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it impossible to ctoo close.
"So, you want Edwin to marry a girlfriend who gifts women to her boyfriend's father? Then what, just stand by
while she keeps sending you women to curry favor?"
Tristan stared at Rupert in disbelief, his fists clenched tightly.
"What the hell are you talking about?"
Rupert didn't look up. His tone was calm, almost indifferent. "That woman-did she stop seeing you after a while?
Because Edwin took care of it himself. You probably don't remember, do you? To you, women like that are just
like clothes- out with the old, in with the new."
Tristan's lips trembled, but he said nothing.
"You cinto the Garcia family when you were three. But Edwin? He was sent to the Garcias right after he was
born. My mom raised him, day and night, like he was her own. To him, she was his real mother. After seeing his
girlfriend betray him with his own father, he couldn't face my mom anymore."
Rupert's gaze sharpened, cold and direct. "Why do you hate Naomi so much? Besides her lack of family
background and her daughter with a mysterious father, what else is it?"
Tristan's face drained of color, inch by inch.
He was breathing hard, glaring at Rupert, warning him not to say another word. But Rupert continued,
pronouncing every word with care. "When you fell off your horse that time, Naomi was the first to help you.
Afterwards, you started despising her even more. Not because she wasn't a good nurse, but because she saw
someone she shouldn't have."
"Who was the woman riding with you that day?"
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇt“Enough!” Tristan broke into a coughing fit, his body shaking as he leaned back into the pillows.
The butler rushed over to steady him, patting his back gently.
"I didn't even know | had a daughter, or how she and her mother are doing in New Zealand. If Naomi weren't so
naive, she could've used that secret to cement her place in the Garcia family ages ago."
Tristan paused, a flicker of guilt in his eyes, but it was gone as quickly as it came.
He'd been at the top for a long time,
familiar with the adoration of women and the power to decide people's fates. Call it arrogance, but he'd earned
it. Even at his age ! still pulled the strings behind the scenes. s
The Garcia family was a vast web-on the surface, it looked like wealth and success, but under it all, it was
nothing but tangled interests and secrets.
That's reality. The things you hate most are often the hardest to destroy.
Tristan's tone turned casual, almost dismissive. "That woman and her daughter won't ever threaten you. They'll
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To him, it wasn't a big deal. Just another "mistake" every man made at spoint.
At that, Rupert's knife slipped, and the apple peel snapped and fell to the floor.
He let out a cold laugh. "My mom was the love of your life? How many women have you said that to?"
"Your mother's nis on the family registry! She's my only wife! | never remarried after she died-what more
proof do you want?" Tristan insisted.
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"As long as you do what | ask, all of it—-everything—will be yours."
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