Chapter 1382:

“Exactly.”

Nyla’s eyes didn’t leave his face, watching for even the faintest flicker of guilt or knowledge. But there was none. She nodded slowly. “So you really didn’t know.”

Eric shook his head, frowning. “No. I’ve never looked into the family finances.”

Because Nyla had entrusted that responsibility to Linda.

Nyla let out a quiet scoff and turned toward Linda. “So you kept this from him, didn’t you?”

“I…” Linda stammered, her voice catching like a stone in her throat. No words came. The silence said everything.

“I thought as much.” Nyla offered a thin, bitter smile, then shifted her gaze back to Eric. Her voice sliced through the air, sharp and sudden. “If you knew and let her have her way with it, then yes—you’d be a true bastard. After all, Hadley was…”

your wife back

widened. “Grandma, what do you mean? Does

then picked up the papers

figure it out yet?” she asked, tapping a number circled in red. “That’s

did Eric’s. And just like that, the pieces snapped

account—Hadley’s—had been empty for years. A chill settled


turned fully to Linda now, staring at her like she was someone

you do this?”

trembling. Her skin had taken

a cold, hollow laugh. His chest felt tight, his

gαℓησν𝒆𝓁s․c𝓸𝗆 brings imagination alive

air seemed to freeze around him as his expression darkened. “I’m standing right here. Grandma’s here. So speak. Where’s the

a doting grandmother when she promised to take Hadley in—she

gave Hadley generous monthly support—half a million in household allowance and another half in

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