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.

his chin up slightly, creating an

in the end, you’re not right for me.” He spoke softly, his voice tender, like a lover’s whisper, yet

my feet. I did love you at one point, but your presence didn’t

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he spoke, he raised his hand as if he wanted to

make contact, he hesitated and withdrew it, as if he feared that touching her would make it

flickered. “Is what you’re saying… the truth?”

truth, Lillian. When I loved you, it was genuine. But what I truly desire, you couldn’t provide. So, you’re not right for me. I need a woman who can support my ambitions,” Callum

Callum continued to kneel before her, as if waiting for

like sculptures frozen in time.

dry lips moved, and she murmured softly, “Callum… So, your love for me

clenched fists at his side were an

her

pain when she was about to die, but now she was in so much

almost struggled to lift her hand, her fingers

had once been so familiar, the one she had touched and admired countless times, now felt strangely

news to calmly listening to him now,

no more ties between us,” she murmured, her fingertip gently landing on his lips as if performing a ritual. “Callum, I

to be filled with

from being the person he loved

each other in the future, she hoped

what he wanted, and his love for her was far less than what he hoped

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