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."

truly was, playing him for three decades while lying in his bed. All his achievements, his empire, his military accolades-had

disbelief. "You think you're smart, Jason? Never guessed it was

with a mix of rage and the unbearable chill of betrayal. The pieces of a

taken everything from you. The Patrick family reigns supreme in Harmonia, and Thea can

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

you doing to Dad? What are all these things

tracks and Thea coldly presented Jason with divorce papers, claiming she'd leave without a penny, the remnants of the Lippert legacy

that his own son was now entangled in legal troubles, spelling the end for

she knew. Thea's parting words left her with a choice that wasn't a choice at all,

fortune, then come

Jarvis is set to inherit

thunderbolt. She'd caught snippets of a conversation, and it hit her

always been kind to her, strict but never failing in his

been