The Ceo’s Convict Wife

Chapter 697

Chapter 697

It was clear that Callum a deliberate effort to conceal his emotions and thoughts.

However, that all fell apart when he heard about Lillian’s situation.

“But he’s with Madeline…” Rosalie said hesitantly.

“There must be some reason for it. Sometimes, you can’t have both power and a beautiful woman. You have to make a choice,” Jonathan said. “Are you saying Callum chose Madeline to reclaim his position in the White family?” Rosalie asked, clearly stunned.

“That’s just one possibility,” Jonathan replied.

Rosalie fell silent as she wondered, “Could it be true? What would Callum say to Lillian?”

Jonathan held Rosalie’s hand tightly, trying to comfort her in her current state of unease and tension.

Inside the ward, Lillian and Callum locked eyes. She couldn’t help but feel that even though he was so close, they had become distant.

In fact, they were even further than ever before.

“Is what the news said true?” she asked hesitantly. She had been awake for a while now, but only in recent days had she been able to speak, and even then, her words came out haltingly.

Callum remained silent for a while before finally uttering a quiet “yes.”

Lillian’s body trembled. “Are you… with another woman?” she asked. She strained to open her eyes wider as if trying to see him more clearly.

crouched down and tilted his chin up slightly, creating

I’m not a good person. I used to think that being with you was a simple matter. But in the end,

my feet. I did love you at one point, but your presence didn’t help my career. In fact, it could have become a burden. Madeline, on the other

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raised his hand as if he wanted to

hand was about to make contact, he hesitated and withdrew it, as if he feared that touching her would make it harder to let go.

eyes flickered. “Is what you’re saying… the

truly desire, you couldn’t provide. So, you’re not right for me. I need a woman who can support my ambitions,” Callum said.

slowly lowered her eyelids, lost in thought. Meanwhile, Callum continued

looked like sculptures frozen

like an eternity, Lillian’s dry lips moved, and she murmured softly, “Callum… So, your

clenched fists at his side were an attempt to suppress something.

gently, but her smile

pain when she was about to die,

struggled to lift her hand,

once been so familiar, the one she had touched

him now, had she

gently landing on his lips as if performing a ritual. “Callum, I

didn’t want the final separation to be filled with

being the person he loved the most to becoming his enemy.

no longer loved each other in the future, she hoped for

couldn’t provide what he wanted, and his love for her was far less than what he

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