Dark Secrets of the Blind Husband

Yolanda struggled to comprehend. “You intend to employ such a young child to settle scores with Damien and Lennon? Isn’t that a bit extreme?”

“You’re being overly vocal,” Sebastian retorted curtly, his eyes flickering open to fix on her.

“Don’t let the old man catch wind of my plans to adopt a child,” he warned, his tone sharp with urgency.

“Don’t fret,” Yolanda replied, her lips pursed tightly. “Dad pays little heed to your affairs. If he doesn’t inquire, I won’t disclose anything.”

To Yolanda, her words might have seemed innocuous statements of fact.

Yet to Sebastian, each one pierced like a dagger, stirring unease within him.

His gaze turned cold as he regarded Yolanda. “What exactly is the old man up to in Adania these days?” he inquired, his voice tinged with suspicion.

“He mentioned reconnecting with old acquaintances and conducting some business on the side,” Yolanda replied with a nonchalant shrug. “You know I have no interest in his affairs.”

At two o’clock in the afternoon, as Cherise and Damien sat discussing plans to enroll Alexis in kindergarten after finishing their meal, a sudden intrusion disrupted their tranquility. Mr. Hampson, their household staff, burst in with urgency written all over his face.

Weiss has arrived,” he

surprise. “Sebastian?” she echoed,

possibly bring him

likely regarding Alexis’s situation,” Damien

he spoke softly to Cherise, instructing her to tend to Alexis upstairs. “I’ll go and meet him,” he declared, taking on the responsibility of confronting Sebastian

urged, her concern evident in her

by amnesia, Sebastian loomed as a formidable villain associated with danger

her, giving her shoulder a reassuring pat before

later, guided by Mr. Hampson, Yolanda wheeled Sebastian, seated

of him?” Alexis

through the railing at Sebastian and Yolanda below. A sense of unease gnawed at him, prompting him

her breath quickened. “I…I’m starting to remember some

of his photograph elicited only vague apprehension in

in the flesh, seated in a wheelchair with a smug smile adorning