The First Heir

Wynn’s eyes widened. They had been married for so long, but even now she did not know about Philip’s past. His parents did not even congratulate them in person at their wedding.

Wynn had asked him many times before this, but he had glossed over the question every time.

After a long time, Wynn began to assume that Philip was an orphan who did not want to relive his painful past, so she stopped asking.

However, the way Philip held himself today, his methods or rather his attitude, all of it was vastly different from the mild-mannered wimp he had always been before.

He had changed. All of a sudden, she could not quite recognize him anymore.

Even so, Wynn could tell that his love for her was sincere.

“Are you finally willing to tell me?” Wynn asked uncertainly.

Philip nodded and looked up at the deep sky. Keeping a completely straight face, he said, “Actually, Wynn, my family is quite wealthy. I never told you because I had a huge fight with my parents and ran away from home.”

“You ran away from home?”

Wynn blinked. She clearly never expected that to be Philip’s explanation.

Even if he ran away from home, would he go as far as to not go home for years, not even for a visit? Would his parents not look for him?

that was the case, that must mean

because they… arranged a marriage for me. I suppose it was for their business benefits. I had never even met that girl before, so on

did not tell Wynn everything. He just told her a summary, and he mixed a few lies into his story

tell her his entire

was give her

Starting from now, he could gradually begin to tell her the whole truth about

carefully, building a vague image of

was conservative and even arranged a marriage for him. No wonder

your parents… I mean, our parents never came to look for

been seven years since Philip came to Riverdale. He had

never

did look for me, but our negotiations failed. My father lost his temper and

They disowned him?!

covered her little mouth with her hand. She stared at him

to sit with them and talk it over. It’s been seven years, after all. You’re father and son, so you should be able to talk it out,” Wynn took Philip’s hand and

had fallen across her forehead. “Alright, if you

curving into crescents as she gave him a

and timidly,

with a smile, “They know. Wait a while longer, and then I’ll take you and Mila back home for a talk. I think they’ll be quite happy to meet you and

“Really?”