••NO POV••"It’s a surprise," Christian said with a teasing smirk, his eyes sparkling with mischief, "Do you think only you can give surprises?" Ezra shrugged his shoulders with a sigh, "Are you seriously doing this?" Christian’s smile widened enjoying the situation. "Why not? It’s fun watching you react like this, you and others always love to tease me in the name of surprises, today, I'm doing it, isn't it really interesting?" Ezra chuckled, shaking his head in disbelief as for a minute it's not Christian who is in front of him but it seemed to be like Mary who is standing in front of him."Day by day, you’re turning into a mini version of your mother." Christian’s expression softened with emotions. "Thanks." Ezra raised a brow, crossing his arms. "Do you think that’s a compliment?" "To me, it is a compliment for sure," Christian said without hesitation. "No one ever compared me to my mother in a way like this, in fact, that so-called father of mine and stepmother used to say

"Your mother..." Amelia began to say something, she hesitated, but before she could continue, Charles came in the middle out of nowhere."Mom..." His calm voice made her words pause.She no longer continued further, and Charles walked to them, "So, Chris is also here?" "Yes uncle, I'm here only with grandma," Christian responded, stepping forward.Charles placed a gentle hand on his shoulder. "Everyone’s waiting for you Chris, let’s go."Christian glanced at Amelia, as their conversation was paused in the middle itself, but she smiled softly, and he noticed something unreadable in her eyes before she gave him a gentle nod, "We can talk later," she assured him, "For now, let’s go."Knowing it wasn’t the right time to insist on knowing more, Christian merely hummed in response and walked along with Amelia and Charles.As they stepped into the party area, a sight of pure extravagance appeared infront of him.The venue was more dazzling, more opulent than the last grand event at the Sarg

"Who truly disgusts me," Christian said, finishing Mia’s sentence for her, his voice was cold, just like the way his eyes filled with disappointment, "I was a fool back then, thinking you were the only one who stood by my side when I lost everything, but I was wrong, it was never reveal, I just believed it foolishly, when it wasn't even your intention to take my side!" Mia shook her head, opening her mouth to respond, but Christian didn’t give her the chance as he doesn't want to be manipulated by her anymore."I held a soft corner for you, despite everything you've done," he continued. "At the very least, you were there with me when I had nothing, that's why I didn't allow anyone to hurt you, no matter how you treated me, but the moment you spoke about my mother like that, you lost every ounce of respect I had left for you."Mia scoffed, folding her arms with a smug expression. "Do you think I’m wrong?" she challenged, raising her voice against Christian, "Do you really believe I sp

"Finally, they're here," Ezra sighed, sparing a glance at Christian.While Christian watched Morris, Teresa, and Ivan approached, his expression turned out to be something different, unreadable.But deep inside, he scoffed. "Shameless! They really had the audacity to show up here after everything." However his glance landed on the injuries of Ivan and Teresa, and he instantly pieced everything together, with a satisfied smirk, "So, they've been enjoying my fate now, huh? Very impressive!" Morris stepped forward first, his face twisted into a mix of self-righteousness and fake concern."Chris, my dear son, I put in so much effort raising you, how can you abandon your father like this?" His voice was strained, his eyes filled with tears, as if he were genuinely hurt. "I know you favor your maternal family now just because they’re richer than me, but what about before? Back then, they abandoned you and your mother. I was the one who stayed by your side, I loved her, I raised you with a

"The hell they did to me," Christian let out a bitter chuckle,while his eyes hiding an ocean of emotions.He stared at the screen, while the old wounds making new pain in his heart, as watching his past torment play out in front of everyone digging up more pain in his heart.Gasps filled the hall, whispers bubbling up as realization dawned on the crowd."He… he didn’t hurt Ivan?" "Then all these days, he was blamed for nothing?" "They nearly killed him over a lie!" Once the video ended, James handed Christian a stack of documents, which he promptly threw at Ivan's face. Christian said loud enough for everyone to hear, "That day I was locked up in a dark and cold room, without food and water, I was forced to live for damn two days, while these three, especially this so-called father who is drowning in sorrow by missing me, the very same father enjoyed camping with his dearest son, for two days they had camping while I was starved and waiting with a hope for them to return." Luna s