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.

she knew all too well the fearsome nature of the Bright

their secret relationship exposed, the Bright family might very well beat him to death!

the door to the examination

out by Mr.

he sat upright determinedly, refusing to let his children see him in a

siblings were torn between concern and

their father’s appearance, it was clear he knew everything about Cassius

wrath and disappointment

aggravate their father’s Illness, his body really couldn’t endure any

“Dad.”

his grip on Chasel’s arm,

struck

was no

the same love Thaddeus had

what if they were

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

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

Cassius, not daring to look at

have lost his backbone, curling inward and shrinking

piercing through

a long silence, he spoke softly, “Cassius, let’s have a word, just

only Emeric and Cassius remained.

took his time

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

was even more unbearable.

you’ve seen is true. I

expectations you had for me. Everything is my fault. I only ask one thing of you, don’t make

Emeric remained silent.

“This incident, I know, has caused a great deal of trouble for the K Group. Tomorrow, I will submit my resignation, hand over

his body swaying as he steadied himself against the windowsill. “Dad, be careful!”

assist him, Emeric turned around,

this, you’re

taken

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

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 chairman for decades? Those who

stunned, his lips parted but

have a heart smaller than a

bewilderment, “This is strange, who do you take after? Neither your mother

side, and his heart warmed with the support, but guilt weighed even heavier

the difference? How are

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 curse

worry about what others think. Just remember one

shoulder, “No matter

went

making his blood run warm, filling him with a feeling

his mother’s passing, Cassius had never shown weakness in front

Evadne, Arnold and even Thaddeus, we all have ways

a test I’ve set for him, to see if he’s up to the mark. He needs to understand that joining the Ashbourne

thank k you.” Beyond that, Cassius didn’t know what else

seen online, embraced his son with a heart full of pain, “Thanks be damned; between father and son, that word should

was laughing

thought Cassius was tarnishing the Ashbourne family and the K Group, branding it as the shame of Emeric’s

they were

wealthy, powerful, and respected, before all his unreachable statuses, he was foremost a father to the

Silvana to protect her children, to ensure they lived safe

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