Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 178

"Even without considering the Blue family's fortune, he's still a billionaire in his own right. He's a big shot in the business world, no doubt about it. Since our mom lost her marbles, he's been all about making money. In just over twenty years, his wealth has grown multiple times. But,"

When it came to his love life, he's not exactly known for his loyalty and commitment.

If he wasn't his father, Ethan might think he's just a regular Joe. But he is his father, so Ethan thought he's pretty messed up.

Lucinda said if he's tired of his wife, then he should just get a divorce and then remarry.

But his dad didn't divorce, yet he's super tight with Madeleine. Now, everyone in Skywatch saw Madeleine as Nathan's second wife.

Whenever Nathan needed a plus one for social events, Madeleine was always his go-to.

They're always together, like a married couple. They just didn't bother with the paperwork.

"What's his name?"

Lucinda asked softly.

As lousy as he was, he's still her biological father. She can't just not know his name.

"Nathan."

Lucinda was surprised, "Your names are so alike?"

No wonder Janice always mixed up her son and husband.

"Yes."

Ethan said gloomily, "Actually, my name on the documents isn't this. My original name is Keith Blue. When I was a kid, mom often forgot my name. After she lost her mind, she only remembered you and dad's names. It hurt, so I insisted on changing my name."

"I wanted Mom to remember me, but I couldn't use your name, so I insisted on having the same name as Dad. Dad had no choice but to verbally change my name to Ethan, very similar to his. But it's never been changed on my documents."

"Dad said our names were given by Mom. We can't just change them."

"I was about four or five at the time. From then on, I changed my name to Ethan, similar to dad's, and I'd tell mom every day that her son's name is Ethan, her daughter's name is Lucinda. Mom got confused by this constant input, and she thought her son really was called Ethan."

Keith gave a bitter smile, "I got Mom to remember my name, but she only remembers my name, not me. Whenever she sees me, she just calls me dear, thinking I'm my dad."

Lucinda felt for him.

She grew up surrounded by love, while he grew up in adversity.

Even though his parents were around, his father was too busy with business, thinking making money was more important than taking care of his son. His mother was not in her right mind and couldn't even take care of herself, let alone her son.

He didn't get to experience the warmth of a normal family. In order for his mother to remember him, he insisted on changing his name to something similar to his father's, hoping that would help his mother remember him. But the result was that his mother remembered his name but not him.

"Our mom will get better, and I believe she will!"

Lucinda comforted him.

Keith looked at her and said, "Mom has been blaming herself and tormenting herself over your disappearance and the blame from the Blue family, which led to her mental instability. Now that we've found you, as long as you return to her side and stay with her slowly, I believe she will recover."

Even if she can't fully recover, having Lucinda by her side will greatly improve her condition.

Stefan would be furious at Keith's cunning tactics if he were there.

He actually used Lucinda's biological mother to persuade Lucinda to return to the Blue family, attempting to separate Stefan and Lucinda.

Keith just found Lucinda, He didn't want to let Lucinda marry so quickly, but Lucinda and Stefan were already legally married; he couldn't ask them to get a divorce. He could only persuade Lucinda to go live with them for a few years before having the wedding with Stefan.

He found out that this young couple didn't go through the dating phase. They just got married, even if they've known each other for eleven years, so what? NôvelDrama.Org (C) content.

Stefan had his eyes on Lucy for a long time, but he never confessed or pursued her, only drove away her suitors. The only one who ever dated her, George Mitchell, gave up on Lucy because of Stefan's interference.

Stefan was too cunning.

Lucinda grew up carefree in the Moore family; she's naive and Stefan had her all figured out.

Keith wanted to bring Lucinda back to Skywatch and had her stay for a few years; on one hand, it's a family reunion. On the other hand, he wanted Stefan to experience the hardship of pursuing a girl.

If he's not happy, they can forget about the wedding. The third point was to let everyone in Pinehurst know the Blue family's daughter was more than qualified to be part of the Anderson family.

Once Lucinda's identity was confirmed, she can inherit a roughly estimated portion of her father's private property, even if it's just half, it's still sixty to seventy billion dollars.

The Anderson family was also a wealthy family with billions of dollars in assets, but that's the entire Anderson family's wealth. Stefan's personal property was probably just a few billion dollars. Keith had yet to investigate his private property, and it wouldn't be right to do so; after all, Stefan is the heir to the Anderson family.

If the Anderson family's heir was that easy to investigate, what status would Stefan have?

Lucinda instinctively replied, "As long as it can help Mom recover, of course, I'm willing to stay with Mom."

Keith looked at Lucinda, "Lucy, thank God for looking out for us."

Lucinda reckoned this was a mercy from the Big Guy Upstairs, letting her have that dream, which led her to bump into her biological mom and actually recognize her.

They dodged the bullet of a tragic scenario where a mom and daughter meet but don't know each other.

After gabbing about their folks, they started to whine about family assets. Through Keith’s intro, Lucinda got the 411 on this cousin named Pete, who was Ashley’s golden boy.

Pete was a real go-getter. He was already the Vice President when he stepped into Blue Corporation. If it weren’t for Keith going all macho and decking Kayla and Ashley to defend his mom, drawing Dad's wrath, Pete would still be the VP of Blue Corporation.

Even though Nathan gave his son a whooping, he also got sweet revenge on Kayla and Ashley. The first thing he did was demote Pete from his VP position and made him Keith's sidekick. For all these years, Pete had been under Keith’s thumb.

In Ashley's bitter words, Pete was busting his hump but not getting his due.

Outside the company, everyone still thought Pete was the VP of Blue Corporation. His business card even still had "Blue Corporation VP" on it. But the truth was, inside the company, he was just Keith’s lackey.

This situation had Pete and Ashley seething, but Pete was biting the bullet, still busting his ass, making sure Keith couldn’t pick at anything.

Keith thought this kind of guy was the scariest.

He had mad patience and adaptability.

His father also warned him that if he couldn't suppress Pete or make Pete give up on Blue Corporation, then Pete would become a ticking time bomb, exploding at his side one day, hurting him.