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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.

had reported him to the

when he heard she’d filed a report, he hadn’t

money can’t fix. And

more money

financially, but before meeting with her, he needed to

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

needed to know exactly what he’d done, and gather any footage or evidence he could use

from the entire street that night was pulled and delivered straight

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

through all of it, he made an unexpected

appeared to be two witnesses

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Thomas even thought he’d

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were working together. Maybe this was all a scam, a coordinated

extort him.

girl, he looked into

And what he found-

to his

Asher. His mother

regular single–parent family. Asher’s father had never shown

no one comes into this world without a father–he

to dig deeper

straight back to his

dirty business his father had been