Chapter 719

Madeleine frowned slightly as she looked at Beckett. So... he was finally going to come clean? Beckett's eyes were cold as he stared at Gregory. "Beach family? Since when is he part of the Beach family?" Clinton froze too, his brows knitting as he glanced anxiously at Gregory. He mumbled, "Don't say another word…" Gregory lifted a hand, signaling him to stop. He let out a scoff. "Beckett, your grandpa? He didn't just have Stanton as a son." Beckett's expression darkened even more. "Back in the day," Gregory began, the bitterness in his tone unmistakable, "your grandpa was just a young guy trying to make it out of a village. He already had a wife and kid there. In those backward days, a couple bowing to heaven and earth meant they were married. No one thought they needed some government paper to prove it." "Later, he got big dreams, wanted more than that dusty little town could offer. So he bailed—left his pregnant wife behind and just vanished." "That woman waited for him like a fool,