My Blind Husband

“When you went to the countryside with your classmates…” Damien began; his voice was soft and gentle.

“The two with you: This is Lucy and Mandy.”

“I know Lucy, but who is Mandy?” Cherise inquired, her curiosity piqued.

“She is also one of your closest friends…” Damien explained.

Within the halls of Adania Hospital, Sebastian lay upon the sterile sheets of his hospital bed, his expression etched with concern. “What’s that you’re telling me? Alexis has vanished?” His voice held a note of urgency.

Yolanda, standing by his bedside, pressed her lips together in a tight line, her gaze dropping to the floor before she softly confirmed, “Yes, he’s gone.”

“I had a disagreement with Cherise in the auditorium She stormed off afterward. When Mrs. Lydia escorted me to locate Alexis, he was nowhere to be found.”

.

“I instructed Mrs. Lydia to review the surveillance footage, but the person who took Alexis remained elusive. All we discerned was a figure clad in navy attire…”

Yolanda cast a pained glance toward Sebastian, her voice conveying remorse. “Truly, it wasn’t my doing. I never imagined someone would dare to venture to the orphanage and snatch away a defenseless child.”

“Heh, but he’s no ordinary orphan,” Sebastian interjected, his eyes narrowing thoughtfully.

man intend to release you?” he

Yolanda replied with

well,” Sebastian conceded.

drew in a deep breath, his resolve evident in the steely glint of

echoed, her

Damien and Cherise’s home precisely,” Sebastian affirmed without hesitation.

widened in alarm. “Sebastian, are you truly considering this? They hold such animosity toward you.

icy amusement, “do you truly

as her gaze flickered

firing a bullet into Sebastian’s leg at the bar under the Weiss Group, lingered in her mind like a

willingly putting himself in harm’s way by personally confronting Damien at his own residence. What if Damien’s rage once again spiraled out of control,

hesitated. “Could I… perhaps opt

her hesitation. Nothing untoward will occur. Don’t succumb to fear so easily.”

he continued, his voice carrying a hint of intrigue, “don’t you wish to see Damien, the man you once admired, within the confines of his own domain?”

was rendered

truth, her fascination with Damien had waned

a toad aspiring to dine on a swan’s flesh, had prompted introspection.

that her attraction to Damien had been manipulated by Gwenn and Sebastian all

that Damien’s character wasn’t indeed to