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

Nydia stood on tiptoes, sealing his feverish lips with a

chest heaved against her thinly veiled bosom,

him, a fiery serpent

Plop–plop-

over, jarring them from their

don’t turn off the stove,” Nydia’s voice was a breathy whisper,

in a fluster, cleaning up the mess with a practiced

and chuckled ruefully, “Look at me, I can’t even handle the little

Nydia insisted, hurling herself into his arms like a koala, “Jason, you are

me. And stop

lips, swollen from their k*sses, pouted in mock anger,

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

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

out. Debby’s persistence

“You’ll spoil me just as much, won’t you? The happiness you give me won’t be any less

lips pressing a warm k*ss to her forehead.

she had him. Her hands were clasped tightly

last time I

“My last name may be Dempsey, but from the moment they spoke against

moved yet worried. “Jason.”

no family

laugh was tinged with helplessness but also with release. “From now on, I am just Jason,

have

brows furrowed, her fingertip silencing his lips, “With me, you have a family. My family

moonlight cast a

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