The Fake Heir’s Lie Allergy

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Ethan is finally reunited with the Starzyk family, but his homecoming is poisoned by Peter, the adopted brother whose strange allergy to lies turns every sincere word Ethan speaks into a violent attack of hives, sneezing and anaphylactic shock. Convinced that only falsehood can provoke such a reaction, the family brands Ethan a pathological liar and rejects their own biological son.

When the paralyzed grandmother is pushed down the marble staircase, a maid points at Ethan, and his denial sends Peter collapsing in the emergency room. Jacqueline swears a life for a life, and Ethan is locked in the dog kennels or strung up by his wrists from the second-floor balcony. He endures humiliation and torture, still unable to understand why his honesty destroys him.

Only at the moment of his death does Ethan discover Peter's true secret — and he wakes again on his first day back at the Starzyk estate, pouring himself a glass of boiling water.