Chapter 1596

“Indeed,” Bennett replied, continuing.

“I used to style my mother’s hair when she was alive.

His eyes softened as he mentioned his mother, striking a chord with Ariana.

Ariana hadn’t anticipated Bennett opening up, so she stayed quiet.

But Bennett continued, “I am technically an illegitimate child.

My mother, a modest village girl, captured attention on her first day at high school in the city because of her beauty.

My father, already wed with multiple mistresses, instantly fell for her and forced her into a relationship.

This disrupted her education and fractured her family, and she was still underage when I was born.

Bennett paused, his expression darkening.

“I am the youngest child of my father, with my eldest brother already an adult when I was born.

When I turned twelve, my father decided to let his children compete for his legacy, believing it would uncover the most worthy.

refused to participate in harming my family, but seeing my mother die due to their power struggles, I realized what

I resolved to

stories, Ariana was taken aback by Bennett’s

lot, Ariana

the mirror, Ariana maintained her composure and said, “You must be missing your mother

after Ariana’s comment

boy is just five,”

apart from

he’s probably

being apart from her son Melon was

longest she had ever been without him, and she felt every

as he asked with a hint of sarcasm, “Are

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course, she missed them

of question was

let it

smiled again, not at all

a kid missing their mother,” he

miss my

hate her

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