Chapter 1448

After realizing Liam had been badmouthing Bryce nonstop, Matteo instantly clamped his mouth shut. Liam shot Matteo a cold glance. "If you don't know how to talk, then keep your mouth shut!" "Yes, Mr. Larson." Matteo didn't dare utter another word. He dropped his gaze and buried himself in the documents in front of him. … Outside the door, Maeve turned to Mason. "Conner's been taken care of. If you want to see him, now's your chance." She handed him a key. Attached to it was a small tag with an address scrawled across it. Mason stared at the key in silence. Should he hate him? All his life, Karen had dreamed of Timothy taking her and Mason back to Yewridge. She'd even named him Mason, out of envy for Conner—Conner, the one who got to grow up as the sole heir of the Jefferson family. Karen had spent years drilling the same fantasy into Mason's head—that he, too, was the Jefferson family's scion—that the blood of high society coursed through his veins. And that one day, he'd