CHAPTER 166

The night had settled over the estate, and the tension between Charles and Dean was still thick in the air. The cold silence between father and son lingered, but it was interrupted when Stella Wyatt, Dean’s wife and Charles’s mother, entered the room.

She’d been listening from the hallway, her heart heavy with the weight of the argument that had just unfolded. She knew that both men, despite their pride and stubbornness, were driven by a shared love for their family. But that love was now clouded by suspicion and fear, fear of being betrayed, of being manipulated.

"Enough!" Stella’s voice rang out, firm and commanding, as she stepped into the room. Both men turned to face her, surprised by the sudden interruption.

"Mom..." Charles began, but she held up her hand, silencing him.

"No, Charles. No more of this." she said, her voice steady, but with the unmistakable weight of a mother’s authority.

"I’ve spent decades watching both of you. You’re not just father and son; you’re two halves
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