Chapter 499: Marrying Against One’s Will

She left him quietly and resolutely, in a manner that Iker could never forget. Her departure only brought greater advantages to that mother and son.

Kai swiftly processed the funeral, afraid of being affected in any way. Soon, he openly married Thalia, making that illegitimate son become Master Davon of the Todd family. Meanwhile, his mother was forgotten.

More than that, Thalia found a fortune teller who advised Iker shouldn’t live under the same roof as Kai or return home until he reached the age of twenty.

So Kai sent him to the countryside, and he never showed concern for him. Iker thought that Kai loved Thalia deeply. However, in the second year after Thalia married into the Todd family, Isabella’s younger sister also married Kai.

Iker once again felt the taste of betrayal. His mother’s death meant nothing to Kai. Even the grandparents who raised her could readily marry off her younger daughter after her death. To them, whether it was the mother, the aunt, or even him, they were just pawns.

If he hadn’t been spotted by Mr. Foley and sent to military school, frequently risking his life to advance the military industry, Kai might not have remembered that he had a son like Iker at all. His glorious years also propelled the Todd family from a third-rate family to a higher position, earning them a name in Onistead. But with his accident, everything reverted to square one.

Iker retrieved all of his mother’s dowry and lived alone in the remote Iker’s Estate. They met no more than a handful of times in three years.

to find a doctor. But Iker had long given up hope. Everything Kai did seemed only to be for his remaining value to the

story, Cheyenne bitterly smiled, biting her red lip as she gazed at the ceiling, her eyes glistening with tears. “Master Iker, at least you had a mother to accompany you as you grew

dumbfounded, unsure how to comfort Cheyenne. She was right; at least he had a sensible and gentle mother, while she had carefully lived under

he may be, didn’t give your mother’s inheritance to someone else. And George? He allowed Malaya to steal and sell my mother’s dowry, leaving

legitimate heir, she suffered from poverty. Mentioning George and his family, the scornful expression on Cheyenne’s face became even more pronounced and disdainful.

Iker made a bold move. He embraced Cheyenne, patted his shoulder gently to signal her to lean on, his magnetic voice saying, “Miss Lawrence, everything will be fine. Old Mr. Edwards will be all right, and I believe that you will

momentarily stunned, unable to believe that she was being

you two

fury, as

skipped a beat, nearly leaping out of

changed out of his hospital gown into a new black suit, looking spirited. In his hands, he held an

the man’s eyes were akin to

unfriendly tone. “Mr. Foley, didn’t anyone tell you that it’s basic courtesy not to raise your voice in someone else’s home?” Kelvin strode over and grabbed her slender wrist, pulling her into his embrace

a stranger in the dead of night is

of Kelvin’s? They were just friends now. Unwilling to be outdone, Iker shot

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