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,

recounted the past, it stirred up Grandma Sybil’s

past troubles brought tears to

knew how his parents died, but he’d never heard Zephyr talk about it

his gaze heavy as he

a kid, he knew that his mom was in love with another man, that she didn’t listen to his dad, and that she kept

constantly, throwing things

He was small then.

scared him. He was afraid of losing his home and of

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

often woke him

traumas took a lifetime to

hated that man, the one who

he never thought that his parents’ deaths

wanted to run away with that man, and his

same mistake your father did.” Zephyr turned around, looking at Lysander with a

Thalassa

dirty, stole the Sinclair group’s design plans to sell to other companies, and even managed

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