The Real Heiress Rules the World

Chapter 271 The Child She Never Loved

Chapter 271 The Child She Never Loved

Lucas looked at her coldly, a trace of mockery in his voice. “Kelvin is a remarkable kid. Makes you wonder -if he ever finds out the truth about where he came from, will it break him enough to want to die?”

Madam Aubrey’s face turned ghostly pale. She lunged forward, grabbing Lucas by the collar, her voice sharp with panic. “What did you do to him? What did you do!”

Lucas pried her fingers off with a chill in his tone. “Relax. I haven’t decided what to do with him yet. But if you keep provoking me again and again, I can’t promise I won’t.”

A glimmer of despair flashed through her eyes as she began to plead. “Lucas… he’s innocent… please don’t hurt him… don’t hurt him…”

“Innocent?” Lucas let out a bitter laugh, the coldness in his eyes deepening. “In your own words, he’s your son. That means he’s not innocent.”

With that, Lucas shook her off and turned to leave.

“No, don’t! Don’t hurt him!” Madam Aubrey stumbled after him, only to be blocked at the doorway by bodyguards. Still, she begged desperately, voice hoarse. “You can’t… please, don’t hurt him!”

Lucas stood just outside the courtyard, listening to her cry and scream behind him.

So this is the difference between love and indifference.

He stood in the garden outside Madam Aubrey’s residence, and in his mind, he saw a little boy-three years old-clumsily running toward his mother, reaching out a tiny hand to grab her sleeve.

looked up, eyes full of hope

pushed him away without a shred of gentleness. “You’re a boy.

the child before her had nothing to

words cut into Lucas’s young heart like

didn’t want him.

look what you’ve done. You’ve dirtied my

was shoved to the ground. His palm scraped against the floor, burning

tears and got up again,

with tears, full of confusion and

walked away, as if seeing

and the tears finally fell. He

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