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.

he

the police chief, giving him

and review changes Jessica made

Visit the hospital.

a visit to the

a fist. "Sir…

a deep breath escaping his lips. "I found it in the black market

right?" his eyes glued to this boss of his whose superior-subordinate

He had been as shocked as Ethan when it was mentioned

that his greed wasn't just

saying Sylas Louis knew I was his nephew, an heir of the Louis

you want his acknowledgement?"

laughable. And yet, to know he had a link to the Louis family

pages, struggling to

the Louis family, had two sons…Patrick and Sylas. But Sylas was born of Greg's

back. With Stella, his legal wife, still alive,

festered. Freda endured sneers and mockery from the family, her son was treated as less than

never ready to

falling gravely ill, whispers spread that Freda herself had

the elder, took over as head of the family. But tradition required him to marry before

Sylas was relegated to his assistant. Together they managed

and Sylas felt threatened, they saw their future and position in the

the child was male, the 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

He rushed to

Sylas in joy. And Sylas asked the sex of the child.

furiously against the telephone. He called his mother Freda informing

get food for his wife and on his way back to the

was crushed when Freda herself brought the news. Overcome with grief, Stella suffered a cardiac arrest and did

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

"The loss of Patrick's family is unbearable," they told the Louis clan. "To console ourselves and

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