The Billionaire Ex-Wife and the Beggar He Became novel Chapter 502

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The most she could give Henrietta was a few hundred dollars each month.

Taking the money, Henrietta finally tracked down her only son, Jason.

She found him in a private club, where he was being used as a plaything for rich guys.

The money he earned wasn't for a better life; he was hooked on drugs and had contracted a serious disease.

It was from him that Henrietta learned the rest of her family's fate.

After Old Mr. Shepherd heard of his son Teague's death, he felt he had nothing left to live for and threw himself from the roof of a building.

Old Mrs. Shepherd froze to death on the streets.

Seeing her son so broken and knowing he didn't have long to live, Henrietta felt a despair beyond tears.

She led him to the coast, and together, they walked step by step into the deep, dark water.

And with that, the Shepherd family, with the exception of Felicity, was wiped out.

But Felicity was never truly a Shepherd.

Yves Prescott and Xander had conducted a thorough investigation into her past.

In a remote mountain village, Felicity's intelligence was almost supernatural.

She had a photographic memory and learned things in an instant. Throughout her nine years of compulsory education, from first grade to the end of middle school, she was first in her class every single year, earning the awe of every teacher she had. But her family wouldn't allow her to continue her education. They favored sons over daughters and planned to marry her off early for a bride price. Just as she was sinking into despair, a golden opportunity fell from the sky, changing the course of her life.

At sixteen, Felicity was like a dry sponge, absorbing everything she could.

Unfortunately, what she absorbed wasn't nourishment, but a poison that fed her insatiable greed.

She believed that with her intellect and this incredible chance, she was destined to become one of society's elites.

What Felicity could never comprehend, however, was that truly exceptional people are not defined by their origins or their opportunities, but by their character.

Without a foundation in virtue, even a fortune as large as the universe will slip through your fingers.

Years later, on Tiana's sixteenth birthday, a letter arrived for her.

She opened it to find a message from Julian, asking if she would come and see her father.

Tiana discussed it with Winona and Yves, and they both agreed she should go.