Chapter 2266

Nathaniel felt a strange sense of happiness when he saw Mavis worried about him. He decided to open up about his past and said, "The previous head of the Nicholls family was my second brother, Romello. Most of my painful memories in this family involve him." He adjusted his seat a little more, then continued, "As a child, I didn't have my pen, so I borrowed his. When my mother caught me, she accused me of stealing. I asked Romello to tell the truth, but he didn't. I was taken here and severely punished. And when it came to fights, even if it wasn't my fault, I was the one tied to a bench and beaten. I'd be bedridden for days, running high fevers. To my mother, my mistakes were always mine, and my siblings' mistakes were mine too. There were too many incidents like this to count." Mavis listened, shocked. She had always assumed Nathaniel grew up privileged, never imagining he had suffered so much as a child. "How could she be so biased? You were all her children, her own flesh a