Chapter 198

Ex-Wife:

Chapter 198: The Wounds That Shape Us

Angels POV

“Wilson madam, regarding Mr. Blake's family that we discussed earlier, you may not know the full truth," David said, lowering his voice further as the speedboat out through the Mediterranean

I shifted Ethan's sleeping form against my shoulder, careful not to wake him as I leaned forward.

"What do you mean?"

"Did you know that M

Mrs. Blake committed suicide s shortly after relo

"What?" The word escaped me as a gasp. "Suicide?"

David studied my reaction carefully. "I see you truly didn't know."

My heart skipped a beat. I had heard about Charles Blake's very public affairs, but

the fate of Christopher's mother had never been discussed in our circles.

Was it because of... that English dance performer?" I asked, recalling vague society gossip from years ago.

fact, that so-called dancer was actually an exotic dancer.

his father's scandals... but I never

such tragedy."

boat engines hummed steadily beneath us as I processed this revelation. The afternoon sun glinted off the water's surface, creating

darted toward the guards at the bow before continuing That's not all, Ms. Wilson. Before her suicide, Mrs. Blake experienced severe mental instability. She... she

My breath caught. "Christopher?"

Yes

leaving countless scars. Yet he

the poised, controlled Christopher I knew contrasted sharply with this picture of a beaten child. Despite everything he'd done, a flicker of sympathy stirred

the situation and rescued him," David continued. The very day Christopher was removed from the London apartment, his

briefly, the horror of such a childhood washing

companion. After Mrs. Blake's

him of decision-making power in the company and began grooming young Christopher as the

what happened to

Blake, she was

half-sister? This was entirely

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The Wounds That

"Soon after giving birth, she became pregnant again. She would often flaunt her position to Christopher, reminding him that

Christopher treat his

she approached him. He was fourteen at the time. His grandfather sent him to a

"We're approaching the

my thoughts, I gazed out at the

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