Chapter 177

The maid hadn’t finished, Skyler’s voice came through the phone, and then Skyler took over.

“It’s Mr. Reed, asking about the truffles…”

There was silence on the other end for a few seconds, and then Skyler got on the line, “Just two boxes of truffles, does it need to be brought up non-stop at home? What do you plan to do after figuring things out? Call the police and arrest someone? You’re great at tattling, but not much else! Even if the truffles arrived, I wouldn’t have accepted them! You should spend your time taking care of your wife, and tell her stop favoring others now that she’s part of the Reed family!”

With that, she hung up.

Liam held the phone, saying nothing for a while.

Celeste sighed with relief. He didn’t lie to her, and that was good.

them in the first place, and now I don’t

and after a while, he asked quietly. “Does it

asking about her cheek. All her grievances welled up in her heart, her eyes reddened, afraid to cry, she quickly diverted her gaze, trying hard to suppress her sadness, feigning nonchalance, “He’s my father, do you think he’d use

strength, and her face seemed a bit swollen now, but she didn’t want to tell Liam. She was afraid of his disappointment, and she didn’t want his casual remarks to

at home, Owen left.

maid came to help, but Liam avoided her hand and said flatly.

“The doctor said my wound

“You can help me wash later then.”

isn’t a good idea.”

glanced at her, “We’ve bathed

of their past encounters in the bathroom and her ears turned red,

hurt because of you,

was left

had touched her guilt deep

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