The Love that Never Really Dies (Sasha and Sebastian)

The Heard family was very influential in Jadeborough back then.

One could even say that they were as powerful as the Jadesons. Had it not been for the scandal, the Heards could have surpassed the Jadesons.

“I remember how your grandfather refused to let me join the army and insisted that I stay at the White House. However, after the Heard family scandal broke out, he had a change of heart. Suddenly, he had no problem with me enlisting,” explained Shin.

Upon hearing that, Sebastian raised an eyebrow curiously and put his teacup down. “What scandal?”

“It was said that Mrs. White got pregnant before marriage, so the Heards moved mountains to cover the story up. However, she did stay out of public eyes for several months after word got out,” answered Shin calmly.

The incident caused quite a stir in Jadeborough back then because of how renowned the Heards were. The fact that it happened just before the election only made the predicament much worse for the family.

Even Jonathan was quite shocked when he heard the rumor.

However, it did not take long for the Heards to turn the story around by convincing the public that Elizabeth had a tumor in her stomach and that she was sent overseas for treatment.

They even hired a foreign doctor to make their story more credible.

class still found the Heards' explanation hard to believe. As for Jonathan, he decided to let Shin join the army because he knew the Heards would not

that a young man named Alfred White from Xenhall would ascend to the White House in just a few years. Not only that, but Alfred also

turned out that the Heards

the mastermind behind

of that, his sickly son, Baylor, was an assassin of The Coffee Shop,” sighed Shin

by how crafty the old

now? Have you found

Sebastian

heard his son's response. No? So even

always seemed, Shin found it surprising that his son had no answer to his

Sebastian's face turned

Mrs. White pregnant because he only wanted to be a father. That child's probably nothing more than a tool to him—a tool he

to explain something so obvious to the elderly man who was supposed to be wiser than

few awkward coughs, Shin grabbed the kettle and refilled

and son then continued with their game until Sasha