“Dad, I found out Crystal Rose is my biological mother and your ex-wife. I just want to know why she
abandoned me and left you! Please tell me everything. If not, I’ll investigate it when I get back.”
Murphy held his tongue for a moment. “Fine, since you insist on knowing, I’ll tell you.
“Portia and I were childhood sweethearts. I always knew she liked Stephen and wanted to marry him.
She went as far as to use her family’s power to separate Stephen and Nicole’s mother by force. Then,
she made the elders in the Ankins family pressure Stephen into marrying her.
“I know we were destined to be apart throughout our lives. Therefore, I married Jordyn – your mother –
after Portia got married to Stephen. “I was told that Stephen was unable to forget Nicole’s mother, and
he ostracized Portia throughout their marriage. Portia thought time could slowly make his love toward
another woman fade away, but she was wrong. Stephen had always been in love with that woman and
that wouldn’t change.
“One day, Portia got into a fight with Stephen and ran away from the estate. We bumped into each
other, and I brought her back to Wicked Palace when I saw the sadness on her face.
“During that night, we talked and drank. Soon, we became drunk and let our lust take over our
rationality. Unfortunately, your mother saw us in bed together. “Your mother was a strong-willed woman.
I was merely together with Portia once, but she insisted we had always cheated on her in secret. She
wouldn’t listen to my explanation and wanted to leave the house. Not only that, she was determined to
go to the estate and tell Stephen about us as well.
“That was when I hit her out of anger. Then she brought you along and left the house. “I
underestimated her resentment. I thought she brought you along with her only because she was afraid
to lose you. Never in my life would I have thought she was sending you to an orphanage. “When I
found out about that, Portia had already adopted you and brought you back to the estate.”
Murphy’s narration of his past had left Levant with a heart filled with complicated emotions.
“If you knew I was at the estate, why didn’t you bring me back to Wicked Palace?”
“I didn’t have the time to take care of you even if I took you back. I’d much rather have Portia take good
care of you than to leave you with my servants. Portia promised to take care of you as her own.
Throughout these years, I’ve always had my people look after you discreetly. I know you grew up in a
kind family and were treated well by Stephen and Portia.”
Listening to Murphy’s explanation caused Levant to sneer coldly. “I think Jordyn and you are truly the
perfect pair. No matter how nicely you put it, the two of you were selfish pricks who didn’t take care of
your child.”
Murphy was stumped. “You can think of me as a selfish man, but at least you grew up in the estate and
had enjoyed life thoroughly.”
“Are you saying that I should thank you?”
“No. I know I failed as a father, so I won’t have the right to complain about you not taking care of me
when I’m old.”
“You better keep in mind what you just said!”
Murphy was speechless. Will you really not care about me in the future?
Levant continued lecturing Murphy, “You cheated on her with another woman and she discovered it.
Who in the world would accept that? She was wrong for abandoning me, that’s for sure. But you’re not
any better than her!”
“I told you that was a one-night stand because I got drunk!”
“A one-night stand? You…” Levant was riled up when he heard Murphy bring up that incident again, but
then he remembered having the same experience where he mistook Tiffany for Nicole and slept with
her.
The more he thought about that, the more he lost track of his emotions.
If he hadn’t made the same mistake, he could be in the right and scold Murphy confidently for wronging
Jordyn back then. However, he was in the wrong, too.
“Now I’m beginning to suspect my habit of having a one-night stand is all coded in my genes! I inherited
it from you!”
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