Many in the circle also knew that he had made his fortune with the help of the Lewis Family, and they knew how destitute he had been before marrying Lily Lewis.
Thus, his feelings towards Lily Lewis were complex, a mixture of gratitude and loathing, the latter being for her existence which continually reminded him of his unsightly past,
Yet he couldn't treat Lily Lewis and the Lewis family poorly; on one hand, they were the reason for his present success, and on the other, he was a person who highly valued his reputation.
If outsiders knew that he had made his fortune through the Jackson Clan, then shamelessly kept a mistress and an illegitimate child, and even caused his own son to become disabled, they would surely condemn him as worse than a beast.
Thinking this, he reached out and patted the back of Lily's hand, soothingly saying,
