Limited Time Marriage: Nice to Meet You Mr. Foster

Chapter 479: Chapter 478: A Terrible Thing

"Is everything written here true?" South Grant asked Nathan Foster.

Nathan Foster nodded slightly.

"Ever since you came to my side, I’ve been doing my utmost to investigate the matters regarding your parents. Following that lead, I uncovered some things about your mother, Stella Foster."

Nathan Foster paused at this point, as he had also discovered some things about Ian Grant.

However, these were just some of his conjectures, and he hadn’t found concrete evidence, so he chose not to tell South Grant for the time being.

"Do you remember the Cactus Forest I told you about? It requires a descendant of the Princess to unlock the treasure hidden there. Two families have been persistently searching for the Princess’s descendant, investing a large amount of money and time every year.

To protect the secret, they could only look for someone within the family, and over time, this resulted in the formation of the Eagle Squad. Your mother, Stella Foster, was the leader of this generation. Twenty years ago, she went missing during a mission.

At that time, it was with the leader of the Lynch Family, who grew up with her since childhood. In the end, only the Lynch family leader returned. A few months later, your mother came back, but she was also pregnant.

The rest of the story you may have heard: your grandfather, not knowing whose child your mother was carrying, flew into a rage and, in his anger, had her abort the child.

She hadn’t even fully recovered before she was forced to marry the Lynch family leader. Then there was the incident at the wedding where the bride was kidnapped, and from then on your mother disappeared.

This is the version known to everyone, but what I’ve uncovered is different. When your mother returned back then, your grandfather didn’t force her to abort the child; she did it on her own, and this greatly angered your grandfather.

Later, that wedding turned into a farce, your mother completely vanished, and the Lynch family leader went abroad searching for your mother ever since. With the time passing, he eventually gave up the search and settled abroad. Probably unable to face the blow from that wedding, he still hasn’t returned to this day."

South Grant’s mind was in a mess, unable to sort it all out.

"So who’s in charge of the Eagle Squad now?"

"The Lynch Family, or perhaps your grandfather; his health is faltering each year, so most likely it’s with the Lynch Family."

For some reason, South Grant detected another emotion in Nathan Foster’s voice.

"I still don’t understand."

Nathan Foster looked at South Grant, gazing at her for a long time.

"Foster, Lockwood, Lynch, and Holt, the four families together hold the secret to the treasure. I originally bore the surname Holt, I’m my father’s posthumous child; when my mother married Harold Foster, she was already carrying me.

The Holt and Lockwood families are responsible for safeguarding the treasure, whereas the Lynch and Foster families are tasked with finding the Princess’s descendant. Many years ago, the Foster family already located the Princess’s descendant, but as time went by, their families were no longer willing to be dominated.

Your mother’s last mission with the Lynch family leader likely had something to do with this. Later, when she became pregnant, from what I surmise, that child in her womb must have been..."

Nathan Foster paused here, and South Grant understood—the child should have been the Imperial Grandson’s descendant.

South Grant felt a chilling fear at the realization of something dreadful. "So back then, Grandfather wanted Mother to keep the child precisely because that child was likely the descendant of that so-called Imperial Grandson. For the sake of that treasure, Grandfather even sacrificed his own daughter, and Mother even aborted the child, infuriating Grandfather?"