“You'll come to empathize with me once you've experienced poverty. I was literally broke, and I couldn't afford a thing,” Timothy stated nonchalantly.

He never lacked money. However, the hardship of life finally struck him when he felt humiliated for not being able to afford his daughter's gift. Caleb remembered how Timothy stooped so low to work as a bodyguard in Nord City.

He rubbed his nose. "Well, you're doing all this to pursue Mia, aren't you? I told you how it'd turn out back then, but you were stubborn. Now you're regretting it."

Timothy met his eyes. "What did you tell me back then?"

"Stop playing dumb, Tim. I asked you whether you liked Mia back then and you denied it. You even suggested to divorce her. Now ask yourself whether you regret doing that. Things might have turned out differently if you hadn't mentioned a divorce.”

Timothy fell silent instantly, tightening his grip on the 500-dollar toy. He'd never been particularly bothered by any gifts before, but this toy hit different.

I can't

decades of his life. He never would have imagined himself going to such extreme lengths for a woman's sake, yet here he was. However, he thought that this was

that she wants you to leave right away. Nord City is the Lane family's territory, and you'll surely get yourself into more trouble if you

family's little finger, but they don't

wanted to try his best at the

the gifts to the wards upstairs with

immediately instructed Ginger to get changed

Timothy entered the room with a handful of presents. Caleb

responded sweetly. “I

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