The Perfect Wife's Perfect Revenge novel Chapter 837

As the Mercer matriarch cried and pleaded, James’s resolve wavered. He knew his mother had indeed sacrificed a lot to raise him. He began to think more carefully. It seemed unlikely that his mother and the woman he’d chosen to bear his son—both of whom he considered rather simple-minded—could have orchestrated such a perfectly timed coup on their own.

He grew suspicious and looked intently at his mother.

“How did you come up with the idea to bring her here today, to force me to acknowledge her and the child?”

Today was supposed to be his triumphant day. The entire company was celebrating, and it was his moment to finally earn his father-in-law’s respect. The last thing he needed was a scandal, especially one of this magnitude. It had effectively blocked his path to the future. In the face of this drama, his multi-billion-dollar contract suddenly seemed worthless. When his abilities no longer served the Yeager family, all the excellence he had so carefully displayed for his father-in-law would become a weapon that could bring about Sallie’s ruin.

Everyone in high society understood this principle. It was why many wealthy men who only had daughters would secretly father sons with other women, to prevent the empires they’d spent their lives building from falling into the hands of someone with a different family name.

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