The Duke did find him and adopted him. I’m guessing he told his sister that he was his illegitimate child since she would throw a fit if she found out that he was giving it away to a “nobody”
yup it probably what TickTockIRock said, the fl, the father and the son are the only ones that know that he picked up the boy during the war
That makes sense. He totally passes for an illegitimate son, they look alike. I would even think they are father and son. Thank you for the clarification!
ayesha knows from reader's POV that the duke picked up abel as an orphan and isn't related to him, but when the duke came back from the war, he told everyone abel was his biological son to avoid dispute in abel's right to inherit the duchy
Got it! So everyone except the father, fl and son think he is an illegitimate son. Thank you for the clarification.
So, the kid is his real son? I thought he found him and took him home. The sister said, “You laid with a peasant and had a child”. I’m confused.