Chapter 279

Zephyr was ranting, a mix of anger and heartbreak in his voice.

Initially, Zephyr didn’t care that Belinda was of humble origins. All he cared about was that Barnett was happy with her.

But then it hit him. How on earth could Belinda have gone from a nobody to somebody, even catching Barnett’s eye and beating out all those high-born ladies to become his wife, if she didn’t have some tricks up her sleeve, if she wasn’t sharp as a tack, if she wasn’t ruthless in her ambition?

She must have had her ways, must have been clever, and must have had a knack for drawing men in to climb from the bottom to the top.

A woman like that won’t stop when she’s reached her goal. It’s just not in her nature.

She loved being the center of men’s attention and had a knack for stirring up trouble at home, causing headaches for Barnett.

In the end, it even cost Barnett his life.

Every time Zephyr thought of Barnett, his heart ached.

a good, brilliant son, gone because of a

the past, it stirred up Grandma Sybil’s

past troubles brought tears to

knew how his parents died, but he’d never

his gaze heavy as he looked at

man, that she didn’t

constantly, throwing

He was small then.

of

often dreamed about their fierce fights, about things shattering, and

often woke him

a lifetime to heal

hated that man, the one who tore his family

he never thought that his parents’ deaths

to run away with that man, and his dad went after them, and that’s when the accident

same mistake your father did.”

eyes, Thalassa was another

dirty, stole the Sinclair group’s design plans to sell to other companies, and even managed to get Lysander to forgive her, to let her off scot-free. She

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