Love Beyond the Mask by Adelaide Sinclair

Chapter 647

"Wait, what?" Jason was completely out of his depth, his body engulfed in a chilling frost of shock and disbelief.

"You cheated on me with my cousin's wife, Natalie, that snake. And you both played me for a fool until Ludwik turned 20. That's when I discovered your sordid affair.

But don't get too smug.

Before you strayed, I was already pregnant.

You never wanted to give me a son, but guess what? I didn't need you to. I have one on my own."

"How could you have a son? We only have our daughter, Mia..." Jason's mind raced.

Thea smirked, a plan forming behind her eyes. "To secure my son's place in the Lippert family, I devised a flawless scheme. It all went smoothly. He grew up among the Lipperts, wielding influence as if he was one of their own. Had you not brought Ludwik, that bastard child of yours, into our lives, the Patricks could have gradually taken over the Lippert estate, ensuring a safety net for all your kin. But you had to become suspicious, didn't you? Teaming up with your blood son, you started cutting off the Patrick Group's lifelines. That's when Wade stepped in."

first time, he saw his wife for the ruthless serpent she truly was, playing him for three

smart, Jason? Never guessed it was our son, did

rage and the unbearable chill of betrayal. The pieces of a thirty-year-long puzzle fell into place, revealing a conspiracy that

'just your brother-in-law.' Well, now my son has taken everything from you. The Patrick family reigns supreme in Harmonia, and Thea can finally be with me, legitimately. It's time for you to sign the divorce papers and bow out gracefully. Thank you for looking after her, even though you were

of his shattered world. As he lay there, defeated and broken, Wade and Thea's twisted faces were the last thing he saw

are you doing to Dad? What are all these things you're saying?

divorce papers, claiming she'd leave without

own son was now entangled

unable to recognize the mother and uncle she thought she knew. Thea's parting words left her with a choice that wasn't a choice at all, follow her disgraced father or forge her own path in the ruins of their family

still crave fame and fortune, then come with me to the Patrick

set

and it hit her hard. Could Jarvis really be

father? Jason had always been kind to her, strict but never failing in his fatherly

had always been tough