Chapter 266

Clinton's eyes were increasingly bloodshot, his hands squeezed tightly. For so many years, he longed to rebel against Ruby, but he still lacked the courage. He was the child of a mistress. Before Ruby, the mistress, successfully ascended in status and married into the Beach family, he was merely a bastard that everyone looked down upon. Until he reached his teenage years, he lived like a rat in a sewer, always with his head bowed low. It was only when Ruby entered the Beach family, marrying Stanton, he transitioned from a universally despised illegitimate child to a legitimate young master of the Beach family. Clinton will never forget the first day he followed Ruby into the Beach family, and how Beckett treated him. He just stood coldly at the door, watching him and Ruby. The deep and inscrutable intent hidden in his cold eyes seemed poised to devour everything. At that time, Clinton understood that Beckett would never accept him, Ruby, and Danna, never ever. If he didn't want to retu