Wendy was taken aback. "What do you mean?"

Edmund looked up and gazed into Wendy's eyes.

"There's actually something I have never told you."

Wendy's heart almost stopped.

She had a hunch that what Edmund was about to say had something to do with Larissa and Kevan.

Wendy had overheard their conversation outside the study last night.

That was why she had rushed to meet Edmund.

She was eager to know the truth and not be the only person kept in the dark.

"Kevan is my cousin. Our fathers are brothers."

At this moment, Wendy suddenly felt foolish.

Edmund and Kevan had the same surname.

They also looked a little similar.

Still, she never once connected the two together.

"Then?" She fidgeted with the hem of her clothes.

Edmund put on a sorrowful expression. "After my grandfather died, he left the company to my elder brother. Since then, Kevan held a grudge against both of us. He saw us as a target and oppressed us.

"When he found out that we got together, he had s