Chapter 1707: Chapter 1710: The Origins of Nolan Lucas (2)
Ross Bright, upon hearing this, felt a mix of heartache and fury.
Heartache for Tara Hammond’s misguided devotion, and fury at Theodore Lucas being such a despicable bastard.
He imdiately reassured Tara Hammond not to worry, promising to find a way for her to ensure she could give birth to the eldest son before Theodore Lucas’s wife delivered her child.
At that ti, Ross Bright thought it through clearly—if the surrogate woman they arranged for Tara Hammond failed to conceive a son…
Then he would, even at the risk of going to jail, make sure Theodore Lucas’s first wife lost her pregnancy.
But luckily, Fortune favored Tara Hammond.
Ross Bright happened to have a young woman on hand, soone who had been sent to him as paynt for a debt.
Moreover, this young woman was mute—making her much easier to control than most.
Tara Hammond was still young back then, her thoughts not as venomous or ticulous as they are now.
At that ti, her plan was simple: find a woman, give her a sum of money, and then wait for the opportunity to get Theodore Lucas drunk so they could sleep together.
Once pregnant, the woman would be sent away to quietly give birth elsewhere, followed by a lump sum of hush money to dismiss her.
When Ross Bright learned of her plan, he outright rejected it.
He personally intervened, devising a flawless strategy for Tara Hammond.
So, half a month later, on a particular night, Tara Hammond dressed elegantly and prepared a candlelit dinner at ho with Theodore Lucas.
After the al and drinks, Theodore Lucas began to feel increasingly dizzy and unbearably hot.
Tara Hammond helped him to the bedroom to rest, and at the sa ti, Ross Bright carried in a drugged woman, similarly overwheld and agitated, from the next room into the bedroom.
The two engaged in a steamy encounter in the room, and after several rounds, when Theodore Lucas finally fell asleep, Ross Bright returned to take the woman away.
Tara Hammond removed her clothes, lay beside the bed, pretending as though everything was normal.
Initially, their plan was to repeat this process a few more tis until the mute woman successfully beca pregnant.
Unexpectedly, their luck was incredible—within a single night, the woman conceived Theodore Lucas’s child.
Right around this ti, Mr. Lucas got furious with Theodore Lucas for staying out all night, not only grounding him at ho but also sending people to apprehend Tara Hammond.
Tara Hammond managed to escape to Edge City, and not long after, she joyfully inford Theodore Lucas that she was ‘pregnant.’
Theodore Lucas was ecstatic, eager to fly over to her imdiately.
Yet, on one hand, he was confined at ho by the old man. On the other, he didn’t dare reveal Tara Hammond’s pregnancy to the family just yet, fearing that Mr. Lucas would take drastic action against her.
Thus, the two remained separated across cities.
Later, although Theodore Lucas visited her occasionally, he was always dragged back ho by Mr. Lucas’s n after only a day.
Moreover, Tara Hammond intentionally claid that her now-large belly made it dangerous for her to sleep in the sa bed—just in case she got crushed by accident.
In truth, she kept Theodore Lucas thoroughly away from her pregnancy.
Finally, after ten-months of pregnancy, when the stars were aligned, Tara Hammond gave birth to a healthy baby boy at Edge City Hospital.
Coincidentally, on the sa day, a mute woman also gave birth in the room next door.
However, as soon as the child was born, it was imdiately taken away. The mute woman, still recovering in her postpartum period, was forced into a van and sent to a remote area.
From that mont on, she was locked away in a psychiatric hospital in Edge City.
That confinent lasted twenty-eight years.
…
Now, however, her tornted life is nearing its end.
Because Tara Hammond now has Nolan Lucas’s complete trust—he admires, loves, and deeply respects her.
Tara Hammond is confident that once she ‘accidentally’ discovers that Nolan Lucas is not her biological child and confronts Theodore Lucas as the victim, Nolan will stand by her.
Therefore, the mute woman is no longer necessary.
She can simply… disappear.
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