Selena felt a sudden chill, and a strong metallic taste rose to her throat.

She forced down the nausea and held onto Gavin for support.

Gavin steadied her, but then he blinked in confusion, feeling dizzy himself.

He looked ahead, and in the next moment, he threw up.

Gavin turned back toward the table and saw the culprit—there was a dish with peanut sauce, and in his distracted state, he had eaten it.

He let out a frustrated chuckle.

What was wrong with him today?

He was allergic to peanuts, yet somehow, he'd let his guard down and eaten some.

It must have been because he was so angry at how the Horton and Olsen families were treating Selena.

Gavin understood that Selena had started the argument, and yes, he knew Kate and James weren't the sharpest tools in the shed, but he also sympathized with Selena.

To him, her mother's affair was only her mother's fault.

Selena was an illegitimate daughter, but she didn't do anything wrong.

And Selena had always been so gentle and loving toward him. He didn't think his family should be this hostile toward her.

thoughts swirled in his mind, Gavin's throat tightened like something was stuck

turning red. Trembling, he fumbled for his allergy medication and was about to take it when Selena lunged at him. "Gavin! Gavin! What's happening to you?"

and Ryan

genuine as she grabbed his other arm

feeling terrible herself, Selena focused entirely on

head, but no words

up in Selena's eyes as she wailed, "Gavin, what's

back, "Would you quit it? Stop acting like he's dying! Gavin's going to be

to be okay too, but he started feeling like this after he

for a moment,

on the other hand, knew about Gavin's allergy, so he quickly went to

didn't notice

had been munching on her steak the entire time, overheard the conversation and instinctively took a sip of the soup. Immediately, she spit it back into

eyebrow, casting a

cassia powder was, but

I

up her own bowl of

out, grabbing her arm, "Kate, what

was dead serious. "I'm dying

with tears brimming in his eyes, gasped, "Kate, you're

annoying, but we're meant to be together. We got engaged in the Freeman

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