Chapter 597

“Come on, Jason, don’t you ever think that.” Nydia cradled the damp cheeks of her man, her eyes rimming with urgency an redness Each tear he shed seemed to carve both deep and shallow pits into her heart.

No one knew just how strong her Jason was better than she did. He had been her elder brother and sister’s right–hand man, the sharp blade in their hands

But today, for her, this towering pillar of a man had hidden away, weeping silently in the solitude of the kitchen

How much anguish must he endure to strip away his pride, to cast aside his armor, and stand so forlorn?

Jason’s eyes fell, his long lashes damp. His voice was a raspy whisper of hurt, “Nydia, you’re the golden girl of the Ashbourne family, the treasured daughter of Chairman Emeric and Mrs. Myra, the beloved sister of President Ashbourne and Ms. Evadne. I’ve watched you grow up, remember you as a carefree child, lollipop in mouth, trailing behind your sister with such endearing Innocence”

“If it weren’t for me, I can’t bear to think how much happier your days could be. But my family’s ruined your happiness”

Nydia shook her head, tears mingling with her pleas.

She feared he would spiral into self–destructive thoughts.

Jason’s sobs grew thicker, his teeth clenched with a fury that almost shattered them, “Seeing you humiliated by them today, I just

his feverish lips with a passionate k*ss, eyes closed, lost in

his gaze intoxicated. His chest heaved against her thinly veiled bosom, the

slithered inside him, a fiery serpent winding its way to his core.

Plop–plop-

in the pot bubbled over, jarring them

to burn if you don’t turn off the stove,” Nydia’s voice was a breathy whisper, her face flushed

burner in a

chaos, he took a breath and chuckled ruefully, “Look at me, I

a koala, “Jason, you are the most

And stop with the gloomy talk. I can get really angry, you know, and that’s

their k*sses, pouted in mock anger, dispelling some

expression turned serious, “My happiness once came from my family, but the happiness to come will be something we build together. Don’t feel sorry for me. No relationship is without its struggles. The Ashbourne girls, each one Daddy’s little princess, have all tasted the bitterness of love. Even Debby, now the First Lady, faced many trials before she and her husband could be together. Our family objected to their age difference, her husband’s frail health, and all the

He’d heard bits of this story from his sister.

how well it turned out. Debby’s persistence paid off. Her husband adores her. They’ve found their happiness, making sweet music together.”

me just as much, won’t you? The happiness you

lips pressing a warm k*ss to

clasped tightly around

is the last time I won’t let you suffer as you

vowing. “My last name may be Dempsey, but from the moment they spoke against you, I am no longer part of the Dempsey

yet worried. “Jason.”

no family left.”

was tinged with helplessness but also with release. “From now on, I am just Jason, not

have no family?”

me, you have a family. My family is your family”

cast a soft,

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