Despite being her biological father, he'd always been cold toward her, withholding the support he might have otherwise given as a father. And yet, his affection for her mother-in-law—Ray's late mother—was unyielding. Even after her passing, he'd held on to control, ensuring that her legacy wasn't touched by anyone, especially not his second aunt. Quite interesting, no? Esme mused to herself, tracing the lines of this peculiar family history.
And then, there was the matter of his origins—a background that, upon closer inspection, didn't seem to fit into the distinguished Aron family at all. He was born an illegitimate child of a rich family, his mother a society woman of considerable wealth, and his father a prostitute. According to whispered rumors, his father had despised him, abandoning him entirely. It wasn't until his mother, for reasons known only to herself, adopted him at the age of ten, formally bringing him into the family.
