Chapter 663

Suri was utterly shocked, her hand numb and suspended in mid–air.

That slap, unreserved, landed solidly on Cassius‘ face.

With tears welling in his eyes, Chasel gazed at the man who had stepped in to shield him, feeling his heart pounding so fiercely it threatened to burst out of his chest.

“Cassius!”

“Suri, please don’t hit Chasel. It’s not his why it’s all mine.”

The air in the hallway seemed to freeze at that moment.

Facing the overwhelming pressure, Cassius‘ composure only made the situation more heart–wrenching. “For me, for the Ashbourne family, he’s taken too many blows already. From now on, I don’t want him to suffer even a bit more. I’ll do everything I can to protect him.”

Everyone was astounded!

Chasel hung his head low, moved yet filled with a deeper, more painful sense of guilt and self–reproach.

From a young age, his grandfather and aunt told him that he was the future hope of the Bright family, that he should be a man who stands tall and upright.

But the truth was, he who was supposed to stand tall and upright had instead only brought trouble to his loved one, causing him endless problems.

What kind of man was he?

“Cassius, you said Chasel took a beating? What do you mean?!” Evadne’s heart tightened sharply.

“Chasel has been in a bad state since he ran away from the Bright family.”

Cassius, recalling the cruel, swollen scars on Chasel’s fair skin, he clenched his trembling fists, “Hearing of father’s illness, he didn’t want to delay a second and came over despite his condition, to treat father.”

Suri’s gaze suddenly sharpened with concern, “The Bright family used family discipline on him?!”

“Cassius, stop talking.”

Chasel tugged at the hem of his shirt, shaking his head with a voice so faint it was nearly inaudible, “Stop, it’s all in the past. You don’t need to explain anything for me.”

It seemed to be true.

Suri shivered and staggered backward.

family herself, she knew all too well the fearsome

relationship exposed, the Bright family might

to the examination room

pushed out by Mr. Dylan, facing

still weak from the recent medical emergency, but he sat upright determinedly, refusing to let his children see him

torn between concern

he

feared their father’s wrath and disappointment toward their brother.

aggravate their father’s Illness,

“Dad.”

on Chasel’s arm, pulling him behind

gesture struck Evadne

no

was the same love Thaddeus had

if they were

someone’s food? Kidnap someone’s child? Even if slandered by a thousand tongues, watched by a thousand judging

turned against them, the Ashbourne family would always be their safe harbor. That was enough.

Cassius, not daring to look

as he was, he now seemed to have lost his backbone, curling inward and shrinking down, wishing he could bury his head in

lifted his face, his gaze piercing through Cassius and

softly, “Cassius, let’s have a word,

room, only Emeric and

facing the window, took his time

the onslaught of questions, anger, and reprimands he had imagined, but they did not come like a

this silence was even more unbearable.

everything you’ve seen is

down the upbringing and expectations you had for me. Everything is my fault. I only ask one

Emeric remained silent.

know, has caused a great deal of trouble for the K Group. Tomorrow, I will submit

his body swaying as he

as Cassius moved to assist him, Emeric turned around, looking at him

because of this, you’re

taken aback.

who have come out publicly, and they’re still faring well. The domestic environment is a bit more conservative, but this is just

wall, his voice filled with anger, “Back in the day, I married four times, and the tabloids had a field day with me. Did I not sit untroubled at the helm, keeping my seat as

his lips parted but no words came out, “Dad, I…”

a pinhole? Your mental toughness is even less than Evadne’s by half!”

head in bewilderment, “This is strange, who do you take after? Neither your mother nor I are like this!”

from you.” Cassius hadn’t expected his father to take his side, and his heart warmed with the support, but guilt weighed even heavier on him.

the difference? How are you different!”

he rose from his sickbed and strode over, “Are you less good than me? Are you less good than anyone? You’re not even less good than Thaddeus! Loving someone isn’t wrong. Being different isn’t your fault. If people outside

about what others think. Just

on the shoulder, “No matter what happens, you’ll always be my best son.”

went

suddenly making his blood run warm, filling him

weakness in front of

it. Even if trouble comes knocking, me, Suri, Evadne, Arnold and even Thaddeus, we all have

to the mark. He needs to understand that joining the Ashbourne family is no easy feat,” Emeric snorted with a hint of

Beyond that, Cassius didn’t

son with a heart full of pain, “Thanks be damned; between father and son, that word should never come between us.”

world was

thought Cassius was tarnishing the Ashbourne family and the K Group, branding it as

they were all wrong.

matter how wealthy, powerful, and respected, before all his unreachable statuses,

promised Silvana to protect her children, to ensure they

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