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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.

to the police without

she’d filed a report, he hadn’t been

nothing money can’t fix. And

throw more

girl financially, but before meeting with her, he needed to remember what had actually

of the alcohol, he was missing most of the night from

done, and gather any footage or

the entire street that night was

think he’d done anything wrong. It was all just human nature,

finished going through all of it, he

to be two witnesses to the incident on Tri

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moment, Thomas even thought he’d been set

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

extort him.

girl, he looked

And what he found-

him to

Asher. His mother was Mindy and his father

family. Asher’s father had

without a father–he

decided to dig deeper into this family–and

back to

his

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