Anna hadn't even had time to react when Connor's next words already arrived, "Anna, don't forget that Jeremy Thompson has an illegitimate child. Do you think his bastard sprang from the cracks in the stones?"
"Wealthy families all like to have hidden marriages. When Joseph Thompson and his wife got married, the outside world was none the wiser. If it hadn't been for Aurora coming back later and causing such a stir, who could have believed that Joseph Thompson had already betrayed his love and married someone else?"
"Do you think Jeremy Thompson would abandon the mother of his child to marry you? Besides, you're just a second-hand woman after divorcing me."
Connor's mind was still haunted by the scenes from the Beacon Hill surveillance video—
