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 he adored!

first impression in front of his future

thoughts weighing on him, Chasel sprawled across his desk, his

him back from the brink of death. Three sleep-deprived nights of standing until his

had taken a tumble for Cassius,

resentment. “This is the last time. I swear it’s the last time I help you! Next time, even if

Knock, knock, knock-

sound of knocking

eyes with a tissue, blew his nose,

A gentle smile on his lips, his obsidian eyes glittered with a starry sheen.

“Chasel.”

fingers tightening around the door frame.

such tenderness in his voice, Chasel’s composure

you told me once that you avoid carbs, but when you’re really stressed and worn out, you treat yourself to fried chicken. So here it is. I wasn’t sure what flavor you’d like, so I got a few different ones.’

watered at the thought, and despite his best efforts, he let Cassius

giving Cassius a warm look, sitting down with a cold expression, resisting the urge

save anyone, not just

you upset?” Cassius asked

Chasel fluttered

why the

inadvertently at

red-rimmed, his nose

boxes of fried chicken and

care, providing forks and napkins with thoughtful precision.

few days,” Cassius said, his voice husky with

clenched, and he looked up into Cassius’

his hands methodically with a napkin before sitting down beside him. “But you know, with the whole family here and my father ill, as the eldest son, I have to take care of

took a big bite of the chicken

apologize? It’s so

as he watched him eat. “You need to eat more; you’ve

to bring ketchup. My favorite’s always plain chicken

of his lips. “Oh, you wore it, huh? Looks like you’re quite

it,” Cassius nodded

closer, his handsome face filling Cassius’ vision. “So, what do you like more, that

in his gaze, drawing Chasel

would only yield answers he didn’t want to hear. So, in a fit of pique, he grabbed a drumstick and

truly mean it this

gratitude. “It’s not just me who owes you one, the

off with just a bucket of fried chicken, are you?” Chasel said with feigned

your price, anything you want,”

had Cassius finished speaking than Chasel seized his jaw, pressing his fiery lips against Cassius’

with Chasel’s domineering kiss tinged with resentment, clearly not

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