Scott and Yvonne Vaughn had relied on each other since childhood. His sister had painstakingly saved every penny she earned as a maid to pay for his tuition. As a result, Scott was filled with gratitude and heartache for his sister. This was also why he despised the Valerius family, and by extension, wasn't particularly close to Damien Valerius, their fourth son.
In Scott's eyes, Jameson Valerius was nothing but a sanctimonious beast. He had assaulted his sister in a drunken stupor and then pushed all the blame onto her. But the Valerius family was far too rich and powerful. The two siblings knew they couldn't afford to provoke them, but they could at least try to stay away. Yet, Yvonne had gotten pregnant. Scott had repeatedly urged her to abort the child and start a new life, but Yvonne couldn't bear to do it. To her, this was a life. So, she decided to secretly give birth to the child and raise him on her own, ensuring he would have no connection to the Valerius family.
