Chapter 83: The Watts Estate - I (2/2)

"Oh?" Donovan seemed surprised when he was asked the question, which wasn't the response Arthur expected, but Donovan continued "I didn't expect that you would remember this place, you were just a baby after all"

Arthur'swith questions, but he hadn't yet voiced the to work it all out in his head

Just as this place familiar? Based on what Donovan just said he had been here before

Why would Arthur have been here as a baby? This was a strange point, when it came to social events hosted within the upper echelon, children under a certain age were just left with faivers in order to not embarrass the family or ruin the event

It wasn't uncommon that the two families would have had some interaction Maria was in the first wave of the beta test, so it was likely that her family was a major shareholder of his family's company But there was also just the chance she won a spot in the auction, and considering the castle it was obvious that her family didn't lack anyclose, then why has he never been here since he was a baby? Perhaps they just didn't host events that often But then again, Maria had mentioned that her mother had hosted several tea parties before And her main concern was that she just didn't have friends to invite the previous times, which meant the family did host events

What was the reason for Donovan's reaction when he saw the address? What about the guard's reaction, why did he see of Arthur's fa had happened between the two families, but even if that were the case he would have at least heard soan wracking his brain further, trying to think of any events that would happen in the future between the two faleof a thing after all?

"You have been here before Several tiling, so he decided to end his suffering "Although the last time you were here hen you had just turned four"

"But as I here, and why only as a baby?" Arthur couldn't help but blurt out the questions that were floating around in his head "Why haven't I been here since?"

"This is where yourthe day" Donovan slowed down the car as he began explaining Arthur's past "Back when Anna was in school, instead of leaving you with the caregivers, she used to bring you with her when she visited"

Arthur noticed that the tone in his voice became darker as he continued, it seemed the topic was rather dark, as even the always-cheerful Donovan see the story

"You used to play around on the table, licking the frosting off of all the cupcakes you could get your hands on" Donovan laughed a little as he retold this part of the story, "You used to scareoff the table, but your mother always told me that you were fine That you would never fall, and she was right"

"What relationshi+p does our family have with the about his ht noas more concerned ho this family hy they had connections with them, and why they he hasn't visited them or heard anyone talk about the family since

"Besides the obvious case of investment The only other connection we have, or had, to the Watts family was your mother" Donovan explained as simply as he could "The current head of the household and the mother of your friend, Olivia-Rose Watts, is your mother's cousin"

"So, they're family Why have I not heard of them before?" Arthur threw out another question, he was shocked How in the forty-eight years that he had been alive for, could he not have at least heard that he was somewhat related to another prominent family that he lived only a fewout o and refused to speak with each other" Donovan explained, "Your father publicly declared that he would no longer consider them to be family and refused to invite thean doing the same in return"

"Why?" Is all Arthur could muster, he was beyond confused He knew his father's track record for being over the top and stubborn, but he was incredibly reasonable to those he considered fae his actual family?

"You were just four at the time, so you've probably repressed the memory" Donovan finally dropped the bomb that answered all of Arthur's questions, especially the reason why Donovan made the expression he did earlier "This is where your mother died"

"No" He corrected hi but he forced hiht in front of you"