“Sir, I know I’ve betrayed your kindness. I can never repay what I owe you. But the truth is…” he said, “I’ve fallen in love with Cherity. Can you… Can you…”
He choked on his words, on the verge of crying again.
I gave him a bitter smile, the corners of my lips barely lifting. “You want to know if I can step down as the head of the family?”
It had been a year since I last saw him.
He’d filled out a little—looked healthier and more like a grown man now, even carried a hint of a married man’s presence. But there was sorrow in his eyes that hadn’t been there before.
During Cherity’s pregnancy and delivery, she’d told the media that Barrett had been sent abroad to further his studies.
But only I knew the truth—she had secretly hidden him in her private villa.
Every time she didn’t come home at night, she was with him.
At first, Cherity just wanted to keep the baby and raise her with me.
But people weren’t made of stone. Day after day, she too was moved by this pure and kind-hearted boy. Eventually, she gave her heart to him.