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.

has arrived,” he announced

she echoed,

could possibly bring him here?

regarding Alexis’s situation,” Damien

narrowed slightly as he spoke softly to Cherise, instructing her to tend to Alexis upstairs. “I’ll go and meet him,” he declared, taking on

her

loomed as a formidable villain

pat before settling onto the sofa to await Sebastian’s arrival.

guided by Mr. Hampson, Yolanda wheeled Sebastian, seated in a wheelchair,

terrified of him?”

the second-floor carpet, peering through the railing at Sebastian and Yolanda

paled, her fingers tightening around the staircase railing as her breath quickened.

or glimpses of his photograph elicited only vague apprehension

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