Chapter 863

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A chill crept through her body, and she began to tremble. "You... you knew?!"

"Do I look like a fool to you?" Teague sneered.

Raising another man's son? In your dreams.

Every child in the direct Sullivan line undergoes a paternity test at birth, along with their newborn screening.

So Teague had never once doubted Corley's parentage and bloodline.

As for Kathleen's supposedly clever little schemes, with just a little effort, the truth could be uncovered completely.

And all this time, she had been gloating, thinking she had pulled the wool over everyone's eyes for over twenty years, playing the entire Sullivan family for fools.

Little did she know...

from start to finish, the only fool was her!

Kathleen looked up, her eyes vacant. "Why? If you knew... why did you ask me?!"

"Without confronting you with something more serious, would you have ever admitted to the things you considered less severe?"

When Kathleen heard his accusations just now, what had she said?

"You can blame me for what happened to Aberdeen, and you can blame me for tricking you into marriage, but you cannot question Corley's identity."

The first two admissions were all he wanted to hear.

"You... you..." The chill in her body intensified. "You set me up?! So the divorce papers the assistant brought before... that was all an act?"

Teague laughed coldly. "I am very satisfied with Corley as my heir. The family elders are very satisfied as well. For the sake of my heir, I will not divorce you..."

The knot in Kathleen's chest loosened violently with relief.

"And I will not have any other children."

She stared at him, stunned.

Teague continued, "You will always be Ms. Sullivan, because you gave me a good son, an excellent heir for the Sullivan family. But that is all it amounts to."

He glanced around the house. "I will not be returning to this home, and I will not answer your calls from now on. You will receive a fixed monthly allowance, and you are forbidden from attending any social events from now on. There will be staff here at home to watch you, and a driver Will follow you whenever you leav the house to ensure you do nothing that would tarnish the 'Ms. Sullivan' title."

"Of course, if you ever decide you want a divorce, you are free to do so. Just inform my assistant in advance to set a time, and I will be waiting for you at the courthouse."

"Other than that, we will have no further contact in this life. You should be grateful for Corley, grateful for this resourceful womb of yours. Without him, you would be nothing right now."

With that, the man turned and walked away.

His belongings, he knew, would be collected by someone later.

When Kathleen snapped out of her shock, she scrambled after him, wrapping her arms around him from behind and squeezing tighter and tighter "Don't Teague please don't do this to me. We have feelings for each other..."

"I I know I was wrong... I'll go apologize to Aberdeen... I'll get on my knees and

beg the old man and old lady for forgiveness..."

"Please don't go, okay? From now on, I won't interfere in your affairs. You-you can go find Aberdeen, or any other woman you want, Lefon't care Buttm begging you please don't be so cruel to me..."

What difference was there between this and being banished to a cold palace in ancient times?

She did care about the title of Ms. Sullivan and enjoyed the reverence that came with it, but now that Teague was doing this, aside from leaving her with an empty title, what else did she have?

She...

she couldn't even have a normal social life anymore...

Suddenly, Kathleen saw Corley standing in the doorway. "Son! Son, you're back! Quick, help me convince your father! I'm your mother, he can't do this to me..."

"Dad," Corley said, his voice perfectly calm.