The Wife He Forgot to Marry (Winona and Yule) novel Chapter 868

A lot of his classmates had looked at him with sheer envy that day. Walking across campus in the designer shoes Candida had bought him, he felt a strange, intoxicating rush of vanity.

He was brilliant, eventually moving overseas to complete a Ph.D. Candida footed the bill the entire way. Over time, his initial resistance to her morphed into deep reliance. He had to admit that her mistress money had bought his future. He owed her, big time.

Seeing Shiloh looking distracted, Candida asked gently, "What's wrong? Work stressing you out?"

Sylvan Scully treated Candida like a dirty secret, paying for her dignity with his checkbook. Her only emotional outlet was tormenting the relatives who came begging for cash. She loved giving them money while making them feel completely humiliated, relishing their shame. But Shiloh was different. She genuinely cared for him.

Yet, spending all that money on him wasn't entirely selfless. The family's golden boy—the only one with an Ivy League Ph.D.—was entirely her creation. The kid they were all so proud of was built on her dirty money. Without her, they were nothing! Shiloh was her masterpiece, a tool she used to prove her worth to the world. It was as if, by building him up, she could wash away the sin of wrecking someone else's family.

"It's not that," Shiloh replied quietly. "It's just... that favor you asked me to do. I don't think I can pull it off."

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