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The Surrogate He Discarded

Chapter 155: The Weight Of A Confession · Oct 11, 2026

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151 Chapter 151: The Weight Of Blood 2026-10-11
152 Chapter 152: Setting Him Up 2026-10-11
153 Chapter 153: His Memories of the Little Isobel 2026-10-11
154 Chapter 154: Her Decisive Act 2026-10-11
155 Chapter 155: The Weight Of A Confession 2026-10-11
156 Chapter 156: The Deep Connection 2026-10-11
157 Chapter 157: A Brother Or A Lover? 2026-10-11
158 Chapter 158: Charlotte’s Schemes 2026-10-11
159 Chapter 159: Charlotte’s Comeuppance 2026-10-11
160 Chapter 160: Baby Alex Took Offense 2026-10-11
161 Chapter 161: Trouble In The Family 2026-10-11
162 Chapter 162: The One Who Paid The Price 2026-10-11
163 Chapter 163: Charlotte’s Troubles 2026-10-11
164 Chapter 164: He Is Drifting Away 2026-10-11
165 Chapter 165: The Confession 2026-10-11
166 Chapter 166: Was He Wrong All Along? 2026-10-11
167 Chapter 167: The Truth Behind the Crash 2026-10-11
168 Chapter 168: The Storm That Was Kristoff 2026-10-11
169 Chapter 169: Forever Hold Your Peace 2026-10-11
170 Chapter 170: She Is Trending! 2026-10-11
171 Chapter 171: Breaking The Engagement 2026-10-11
172 Chapter 172: Charlotte’s Game 2026-10-11
173 Chapter 173: Kristoff’s Resolve 2026-10-11
174 Chapter 174: The Morning Guest 2026-10-11
175 Chapter 175: Their Protectiveness 2026-10-11
176 Chapter 176: Strangers in the Alley 2026-10-11
177 Chapter 177: Strangers in the Alley 2 2026-10-11
178 Chapter 178: Angels Without Wings 2026-10-11
179 Chapter 179: Angels Without Wings 2 2026-10-11
180 Chapter 180: Their Home 2026-10-11
181 Chapter 181: The Grandfather 2026-10-11
182 Chapter 182: A Name From The Past 2026-10-11
183 Chapter 183: A Daughter Returned 2026-10-11
184 Chapter 184: Emergency Room 2026-10-11
185 Chapter 185: The Plot Against Kristoff 2026-10-11
186 Chapter 186: The Man Who Was Kristoff 2026-10-11
187 Chapter 187: The Man That Was Kristoff 2 2026-10-11
188 Chapter 188: Attacked In The Hospital 2026-10-11
189 Chapter 189: Attacked In The Hospital 2 2026-10-11
190 Chapter 190: The Power Play Between Two CEOs 2026-10-11
191 Chapter 191: Scolded! 2026-10-11
192 Chapter 192: The Truth Came To Light 2026-10-11
193 Chapter 193: The Truth Came To Light 2 2026-10-11
194 Chapter 194: Who Is He? 2026-10-11
195 Chapter 195: The Man In The Shadows 2026-10-11
196 Chapter 196: Love Turned Hate 2026-10-11
197 Chapter 197: Unholy Alliance 2026-10-11
198 Chapter 198: Unholy Alliance 2 2026-10-11
199 Chapter 199: His Wolfish Ambition 2026-10-11
200 Chapter 200: The Visitors 2026-10-11

The woman sitting across from him looked composed as ever. Yet, beneath that practiced calm, he noticed details he had overlooked before.

The faint lines etched across her forehead. The weariness hidden behind her sharp eyes. The subtle tension in her jaw.

Time—and responsibility—had not been kind to her.

Morgan had always respected Su San.

In an industry where boardrooms were overwhelmingly occupied by men, she had not merely survived—she had excelled.

She had taken Learson Group to heights many of her male counterparts could only envy, keeping the company firmly among Novare’s fifty most influential corporations.

Few people understood how difficult that achievement truly was.

She was not someone who wasted time on meaningless visits. Which made today’s meeting all the more unusual.

”You don’t need to investigate anymore.”

Her words landed quietly.

Yet they carried enough weight to make the room feel noticeably colder.

Morgan’s expression hardened.

”What exactly do you mean?”

His voice remained even, but his eyes had sharpened.

Every instinct told him the conversation had just taken a dangerous turn.

”I was the one who ordered Isobel’s abduction.”

The confession fell into the silence with startling clarity.

Su San’s voice never wavered.

Only the guarded look she cast Morgan betrayed the first crack in her carefully cultivated composure.

Morgan stared at her. For a heartbeat, the words refused to register.

