Chapter 329

Conrad's lips were pressed into a thin line. He didn't say a word. Lucas stared at his brother's silent profile, gently turning his wheelchair as he spoke, voice light as a sigh. "Conrad, have you forgotten... how my mom died?" Lucas's mother, like Calliope, was a spoiled daughter from an affluent family. But not long after marrying into the Hilliard family, she started to spiral downward. She tried everything-cutting her wrists, taking pills-just to escape that golden cage. Her depression only eased a little after she gave birth to Lucas. But when he was just three years old, she jumped off the bridge with him in her arms. By the time the rescue team arrived, only Lucas was found, floating because of his puffy coat. His mother, however, vanished into the freezing river-never to be seen again. To this day, Lucas still doesn't know why she took him with her. He only remembers how devastated their father had been... but in the end, he still remarried. To the woman the family picked for h