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.

father of the man he

front of his future father-in-law,

thoughts weighing on him, Chasel sprawled across his desk, his lips puckering in frustration.

tooth and nail to bring him 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

conquests, now Chasel had taken a tumble for Cassius, tasting the bitterness

Chasel fumed, nearly shattering the glass atop his desk with a slap, his eyes shimmering with resentment. “This is the last

Knock, knock, knock-

of knocking interrupted his brooding.

with a tissue, blew

it, Cassius’ striking visage greeted him. A gentle smile

“Chasel.”

fingers tightening around the door

in his voice,

haven’t eaten yet, have you?” Cassius lifted the bag he was holding, shaking it slightly. “I remember you told me once that you avoid carbs, but when you’re really stressed and worn out, you treat yourself to fried

the thought, and despite his best efforts, he let Cassius in.

barely giving Cassius a warm look, sitting down with a cold

save anyone, not just Mr.

you upset?” Cassius asked softly, ignoring Chasel’s coldness.

Chasel fluttered his

why the tears?”

and he glanced inadvertently at the mirror

lip, his eyes red-rimmed, his nose tinged pink – the very picture of a

boxes of fried chicken and setting

providing forks and napkins with

all the trouble these past few days,” Cassius said,

clenched, and he looked up

family here and my father ill, as the eldest son, I have to take care of him, comfort

surged, and he took a big bite of

It’s so weird.”

watched him eat. “You need to eat more;

the flavor’s decent. But next time, remember to bring ketchup. My favorite’s always plain chicken

of his lips. “Oh, you wore it, huh? Looks

like it,” Cassius

Cassius’ vision. “So, what do

charming vortex forming in his gaze, drawing Chasel in helplessly. “Is

guy was a wise-cracker, and pestering him further would only yield answers he didn’t want to hear. So, in a fit of pique, he grabbed a drumstick and too ferocious

truly mean

who owes you one, the wh Ashbourne

fried chicken, are you?” Chasel said with feigned annoyance, although he was devouring the chicken quite earnestly.

price, anything you

his jaw, pressing his fiery lips against Cassius’ cool ones in

an instant, with Chasel’s domineering kiss tinged with resentment, clearly not willing

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