Chapter 48

The young man standing in front of him had sharp brows, bright eyes, and a well-defined nose. He looked bright and charming, with a face full of quiet determination. Lucas felt like he was staring at his younger self—it was like looking into a mirror from years ago. The kid looked almost exactly like how he'd been in his youth. Except back then, Lucas had been wild and arrogant, whereas this boy had an unmistakable darkness in his eyes. In that instant, something inside Lucas shattered—a pillar holding up his world just collapsed. His voice trembled as he asked, "You... are you Gabriel?" Gabriel had been eight years old when he left the Kaiser family—old enough to understand everything. He glanced at Lucas with nothing but hate and disdain. "Yeah." "No... No way..." Lucas's eyes watered as he shook his head in denial. "That's impossible... How could that be?" He was sure of what he'd seen back then—Amelia in bed with another man, who outright admitted they'd been together for nine year