[Bonus chapter] Stolen His Place.

Men are cold but mostly women are softer. Even if his mother did not want him in the first place, she must feel guilty for leaving him.

  For that reason only, shouldn't she be welcoming him?

Theo blinked as his expressions turned awkward. He was not expecting the man to be this ignorant about his own family. That made him wonder if he even knew who he was and where he was!

"Master, I apologize, but it has been a year since the duchess died. You.. you did not have a mother, my lord." 

"Oh!" then the chance of getting a good start was gone. He did not feel any pain or hurt for the mother he had never met. It was just a pity that he was not even able to see how his real mother was and ask her why she left him when they were wealthy enough to manage his upbringing.