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Chapter 273 A Shocking Discovery

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He didn’t care who his father liked, or who he slept with. He didn’t care whether his father truly loved him

or not-

What he cared about was the title of heir, the money, and the power.

But now, an unexpected variable had suddenly appeared-

His father had left a bastard child out in the world.

Thomas had asked him once, straight out, if he had any illegitimate children. The old man had sworn up and down that he didn’t.

And it had seemed believable. His father wasn’t fond of children to begin with, and all his lovers had been under close watch–none had shown signs of pregnancy.

Even if one had somehow gotten pregnant, Thomas had always taken care of it “properly.”

And yet, despite all that, one had slipped through the cracks.

It had started on a night when Thomas had gotten a little too drunk.

With his mind dulled by alcohol, he retained a sliver of clarity, but most of it was lost in fog and disorientation.

That night on Tri Street, he had “messed around” with a girl.

reported him to the police

filed a report, he hadn’t been even the

there’s nothing money can’t fix. And

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instinct was to settle with the girl financially, but before meeting with her, he needed to remember what had

he was missing most of the night from

any footage or evidence he could use to negotiate with

that night

didn’t think he’d done anything wrong. It was all just human

once he finished going through all of it, he

appeared to be two witnesses to the incident on

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moment, Thomas even

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the girl and that boy were working together. Maybe this was all a scam, a coordinated

extort him.

girl, he looked into the boy

And what he found-

to

was named Asher. His mother was Mindy and his father

family. Asher’s father

into this world without a father–he wasn’t born out

dig deeper into this family–and

to his own

business his father had been involved in

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