Chapter 0281

Nora and Theo arrive around thirty minutes later. Like I said, I haven’t been outside since that short trip

from the hospital

I was dying to see how the city had changed. Four years is a lot of time for a fast–moving city like this one

to stay the same.

When the doorbell rings, I get up excitedly and open the door.

“Are you and lo

you and Iris ready?” Nora asks.

She was buzzing with the same excitement as me. I let both of them hug me. Being in their arms felt so

wonderful and familiar. Like it was something I constantly got from them.

“Yes, let me just get her.”

I turn around and head back to the living room. Picking up my daughter, I say a hurried goodbye to Teresa,

then leave the house.

I was about to climb into their car when a bodyguard stops me.

“I’m sorry, ma’am, but I can’t let you leave,” he says, dampening the excitement.

I didn’t know his name, though I’ve seen him a couple of times while he was patrolling the compound.

“Why not?”

“I’m just following orders,” he replies kindly, but it honestly pisses me off.

“Call him,” I demand, my voice harder than I’d expected,

Almost reluctantly, he takes his phone from his pocket and dials it. I would have called Rowan myself, but

I didn’t want to admit to anyone that I was struggling to read the names saved on my phone.

“What’s going on? Theo asks from behind.

I raise my hand to stop him. I wasn’t coming off as rude; I was just frustrated. I hated feeling like I was

caged. Like I was a prisoner in my own house.

guard then hands over

His voice is hard

bodyguard preventing me from leaving?

do you want to go? You can send

I have nothing to do so I want to leave

asks to speak to Theo. I hand over the phone to him. He walks a couple of meters from us. When he

phone to the

asks

as we take extra bodyguards with us.” He then turns

My bodyguards will drive in front of us and you’ll be

He nods. “Yes sir”

long for them to organize themselves. A few minutes later, we are on

silent, and before I know it, we pull up at a fancy restaurant. The driver parks the car,

Nora and me

if I hold her?”

I hand Iris over to her. She smiles wide as she stares

granddaughter.

bodyguards stay

us to a VIP section. It was obvious that the couple had money and

Ethan?” I ask them the moment that the hostess leaves after

sure we’re settled

Nora exchange looks before

Rowan told you

he is your adopted son, Iris’s father and that he’s

that he couldn’t have known Ethan well. These two

can get to know him better through

you want to know

Do you visit him??

I

Iris was now awake, but I didn’t take her

so there

I know most people

he’s still our son despite what he

but I swear he isn’t a

you

be honest, I can’t really hate him. It’s hard to

is based on what

listen carefully as they tell me all about their Ethan. They also tell me what happened

up with the Sharp’s.

I did pay

done, I’m still confused about

on about how he was a good man. If I’m being honest, I feel like they were

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