Love Knows No Bounds

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Adam let out a sigh. "I don't wish to see my daughter getting a divorce, but I don't want to see her suffering at her in-laws' house even more so," he uttered. "The few ladies in the Coleman Family don't like Kendall, and I can tell that Mrs. Coleman and Old Madam Coleman would've lashed out at Kendall if it weren't for Mr. Coleman's presence. It's always hard to live with such demanding in-laws, and it's probably even harder when they don't like you."

Charlotte was speechless for a moment. Her husband was right. "Dad, I'm not going to get a divorce with Dylan. I'm tied to him through life and death, and we've agreed that we'll never be apart from one another." Kendall expressed her feelings toward the situation. "Right now, it's a test from the heavens above to my relationship with Dylan. We aren't going to separate from one another just because of some minor struggles." I'd rather die than get a divorce, and I believe Dylan feels the same way too. On second thought, he'd probably feel worse than I do. He's a really loyal man, after all, Kendall thought.

"Kendall—" Charlotte patted her husband's thigh to stop him from continuing. It was an inappropriate time for such a conversation. Both Dylan and Kendall were still deeply in love with each other. "Let's talk about this another time. You should go on a vacation to forget about this for a while." Adam gave up on convincing his daughter to get a divorce, so he changed the topic and told her to go on a vacation instead. However, Kendall rejected his idea anyway. She would be away for a while if she went on a trip, and she couldn't imagine how that would impact Dylan. He'd probably lose his mind. Furthermore, it wasn't right for her to put a pause on her work just because of some relationship issues. If she did that, all her hard work would be ruined by Kelly.

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Meanwhile, at the Coleman Residence, Tilly lay down after being lectured by her old friend. She couldn't endure staying in bed any longer, so she got up. "Where are you going, Grandma?" Alice happened to walk in, so she hurried over to help Tilly up when she saw Tilly getting out of bed. "Did you see your brother, Alice? How is he?"

Tilly had successfully chased Kendall out, but she couldn't stop thinking about the hurt and helpless look on Dylan's face after that. The scene of his sorrows replayed in her mind, and it felt like a heavy weight was pressing against her chest and making it hard for her to breathe. Her old friend said that she was being ridiculous, but she truly believed that she was doing this for her grandson's own good. That sly woman, Kendall, is just too attractive. She'll cheat on Dylan someday. He might be in a lot of pain now, but I'd rather him suffer now than suffer more in the future. They've only been together for months—I don't think it's that hard for them to get over each other.

Alice was silent for a moment. "Do you still care about what Dylan feels?"

Tilly froze and gazed at her granddaughter. Alice and Dylan were her two beloved grandchildren, so she felt rather hurt to hear her granddaughter uttering such words. "Do you think I'm too heartless too, Alice? That I was too cruel? That I made a mistake?"

Alice then spoke up boldly. "Dylan and Kendall are in love, and we, as Dylan's family, should be happy for him. Whatever he does for Kendall is out of his own free will—what matters is that Kendall brings him happiness. But that's not what you think, Grandma. You've always treated Kendall as a pawn, and you just wanted her to be Dylan's free nanny. I know you planned this out—you wanted to chase her out once Dylan had recovered, and you were just waiting for the right time to do it.

"Even though you claimed that you're doing this for Dylan's sake, it seems like this is more of a selfish act. You were the one who cared for Dylan growing up, and you value him a lot. Now that Kendall is taking Dylan's attention away from you, you feel like Kendall stole him away, so you're trying to chase her out so that you can get his love and attention all for yourself," Alice uttered.

Tilly was speechless. She couldn't come up with any response to that. Alice's words did have some truth to them. Throughout Alice's life, she had always noticed how Tilly treated Dylan like a unique gem that belonged to her. Every time Emily tried to get close to her son, Tilly would give Dylan more work or order him to do some chores for her, just so that he couldn't spend much time with Emily. Dylan was Emily's flesh and blood, yet Tilly still didn't like it when they got close to each other. Tilly was afraid that her status in Dylan's heart would be threatened if he got closer to his mother.

"Dylan hasn't eaten or drunk anything, and he's been keeping himself locked in the study. He isn't opening the door for anyone." Alice told Tilly the truth. Kendall had been begging Dylan not to torture himself, but how could Dylan give in just like that? He didn't chase after Kendall, and he didn't insist on bringing her home, but he still wanted to show Tilly that he was just a soulless bag of meat without Kendall in his life. He was practically a brain-dead zombie. He needed to win this argument with his grandmother!

"Amos said that he heard the sound of things falling in the room and that there were some loud and deep thuds now and then. He figured that it was the sound of Dylan falling to the ground. Dylan doesn't have his wheelchair with him, and he's not fully recovered yet," Alice continued.

An agonized look surfaced in Tilly's eyes, but she continued to be firm with her words. "If he's not eating, that means he isn't hungry; if he's not drinking, that means he isn't thirsty. He can break a few things if that helps him release his anger, and once that's done, he'll calm down and walk out of the study."

"You know Dylan well, Grandma. Do you really think he'll come out? What if he stays in there for ten days or a fortnight? By the time we go in, all we'll see is his…" Alice couldn't bring herself to utter the words 'dead body' as she was afraid that her fears would come true.