Chapter 627
Evadne listened, her eyes brimming with tears, as Suri recounted the tale with a heavy heart.
Battered and barely clinging to life.
What kind of harrowing ordeal must her mother have endured to have nearly perished so far from home?
Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s trembling hand tighter, his voice laced with confusion. “Mrs. Ashbourne has been all alone in this foreign land for so many years, raising children for Mr. Emeric. Didn’t she ever reach out to her family, or visit her homeland even once?”
Suri shook her head, her gaze lowered. “Never. Not once. Emeric even went so far as to change her citizenship, gave her a new identity, so she could cut ties with her past completely.”
The more they heard, the deeper their bewilderment grew.
What could have happened to make Mrs. Ashbourne abandon her old life so completely?
With each word, Evadne’s curiosity about her mother’s past intensified.
“Evadne, that’s all I know. And over father has reminded us, more than once, not to tell you anything about your mother.”
Suri’s eyes pleaded as she took Evadne’s hand. “I don’t know why, but you must trust your father. He truly loves you and your mother. Everything he does, he does for you without a second thought. So please, let’s pretend this conversation never happened. Don’t ask your father about it, okay?”
Evadne’s heart swelled with a deep, unspoken love for her mother. But she didn’t want to make Suri uncomfortable, so she could only nod through her tears.
After a recent ordeal, Emeric’s health, which had just started to improve, was once again on shaky ground.
Chasel arrived just in time to perform a thorough check-up and administer the necessary medication, stabilizing Emeric’s condition.
Back in his office, Chasel slumped into his chair, utterly spent, as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders. As the lead physician, the pressure was immense.
the father of the man
of his future father-in-law, and the pressure was crushing. Who could
thoughts weighing on him, Chasel sprawled across his desk, his lips puckering
back from the brink of death. Three sleep-deprived nights of standing until his legs. cramped up, both hungry and exhausted. And there was Cassius, doting on his father but scarcely offering Chasel a
charmer, renowned for his conquests, now Chasel had taken a tumble for Cassius, tasting the bitterness of unrequited
a slap, his eyes shimmering with resentment. “This is the last
Knock, knock, knock-
knocking interrupted his brooding.
a tissue, blew his nose, and walked to
greeted him. A gentle smile on his lips, his obsidian eyes glittered
“Chasel.”
skipped a beat, his fingers tightening around
tenderness in his
holding, shaking it slightly. “I remember you told me once that you avoid carbs, but when you’re really
thought, and despite his best efforts,
barely giving Cassius a warm look, sitting down with a
it’s my duty to save lives. I would do my utmost to save anyone, not just Mr. Emeric. President Ashbourne, you don’t need to be so
asked softly, ignoring Chasel’s
Chasel
why the
heart raced, and he glanced inadvertently at the mirror on the
red-rimmed, his nose tinged pink – the very picture of a wronged
of fried chicken
forks and napkins with thoughtful
all the trouble these past few days,” Cassius said,
clenched, and he looked up into Cassius’
father ill, as the eldest son, I have to take care of him, comfort the family, and find time to steady the ship at the company. Chasel, it’s not easy
he took a big bite of the
It’s
smile deepened as he watched him eat. “You need
to bring ketchup. My
attire with a pleased curl of his lips. “Oh, you wore it,
Cassius
leaned closer, his handsome face filling Cassius’ vision. “So, what do you like more, that suit,
his lashes, a charming vortex forming in his gaze, drawing Chasel in
didn’t want to hear. So, in a fit of pique, he grabbed a drumstick and too ferocious bite.
I truly mean it this time.’
his heartfelt gratitude. “It’s not just me who owes you one, the
chicken, are you?”
price, anything
Chasel seized his jaw, pressing his fiery
Chasel’s domineering kiss tinged with
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