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.

come from the Bright family herself, she knew all too well the fearsome nature of

now, with their secret relationship exposed, the Bright

to the

out

recent medical emergency, but he sat upright determinedly, refusing to let his children

were torn

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

father’s wrath and disappointment toward

this might aggravate their father’s Illness, his body

“Dad.”

Chasel’s arm, pulling him behind for protection.

struck Evadne

no

had given her, with no

if they were gay?

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

family would always be their safe harbor. That was

rigidly behind Cassius, not

to have lost his backbone, curling inward and shrinking down,

face, his gaze piercing through Cassius

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

the hospital room, only Emeric and

window, took

and reprimands he had imagined, but they did not come like

silence was even

everything you’ve seen is

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

Emeric remained silent.

for the K Group. Tomorrow, I will submit my resignation, hand over my duties, and step

from his wheelchair, his body swaying as he steadied

Cassius moved to assist him, Emeric

because of this, you’re

was taken

well. The domestic environment is a bit more conservative,

I married four times, and the tabloids had a field day with me. Did I not sit untroubled at the helm, keeping

but no words came out,

how come you have a heart smaller than a pinhole? Your mental toughness

head in bewilderment, “This is strange, who do you take after? Neither your mother nor

expected his father to take his side, and his heart

the difference? How are you different!”

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 curse you, it’s because they

worry about what others think. Just

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

went wide.

from his father pierced the coldness in his heart, suddenly making his blood run warm, filling him

weakness in front of his father, but now, tears blurred

Evadne, Arnold and even Thaddeus, we all have

Evadne, let this crisis be a test I’ve set for him, to see if he’s up to the mark. He needs to understand that joining the Ashbourne family is no easy feat,” Emeric snorted with

Beyond that, Cassius didn’t

online, embraced his son with a heart full of pain, “Thanks be damned; between

knew the world was laughing at the

K Group,

they were all wrong.

no matter how wealthy, powerful, and respected, before all his unreachable statuses,

to ensure they

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