Regretting The Wife He Threw Away

The land in the northern suburbs had been seized, and the project was not only at a standstill, but both the Wentworth Group and the Lockwood Group now faced intense scrutiny from government regulators.

In just three days, Northborough had been turned upside down.

The air in the Wentworth family was thick with tension and finger-pointing. One by one, Fred's uncles and relatives descended on him, demanding answers and insisting that he fix the mess he'd created.

It was only now that Fred realized all of this was Stewart's revenge.

No wonder Stewart had walked away so cleanly back then.

He'd laid the trap long ago—just waiting for Fred to stumble right in.

Fury roiled inside Fred, but in the current situation, he was utterly powerless.

What caught Fred completely off guard was that Ferdinand, acting on his own, called a press conference.

At the conference, Ferdinand publicly confirmed that the leaked reports were all true.

"My mother, Malvina, made many mistakes in her life," Ferdinand said, his voice steady but cold, "but the worst was falling in love with my father, Fred."

He went on to reveal, before the entire room of reporters, how Fred had manipulated Malvina's mind for twenty-five years, gradually turning her into nothing more than a human experiment.

love with him willingly and wholeheartedly. Back in college, they had indeed been in love, but after Fred cheated

Fate, however, had other plans. Fred happened to be

nothing to do with him—she just wanted to live quietly with

and that, from now on, he wanted nothing but to be with Malvina and their

Ferdinand away, using the

gave in, while Ferdinand himself was sent back to a small town in the countryside. There, by sheer chance, he met Dr. Calloway-a wise and eccentric old physician-who, recognizing the boy's natural talent, took him in as his last

year around the holidays, so she and Ferdinand could be together. He told Ferdinand that he and Malvina were working abroad, and as a child, Ferdinand never questioned

and unwell. When he checked her pulse, he was shocked to

son, Malvina finally broke

these years, Fred had treated Malvina like a lab rat. For years, the experimental drugs kept her looking young and healthy, and no obvious side effects emerged. But

confronted Fred, who insisted he was "working on a

it turned out,

Stewart gave him the funds, he could keep the research going. With the drugs restored, Malvina would supposedly return to her

thought Fred had lost his mind. He insisted on keeping his mother with

argument between father and

straight to Stewart, demanding

Stewart, of course, refused.