The Cost of Deception

"When I was young, I was an idealist. I had had enough of the suffocating life as an heir of the Hawthorne family, so I abandoned my identity, forged a fake one, and applied for a teaching position at Aldoria University.

"Pretty childish, right?" Hector mocked himself, glancing at Celine. "I called it idealism, but in reality, it was just irresponsibility. I didn't realize that back then. On the c