Scarlett mumbled, “I’m not sure if I should say this.”

Maurice snorted. “What’s there to hesitate about? Just spit it out.”

Scarlett still looked uneasy. “Victoria said that before Mia married into the Driscoll family, she was actually Franklin’s junior.”

Maurice nodded matter-of-factly. “That’s right. Mia and Franklin were indeed senior and junior. That’s also why that bald bastard agreed to work with the Driscoll family to plot against Victoria and Andrew.”

Scarlett hesitated again. “Dad, that’s not what I really wanted to tell you. It’s something else.”

Maurice’s tone grew impatient. “I told you to speak plainly, so stop stalling.”

Scarlett took a deep breath and stopped holding back. “When Victoria mentioned that Mia was Franklin’s junior, she also said that they had a relationship. She claimed Franklin arranged for her to marry into our family.”

Suddenly, she stopped speaking because she noticed Maurice’s face had gone pitch black with rage.

Nonetheless, Maurice was a man who had seen it all, and he remained composed. He simply asked, “And?”

Scarlett felt a chill run down her spine. She did not dare hide it and said honestly, “Victoria also said that when Mia was still Franklin’s junior, he forced himself on her. She never blamed him for it, and in the end, you became the man who picked up the pieces.”

Maurice’s eyes burned with fury as he roared, “Enough! That’s all. Now go. Get ready to head to the company later with that bald bastard and lure Andrew into a trap. With that cunning Francis helping us, killing Andrew shouldn’t be hard.”

Scarlett opened her mouth. “Dad, are you… alright?”

Maurice shouted back. “I told you to get out. What are you standing around for? I’m fine, and you’re going to keep what we just discussed buried forever. Don’t let a third person know about this, understand?”

The cold gleam in her ruthless father’s eyes made Scarlett tremble. “Understood, Dad. I’ll take my leave.”

She turned and quickly left the study. Only when she stepped outside did she dare take a deep breath. The fresh air outside felt so much better than the suffocating atmosphere in Maurice’s study.

She could not help but wonder what her father was really thinking. He knew about Mia and Franklin’s sordid history, yet he seemed unfazed. It was impossible to read his thoughts.

Inside the dimly lit study, Maurice suddenly let out a roar. Overcome with rage, he raised his hand to smash something, only to realize the desk was already shattered. With nowhere to vent his fury, the pressure burned inside him like fire.

“Shameless bitch, all these years, you really worked hard to keep this from me. When you married into the Driscoll family, you made all those pretty promises, but in the end, you still made me the fool who took Franklin’s sloppy seconds!”

He had always known Mia and Franklin had a complicated history, but he never imagined it was this twisted. If not for Scarlett’s reminder, he might have kept living in the dark, a pitiful man wearing the crown of a fool.

Back then, he had married Mia, Franklin’s junior, not only for her beauty but also for her powerful martial background.

Franklin, the top fighter in Gabo Creek, had once been the man Maurice admired most.

However, over the years, as Maurice rose to power, his martial arts skills had skyrocketed. He had secretly pushed his abilities to their absolute limit, nearly reaching the level of a martial saint.