Chapter 2

After glancing over the death certificate a few times, her gaze turned contemptuous.

“I almost fell for your trick.”

She tossed the death certificate at me and said coldly, “It seems Griffin was right. You’re much more calculating than you appear.”

“You!”

“Take Trevor home by today. He’s only six. He can’t go astray by following a father like you.”

With that, she turned to leave.

I hurriedly stood up to stop her.

But Griffin stepped between us.

“Mr. Davey...”

In a voice only the two of us could hear, he said to me, “I know Trevor died a long time ago.”

I stared at him in disbelief.

“Do you know why Raine doesn’t know?”

He chuckled softly. “Because I blocked all information regarding Trevor from reaching her.”

I clenched my fists.

“Come to think of it, Trevor really is pitiful.

“He was diagnosed with a congenital heart defect right after his mother died.

“There was a heart donor that was a perfect match for him, but you, his own father, couldn’t come up with a single penny for him.

“Even working four jobs a day and going without sleep, you still couldn’t scrape together the money for his surgery.

“You forced Trevor to miss out on that heart donor.”

My eyes welled up instantly.

“Oh, but don’t worry.”

Griffin smoothed out the cuffs of his haute couture jacket. “He didn’t die in vain. His bone marrow, kidneys, corneas…”

My breath caught in my throat.

He let out a soft chuckle.

“Ah… It’s a shame you didn’t see it. When the kid was forced to sign his consent form, he kept crying out for his dad.

“Meanwhile, you… As his father, you were still out there delivering food… Ah!!!”

“You scoundrel!!!”

I clamped my hands tightly around his neck. “Give me back my Trevor!!”

“Enough!”

A hard slap landed on my face.

I had not eaten in three days and collapsed onto the pile of trash.

Raine shielded Griffin tightly behind her.

Griffin spoke up. His voice was full of grievance.

“I was just asking where Trevor was being hidden. Mr. Davey, you may be able to endure life at the landfill, but the child can’t stand this suffering!

“Just because I wanted to take Trevor away, you tried to kill me?!”

“You’re lying! You clearly...”

“Enough!”

Raine clenched her teeth. “If you have even a shred of conscience as a father, bring Trevor back yourself.

“Otherwise, we’re getting a divorce!”

With that, she had Griffin sit in the passenger seat.

Divorce?

I laughed.

Fine, but before that, I still had one more thing to do.

The next day, an anonymous tip-off letter was placed on the desk in Raine’s director’s office.

At the same time, a banner appeared at the company entrance.

The bold letters reading “Tech Tycoon Raine Shane Killed Her Son for the Sake of Her Dream Man” drew a large crowd of onlookers.

As for me, I held Trevor’s portrait.

Without saying a word, I knelt at the company entrance.

I had printed a pamphlet detailing her and Griffin’s actions and was handing them out on the spot.

Some people were so enraged, they had tears in their eyes.

“Is that a child in the photo? He’s so young! How could Ms. Shane just abandon her husband and son and pretend to be dead for three years?!”

“Even if she was faking her death, there was no need to be so ruthless! Not only did she cut off all financial support, but she also pretended to mortgage the house. Was she testing her husband, or is she trying to drive him to his death so her ‘dream man’ can take his place?”

“The company must provide an explanation! If this is true, does someone like that even deserve to be in that position?”

Before long, the company’s director personally came downstairs to escort me back up.

Raine stood at the doorway of her office, staring at me with an inscrutable expression.

Once the door closed, the director, Mr. Meyer personally poured me a cup of tea.