Chapter 52
The Thorne family was caught between a rock and a hard place. They couldn’t bear the thought of
discarding a hefty money, so they came up with the plan for Elysia to marry in her sister’s stead.
Afraid that the switch would come to light, they even forced Elysia to sign a nondisclosure agreement.
Feeling cornered, Elysia saw it as repaying the Thorne family for twenty years of upbringing.
Blossom and Winona were clueless about all of this.
They only knew that Elysia, a brilliant student, suddenly dropped out to get married. Two years into the
marriage, her husband dropped a bombshell to accuse her of infidelity and shamed her.
Elysia let out a sigh in the shadows, “I don’t blame him for what happened p>
Looking at it from Tarquin’s perspective, she did cheat.
“You’re still defending him? If it’s not his fault, whose is it? He nearly killed you! If it weren’t for your
stubborn refusal to name him, Winona and I would’ve stormed his place and made him pay!” Even now,
Blossom was fuming with indignation, “If you really were that loose, fine, but even we wouldn’t have the
right to judge. But you were innocent back then! You were bullied at the airport while waiting for him,
and you were the victim. He, as your husband, should’ve cared, not sentenced you without a chance to
explain. That’s not what a real man does! Even if he felt you were tainted and wanted a divorce, he
shouldn’t have tarnished your reputation and gave you the stigma for all to mock.
Just wait, someone like him will get what’s coming. After how he treated you, I don’t believe for a
second he’s had a good life these past years p>
Elysia fell silent.
But he really hadn’t had it good at all. Over the years, Tarquin had to play both father and mother, all
while engaging in a constant battle of wits with the Bradford clan. He was well aware of how lonely and
cold life was.
Meanwhile, the Bradford clan was heading to the hospital in droves.
Under the guise of visiting Elijah, they were looking for an opportunity to challenge Tarquin.
They also wanted to gauge how serious Elijah’s condition was and how long he might
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have left.
Gideon Bradford, Tarquin’s grandfather, had four children. Three daughters and one son.
The eldest was Allegra Bradford, then it was Verity followed by Saffron and the son, Killian.
Killian was Tarquin’s father, who, years ago, met his demise alongside his wife in a foreign land, leaving
Tarquin, then only a child.
If not for the Bradford tradition of a single heir, Tarquin might have met an early end too. Just like his
marriage, which was claimed to bring him joy but in reality, they matched him. with a wife who would
bring him bad luck according to the fortune teller.
Later, when the Bradford Group faced a crisis, Tarquin took the reins in a dire moment and yanked the
company from the brink to the pinnacle of business circle.
In just three short years, the Bradford Group’s market value soared by more than a hundredfold.
With industries across the globe, they had a finger in every pie. Thus, Tarquin secured the top seat at
the Bradford Group.
But that seat was coveted by many.
The rest of the Bradford family, resenting that Tarquin was the sole survivor of his branch, wracked their
brains to unseat him.
Naturally, Tarquin wouldn’t back down, and his relationship with the Bradfords soured.
Furthermore, the Bradfords had always opposed his parents‘ union, to the point where his mother was
never formally recognized by the Bradfords. Not to mention that his mother endured much humiliation
at their hands.
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And there were also his parents‘ mysterious deaths p>
All these factors combined painted a clear picture of the animosity between Tarquin and the Bradford
family. If it weren’t for his dying father’s last wish and unresolved issues within the Bradford family that
he needed to investigate, Tarquin would have cut ties with them long ago.