Then he shot to his feet so abruptly that his leather chair rolled backward, spinning slightly before coming to a stop.

”What did you just say?”

Su San rose as well.

She met his gaze without flinching, though her clasped hands tightened almost imperceptibly.

”I never intended for anyone to hurt her,” she said evenly. ”My instructions were to frighten her—to make her stay away from Richard.”

Morgan’s eyes hardened.

”So that’s what this is about.”

His voice carried an edge that hadn’t been there before.

”You wanted Isobel out of Richard’s life.”

Su San remained silent. Instead, she asked quietly,

”Do you know how their story began?”

Morgan held her gaze. He knew fragments.

Richard had found Isobel as an abandoned infant and had grown up with her in the orphanage.

But beyond that... he knew very little.

He had only recently begun looking into Isobel’s past, and there were still countless gaps waiting to be filled.

Seeing that he didn’t answer, Su San continued.

”Richard was the one who found her.”

A distant look entered her eyes, as though she were watching a memory unfold.

”He carried that tiny baby into the orphanage with such pride, insisting she’d stay with him.”

A faint, almost imperceptible smile touched her lips before disappearing.

”From that day forward, he treasured her more than anything.”

Her expression darkened.

”When I took Richard away from the orphanage, he hated me for it.”

”He ran away. Several times.”

”He climbed walls, slipped past security, and disappeared without a word, returning to the orphanage every chance he got.”

The memory drew a weary sigh from her.

”I tried reason. I tried patience. Neither worked.”

Her voice dropped lower.

”In the end...”

”I threatened him with Isobel.”

The words were barely above a whisper.

”I told him that if he continued to defy me, I would make sure she disappeared from his life.”

She closed her eyes briefly.

”It was the only threat that ever made him stop fighting.”

The office fell silent.

Even now, the memory left a bitter taste in her mouth. She knew what she did was despicable.

Morgan looked at her with undisguised disbelief.

”And after all these years, Richard came back...”

”The first thing he did,” Su San finished quietly, ”was return to the orphanage. To find her.”

Morgan frowned.

”Then why target Isobel?”

”If Richard is the one making these choices, why not talk to your nephew instead of terrorizing an innocent young woman?”

Su San let out a slow breath.

”You still don’t understand.”

She turned toward the floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking Novare’s skyline.

”Richard is the last blood my brother left behind.”

”The sole heir to the Learson empire.”

Her reflection stared back at her from the glass.

”He has inherited unimaginable wealth...”

”...and just as many enemies.”

She folded her arms across her chest.

”His life was never going to belong entirely to himself.”

After a long silence, she spoke again. Each word was measured and deliberate.

”If he allows his heart to rule him...”

Her gaze drifted toward the city below.

”...Isobel will become his greatest weakness.”

She finally looked back at Morgan.

”And in our world...”

A shadow crossed her face.

”Weakness is always the first thing our enemies destroy.”

”I don’t want Isobel to become a burden that keeps Richard from reaching his full potential.”

The moment the words left her lips, Su San knew she had chosen them poorly.

Bang!

Morgan’s palm came down hard against the mahogany desk.

The sharp sound echoed through the office.

Pens rattled inside their holder. The crystal paperweight shifted.

Even the polished wood seemed to shudder beneath the force.

For the first time since she entered the office, Su San saw genuine anger flash across his face.

”Are you looking down on Isobel?”

His voice wasn’t loud. It didn’t need to be.

The disappointment in it carried far more weight than any shout.

Su San was taken aback.

She had expected outrage over the kidnapping.

Not this.

A question surfaced in her mind.

Who exactly is Isobel to him?

”I didn’t mean it that way,” she replied, carefully steadying her voice.

What she truly wanted to say was that Richard needed someone from an equally powerful family.

Someone with influence and connections. Someone with resources.

Someone who could stand beside him as he carried the Learson name into the top five, if not the very top.

Not an orphan with neither status nor backing.

But she swallowed those words before they could escape.

Think before you speak. She warned herself.

She forced herself to choose each word with care.

”When it comes to Isobel...” she said quietly, ”...Richard loses his objectivity.”

”He stops thinking like the heir to one of Novare’s largest corporations.”

”My greatest fear is that one day he’ll choose his heart over the future of the Learson family...”

A shadow crossed her face.

”...and that decision will become the beginning of Learson’s downfall.”

Morgan remained silent for a long moment.

He couldn’t deny that she had a point.

History was filled with powerful men who had destroyed empires because they allowed emotion to outweigh reason.

But Richard...he wasn’t one of those men...

because Su San had underestimated the woman Richard had chosen.

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