She only knew Ss was a child taken in by Eamon.


    Calliope shook her head and looked at Eamon.


    Eamon pondered, recalling the past. "Ss came into the picture when the Baker family was on the brink of bankruptcy. At that time, his ailing mother approached me, pleading for help. If I took Ss in, she would give me all her money to save the Baker family."


    "Ss''s mother fell for the wrong man. He was quite heartless, and after using her, he discarded her like an old shoe. She came to me because, despite the Baker family''s struggles, I was the only one willing to help her, the only one who could protect Ss."


    "His father wanted him gone. When Ss was little, his father was relentless in hunting him down, thinking he shouldn''t exist."


    Eamon sighed deeply. "Ss had a tough start. His mother was somewhat capable, but after having him, she had cancer. Not long after entrusting Ss to me, she passed away."


    "Later, I used the money she left to revive the Baker Group. As time went on, Ss grew up. He was quite talented, so I started involving him in the Baker Group."


    "Without him and his mother, the Baker family would have gone under long ago. So I entrusted thepany to him. I believe the Baker Group isrgely his."


    "But, as you know, Ss isn''t my only one. He has three brothers. They don''t understand why I handed the Baker Group to Ss, and they''ve opposed him all these years."


    Eamon sighed again. He was old and couldn''t offer much help, so Ss handled everything.


    Fortunately, Ss was strong


    enough tomand respect


    fear from the others. He managed thepany well and secured his position firmly.


    "And what about his father?" Calliope couldn''t help but frown. It was the first time she''d heard the story, and it seemed Ss had been unwanted from the start. His mother loved him, but his father wanted him dead.


    "Still around, but he''s always been abroad," Eamon replied. "He knows Ss grew


    up to be remarkable, but he still tries to undermine him."


    "But why?" Calliope couldn''t understand. Even if he didn''t love Ss''s mother, as his biological father, why treat Ss this way? Why wish for his demise?


    "To him, Ss was an ident. His biological father didn''t like unexpected surprises. Plus, he has another son." Eamon exined, "Unless that son was gone or useless to him, he would never favor Ss."


    Calliope furrowed her brows, still not grasping it. Ss never bothered him. So why all this hostility?


    "Ss doesn''t like his father either,"


    Eamon added with a frown.


    "Perhaps there''s a sense of


    unresolved resentment. Since Ss grew up, he''s often shed with his


    biological father, escting tensions between them. Ss has had it tough."


    Calliope nodded, feeling a pang of sympathy for Ss.


    Losing his mother at a young age,ing into a foreign environment, and having


    a father who wished to erase his existence -it must have been hard for him.