William sat limply on the stage floor, staring at Eleanor. His eyes were vacant, like a man who had lost his entire world. Deep inside, he knew… it was over. Everything had been lost.
What Eleanor handed him was a paternity test result. There was no name printed on it, but he understood perfectly what Eleanor meant.
No one knew better than William what he had done in the past. He just couldn't understand what had gone wrong now. After Esmeralda's death, he had successfully fooled everyone and seized all her properties. Over the years, he had grown used to the illusion that everything belonged to him. It had never crossed his mind that one day, his carefully built empire would collapse in front of his eyes.
Now, realising that he had been utterly defeated, Eleanor gave a discreet signal to Laila to manage the situation.
