She Became Rich After Divorce (Cheyenne and Kelvin) novel Chapter 499

Chapter 499: Marrying Against One's Will

She left him quietly and resolutely, in a manner that Iker could never forget. Her departure only brought greater advantages to that mother and son.

Kai swiftly processed the funeral, afraid of being affected in any way. Soon, he openly married Thalia, making that illegitimate son become Master Davon of the Todd family. Meanwhile, his mother was forgotten.

More than that, Thalia found a fortune teller who advised Iker shouldn't live under the same roof as Kai or return home until he reached the age of twenty.

So Kai sent him to the countryside, and he never showed concern for him. Iker thought that Kai loved Thalia deeply. However, in the second year after Thalia married into the Todd family, Isabella's younger sister also married Kai.

Iker once again felt the taste of betrayal. His mother's death meant nothing to Kai. Even the grandparents who raised her could readily marry off her younger daughter after her death.

To them, whether it was the mother, the aunt, or even him, they were just pawns.

If he hadn't been spotted by Mr. Foley and sent to military school, frequently risking his life to advance the military industry, Kai might not have remembered that he had a son like Iker at all.

His glorious years also propelled the Todd family from a third-rate family to a higher position, earning them a name in Onistead. But with his accident, everything reverted to square one.

Iker retrieved all of his mother's dowry and lived alone in the remote Iker's Estate. They met no more than a handful of times in three years.

Perhaps finally realizing his guilt, Kai took the initiative to find a doctor. But Iker had long given up hope. Everything Kai did seemed only to be for his remaining value to the Todd family.

After hearing his story, Cheyenne bitterly smiled, biting her red lip as she gazed at the ceiling, her eyes glistening with tears. "Master Iker, at least you had a mother to accompany you as you grew up. I've never seen my mom since birth, only her photo."

Iker was momentarily dumbfounded, unsure how to comfort Cheyenne. She was right; at least he had a sensible and gentle mother, while she had carefully lived under the persecution of her stepmother, Malaya, since birth.

"Mr. Todd, flawed as he may be, didn't give your mother's inheritance to someone else. And George? He allowed Malaya to steal and sell my mother's dowry, leaving me to live in want."

As the legitimate heir, she suffered from poverty. Mentioning George and his family, the scornful expression on Cheyenne's face became even more pronounced and disdainful. With her grandfather missing, she lost another person who cared for her.

After thinking for a while, Iker made a bold move. He embraced Cheyenne, patted his shoulder gently to signal her to lean on, his magnetic voice saying, "Miss Lawrence, everything will be fine. Old Mr. Edwards will be all right, and I believe that you will meet again someday."

Cheyenne was momentarily stunned, unable to believe that she was being held in his arms. Iker's body exuded a cold aura.

"What are you two doing!"

Suddenly, a voice erupted from behind, brimming with fury, as if catching a cheating spouse on the spot.