Mistaking the CEO for a Gigolo

“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.

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

Levant with a heart filled with

estate, why didn’t

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.

to sneer coldly. “I think Jordyn and you are truly the perfect pair. No

a selfish man, but at least you grew up in the estate and had

that I should

failed as a father, so I won’t have the right to complain about you not taking care of

in mind what you just

not care