Chapter 96 Force Claire To Lick Her Shoes

“I’ve been married to you for years, and I still didn’t know.”

Robert glanced at Alice and Clarissa before leaning back to loftily stretch out on his seat. “I was born and raised in Ascalon, a distant relative of the Summers. I came all the way here because Miss Winona ran away from her marriage. I was sent to find her.”

Alice had heard of the Summers before. They owned the nation’s largest gemstone empire, so they were very rich.

While they were not one of the most powerful families in Ascalon, they were considered one of the top ten. Either way, they were much more powerful than the Morgans.

“Distant relatives?” Alice’s eyes instantly lit up. “You’re part of the Summers?”

Robert cleared his throat and guiltily replied, “Kind of. That’s why we haven’t reached the end of the road yet.”

“That’s wonderful!” Alice smacked her thigh as joy was painted all over her face. She had forgotten all about Adam by now. “Let’s head to Ascalon tomorrow morning!”

“Wait.”

Robert interrupted her with a raised hand. “We can’t just go to Ascalon like this.”

“Why not?”

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Robert glanced at Clarissa before slowly explaining, “I never found Winona Summers. If I go back… things might be bad.”

His words confused them. Alice impatiently barked out, “What should we do then? Just say it already! Don’t test our patience.”

“Ahem.” Robert cleared his throat once more. “I actually found Winona years ago.”

They anxiously stared at him.

His eyes darkened as he snapped out, “She was Madeline Summers!”

“What?”

They were shocked. They could not believe what they were hearing. Alice even felt like strangling Robert now.

Master Summers told him to look for Winona Summers, so why did he marry h instead of returning to Ascalon? Why cower away in Silverton?

“Robert, explain yourself!” Alice was furious.

“Claire is not my daughter. She was conceived by Winona with some stranger. When I found her, she made a deal with me and asked me to marry her. Then, she gave me shares in Alpha Ventures in return. She

it, something about his story felt off. However, she could not really say what was off, so she forced her

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do we do

the Summers family takes her in, we’ll be her

could give birth to Clarissa. Now, her precious daughter would have to call some other woman “mom” instead of her.

“You’re dead, Robert!”

Clarissa interrupted. “I think Dad’s idea is great. Once I become a Summers, I can marry someone richer and more influential. I can support both of you financially while the Summers will just have to deal

how to pick her parents. She was actually the daughter of a rich and powerful

that she had lost to Claire from the very start, so she wanted to take Claire’s place. When the time was right, she would force

frowned. “What about Xander?”

I need Xander

was full of scorn as she

hated him. “Once I marry into a proper rich family in Ascalon, I’ll squash the Morgans

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mother

long as Clarissa knew to be grateful to

well then

to be turned into a princess soon enough. “Let’s go pack up so that we can head to Ascalon

shook his head. “Not

in

to this, no to that,

what do you want?”

a little

his lips. He was past the point of no

not that capable of a man. He was only rich and powerful because of Alpha Ventures. Thus, he did not want to

Alice was about to explode, he explained, “The Summers are not fools.

as Winona’s child.”

feet. “Just spit it out, Dad! Can you stop leaving us hanging?”

“Ahem.”

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“Ahem.”

throat once more. He would never

Alice and Clarissa weren’t in

strand of Claire’s hair. We should keep

comes from a family the Summers

ask him to go over to determine if you’re the real deal, so we’ll have to

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