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Damian walked up to them. 

“It’s good you’re here. Come on in, dinner is ready.” 

Bridgette called everyone inside. 

But Clayton said, “Honey, you take our daughter inside first. I have a few words to say to our son-in-law.” 

Bridgette complained, “Can’t you talk inside?” 

But after Clayton kissed her on the cheek and coaxed her inside, Bridgette only gave her husband a shy glance before leading the children into the house. 

Claudine watched this scene. If she didn’t know what her father had done, she too would have been moved by her par- ents’ affection. 

Unfortunately, in her heart, her father had long since rotted away. 

Benjamin, even more so, wouldn’t spare their father a single glance. 

Once the three women had entered the house, only Clayton and Damian remained in the yard. 

He personally lit a cigarette for Damian and exchanged a few polite words. 

Damian could tell he had something to say, and said, “If you have something to say, just say it.” 

Clayton stopped beating around the bush. 

It was only after Claudine entered the house that she remembered she hadn’t brought the gift she had prepared for her mother. 

She told her mother and went outside to get it from the car. 

As soon as she stepped outside, she heard her father say, “Dami, I’ve done what you asked. Claudy has reconciled with you and isn’t insisting on a divorce anymore. 

What about what you promised me last time?” 

Claudine heard everything clearly from the side. 

So it was true-her brother’s company getting into trouble really was connected to Damian! 

Claudine did not continue listening. 

She was afraid she would lose control and rush out to slap that man. 

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But her mother was still there! 

Should she let her mother know that her husband, under her son-in-law’s instructions, had almost caused her son to go to jail? 

How could her mother possibly accept such news? 

Claudine returned to her room in a daze. 

Bridgette saw her daughter come back empty-handed and asked. 

“Didn’t you say you were going to get something? Why are you back so soon?” 

Claudine snapped back to reality. 

She didn’t want her mother to worry, so she forced a smile, took her mother’s arm, and walked inside. 

“I forgot, the things are in the hotel, I didn’t bring them to the car.” 

Bridgette gently tapped her daughter’s head. 

“Your muddled nature really takes after me!” 

Claudine responded and sat down with her mother in the living room. 

“You two siblings chat for a while, I’ll go check how things are going in the kitchen.” 

Claudine stood up, wanting to accompany her mother, but was stopped. 

“Why are you going to the kitchen? Just sit here, all your favorite fruits are here.” 

As she spoke, Bridgette called out to her son. 

“Ben, peel some fruit for your sister!” 

“Alright, alright, don’t worry, I’ll make sure your precious daughter is well taken care of!” 

Benjamin grumbled, but his hands kept working. 

Claudine took the orange her brother handed her, forcing a smile. 

Benjamin immediately noticed something was off with his sister. 

He waited until Bridgette went into the kitchen before asking. 

“What’s wrong?” 

Claudine put down the orange in her hand and told her brother what she had overheard at the door. 

The living room was so quiet you could hear a pin drop. 

After a while, Benjamin looked up at his sister. 

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“Claudy, I’m not the powerless person I was five years ago. If you need me to do anything, just say it. 

As for Mom…” 

Benjamin paused, then continued. 

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“Mom should slowly accept reality. That illegitimate child outside is getting older, and one day the truth will come 

out. 

Instead of letting Mom hear it from someone else, it’s better to…” 

Benjamin didn’t finish, but Claudine understood what he meant. 

She glanced toward the kitchen. 

“Brother, do you think if we had told Mom the truth the first time we discovered Dad’s real nature, things wouldn’t have turned out like this?” 

Benjamin didn’t answer. 

Back then, they were too young to accept that the father they saw as strong and devoted to the family actually had an- other family outside. 

At that time, their father said that if they told Mom, she would be heartbroken. 

He asked the siblings if they could bear to see their mother sad. 

He promised them it was just an accident, and that he still loved their mother most. 

They were too young then to understand that the words of a cheating man were all lies. 

By the time they discovered their father was still in contact with that woman, the illegitimate child was already two years old. 

The living room fell into silence. 

At that moment, Damian came in with Clayton. 

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