Whispers Turn to Whimpers: Could He Ever Change?

Chapter 749

It was a stormy night in Sunhaven.

The dimly lit room was heavy with the smell of alcohol mixed with the burnt scent of nicotine.

Empty bottles littered the coffee table and the floor, while the ashtray was overflowing with cigarette butts, forming a small mountain.

On the couch, Gilbert lay with his eyes closed, soaked in alcohol, reluctantly drifting into the realm of dreams...

In his dream, he was Nine Harrison.

Not a nickname, but his actual name - Nine Harrison.

His father, Naylor, despised him so much that he couldn't even bother to give him a proper name...

Nine Harrison's mother was more than twenty years younger than Naylor.

Before her, Naylor had been married twice; his first wife had passed away, and he had divorced the second.

Due to the significant age gap, Naylor doted on her.

But gradually, problems emerged.

They had too little in common, and since Naylor was the head of the Harrison family, managing its vast empire, the limited time he could spend with her became even scarcer as family troubles demanded his attention. Eventually, Nine Harrison's mother had an affair.

her red-handed one evening

left disabled, bedridden for life, dependent on others for

was confined within a small

she became pregnant and gave birth to

birth, Nine was stigmatized because Naylor refused to believe he was

if the test confirmed Nine wasn't his son. Naylor ignored Nine,

taking pity

whatever y could spare,

little

e.

grew, Nine learned that his mother

a foul mood, often taking his anger

pleaded, "Daddy, it

heart was filled with

Nayon't call me

disgust

a bastard, how

that?"

So, Nine stopped speaking.

me

the beatings left him bloody and bruised, he never

...

"Bastard!"