At this point in the story, a lingering shiver ran down Maeve's spine.
"When my dad found out she had married another man, he lost his damn mind."
"Given his temper, he fully intended to eliminate me—the so-called unwanted baggage."
"Terrified he would kill me, she lied and claimed I was his biological child."
"He obviously didn't buy it and demanded a DNA test. And just like that, the truth exploded."
Maeve didn't have many clear memories from that age, just vague recollections of a chaotic, turbulent childhood.
"Long story short, the revelation drove him completely over the edge for a while."
"It was Griffin and Charlie's arrival that saved us and changed our entire destiny."
"Griffin took me in as his apprentice, and he also cured my dad's 'illness'."
"Turns out, my dad's insanity was a lot like Leonardo Salazar's recent situation."
"He'd been hit with a Dark Curse. And the mastermind behind it was one of my grandfather's mistresses."
To Andres, this kind of elite family drama wasn't surprising in the least.
Scheming women desperate for status were capable of unimaginable cruelty.
From what Maeve had shared, it was clear that despite Old Mr. Reed's endless affairs, he only recognized Julian as his true heir.
The Reed family placed paramount importance on bloodlines.
Julian's mother was a high-society heiress; naturally, her son was the only legitimate successor.
The mistress had wrongly assumed that if she drove the rightful heir insane, her bastard son would take his place.
The end result was that the treasonous mistress and her son were quietly and permanently erased from existence.
As Julian recovered from the curse, he slowly began to grasp the concept of genuine love.

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