Chapter 2

Samuel’s carefully built front of pride, class and power broke apart at once.

His look, held back but strong, stayed on me, showing his barely held anger.

After a long stop, he cooled his anger.

“Today is Grandpa’s birthday. I do not want to ruin his fun. We will talk about the divorce later!”

Then, he wrapped his arm around Amara’s waist and openly introduced her to the family’s business guests.

He was using a quiet, planned move to go against me.

My sister lowered her head, touched her stomach and cried in silence.

I held her hand and walked toward the Callaghan Family elders, loudly telling them.

“Vespera is carrying our Callaghan Family’s thirty-seventh generation child...”

One sentence cleared my sister’s name.

Samuel, who had been proud and bold just moments ago, froze while raising his glass to the guests.

Amara bit her lip, looking at me with a deeply wronged look.

The dinner ended and we went back to the family’s old house.

Amara and Samuel arrived first. Amara took over her sister’s and Samuel’s shared home and told the helper to move all of my sister’s things into the next room.

“Who gave you the right to touch my things?”

My sister rushed forward, guarding her belongings and asked angrily.

The nanny moved aside and Amara stepped ahead with her arms folded.

“Samuel said that starting today, you sleep in another room.”

“There is no space for you in this home anymore. If you keep staying, you sleep with the dog!”

I moved ahead and told the nanny.

“Put her things back where they were!”

“It is Samuel’s idea...” Amara tried to use Samuel to push me.

“I said put them back where they were!” I said, saying every word clearly.

The nanny didn’t dare refuse and quickly fixed my sister’s things and put them back in the first room.

Amara’s face became very dark.

“You can choose if Samuel gets a divorce or not, but can you choose who he sleeps with?”

I gave a cool, mocking smile.

“I can choose to throw you out of this home right now!”

“Guards, toss her out! Don’t let her dirty my floor!”

The bodyguards answered, holding Amara’s arms on both sides, trying to pull her away.

Amara became scared and quickly shouted into the room.

“Samuel, Samuel, your mother is throwing me out!”

The noise of running water inside the room stopped.

Samuel came out wearing a black robe.

“Mom, I can agree to your demand to not get divorced, but Amara must be the woman in charge of this house from now on!”

I corrected him. “You’re wrong! I didn’t tell you to stay married!”

“You can get divorced if you want, but you must give up your shares!”

Samuel’s face changed.

“Mom, am I no longer your son? Are you really taking my shares away for an outsider? Grandpa would not accept that!”

I spoke calmly, “You’re thinking too much. Your grandfather has more than one grandson. Your two uncles would happily push you out of the company.”

“Trust it or not, if I nod, they will immediately call a shareholders' meeting to remove you from the company and then pick someone from your age group to take your place!”

Samuel inherited the Callaghan Family business, not due to his place as the oldest grandson of the Callaghan Family.

It was because half of the Callaghan Family's power was built by my father and me!

“But I am the only person who is truly your birth son!” Samuel tried to remind me.

I narrowed my eyes at him. “Who cares whether they’re birth children or not, as long as the chosen person listens!”

Samuel breathed in, clenching his teeth. “Your need to control others is really shocking!”

I stated it clearly, “My need to control comes from your foolishness!”