Chapter 622

Avery’s eyes darkened, his cheeks burning with a searing shame.

Chasel’s sharp tongue could shred one’s dignity without a single curse word – an art form in its own right.

Ultimately, Avery had no choice but to leave behind the things he brought, taking Harvey and departing the hospital.

“Why did you snake Avery’s stuff, Chasel? We Ashbournes don’t need his charity!” Evadne’s anxiety was palpable, her thoughts racing with suspicion. “Besides, how can we be sure Avery’s offering medicine and not poison?”

“I can be sure,” Chasel said, his expression suddenly grave.

It was rare to see him so serious, and it silenced both Evadne and Thaddeus.

“I can have the drugs tested. And he wouldn’t dare bring poison to the hospital to see his lover’s father. He’s not that foolish,” Chasel said, arms crossed, shaking his head in disbelief.

Cassius, with his deep-set, dark eyes, coughed softly, a glint of amusement in his gaze.

fox had certainly learned some tricks.

it is

out, “We have to try it, don’t we? What

he pressed, “Dr. Bright, what do you mean by that? Isn’t Mr. Emeric past the critical phase there something else?”

to calm the tumultuous waves of emotion as she gripped

ever the candid one, had struggled to keep this secret for days,

that he’d accidentally let it slip, he

of danger, but his prognosis isn’t good. At his age, after one stroke, the next one is likely to be more severe. I’ve spoken to my aunt about his previous condition and

looked downcast, her heart aching with sorrow.

in all things. Yet, she couldn’t protect the man she loved from his

tried everything, to little avail. She would have gladly borne the pain herself.

Chairman Emeric has been unconscious for three whole days. This is the longest he’s been out since his stroke. If

words sent shockwaves through

pale, and Arnold felt as

who never quite considered this family his own nor Emeric his father, had retreated to a dark corner, surreptitiously wiping

this be? I thought everything was fine. How can this be?” Evadne’s eyes

on her chest, crushing her with its relentless pressure.

these days, your father will recover!” Thaddeus wrapped her in his arms, his hand cradling the back of her neck, pressing her flushed face against his chest, cooing reassuringly, “If not here, we’ll take your father abroad, search for the best doctors around the

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