Chương 249: Horrible Past Life (3)

IT HAS already been three months since Father married Lucina Morganna.

Winter would admit that his stepmother was more caring than his birth mother. He thought that her presence in the mansion would change his father's coldness. But much to his surprise, the duke remained stoic.

Most of all, his father was still rarely at home due to his work as a captain and as a duke.

Ah, right. Father has been busier than ever because he's the one managing all the businesses that my grandfather left to my mother.

"Good morning, Winter."

Winter was greeted by his stepmother when he entered the dining hall for breakfast. "Good morning, Mother," he said. Well, his father insisted that he called his new wife 'Mother' and as a dutiful son, he had to follow him. "Did you sleep well?"