Duke stared intently at Snow. He had already anticipated Snow's request. Since his eldest son, Lowe, passed away, the Montgomery family had appeared peace and normal on the surface, but underneath, there had been a constant undercurrent of turmoil.
To vie for the position of heir, Priscilla had secretly used countless tactics to drive Tom away from the family. All these supposedly flawless tricks Priscilla thought she'd pulled off were, in fact, noticed by Duke.
The reason he had never exposed her and had allowed Priscilla to suppress the second branch of the family was not only because Duke had long coveted his voluptuous and beautiful daughter-in-law, but there was an even more crucial reason.
He was fearful. He feared that his highly capable youngest son would seize power from him to
