, Davis had asked him to take the Allen name instead.

And still, there was nothing or trace of his true biological identity. Was he really born in no home? Had his father never met his mother?

Sometimes it made him laugh bitterly. Other times, it nearly drove him to tears. More than once he had felt the urge to tear apart the thick mist that shrouded his life in mystery.

Ethan's head swirled with a myriad of thoughts and silent whispers. His shoulders tensed, his heart thumping hard as he struggled to find answers to this question he had always avoided in the time past until now.

"Ethan, take a look at this."

Davis's voice cut through his haze as he handed over an envelope. Ethan took it with trembling hands, his gaze flicking between Davis and the sealed flap.

Davis gave a curt nod, turning back to his computer. With Sylas's case now in motion, there was still so much to do..

Leaning back, he exhaled slowly and closed his eyes, drafting a mental schedule.

His trip had paused much of his work, and while he was away Jessica had cleared most of the work backlog.

That left only a few pressing tasks before the official commencement of the research, something he had lined up with top researchers he'd managed to secure during his journey.

During that trip, he had made the best use of his time as contracts were signed, the team was ready, and Davis was certain success was only weeks away.

now, he

evidence against Sylas and forward them to the police chief, giving him a heads-up before the time of

made in the company before

Visit the hospital.

a visit to

his fingers curled into a fist.

his lips. "I found it in the black market so I

this boss of his whose superior-subordinate relationship over the years had

shocked as Ethan

just one that started on a whim, it wasn't

nephew, an heir of the Louis family…yet

you want his acknowledgement?" Davis retorted

a link to

the pages, struggling to digest the story and understand the

patriarch of the Louis family, had two sons…Patrick and Sylas. But Sylas was born of Greg's mistress, Freda, a maid. That

recognition, but Greg always held her back. With Stella, his legal wife, still alive, she had no place. Even after

mockery from the family, her son was treated as less than a

discovered Greg was never ready to accept her into the threshold

that Freda herself had

head of the family. But tradition required him to marry

Patrick married Stella in haste, and soon after, Sylas was relegated to his assistant. Together they managed

Stella conceived, Freda and Sylas felt threatened, they saw their

rules were clear: thirty-five percent of Greg's shares would pass to him. Consumed by fury, Freda resolved to end the bloodline and secure Sylas's

Ethan was born, Patrick was at the company's gala. He rushed to the hospital upon hearing Stella was in

asked the sex of the child. Patrick happily told him "He is

with rage, his hand tightened furiously against the telephone. He

and on his way back to the hospital, his car

restless and anxious was crushed when Freda herself brought the news. Overcome

and Freda announced to the family that Patrick and Stella's child had also died. In truth, they abandoned the infant at the gates of Merciful Hearts

their crime, they adopted a girl, Vera. "The loss of Patrick's family is unbearable," they told the Louis clan. "To console ourselves

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