Drunk And Daring I Kissed A Tycoon! 280 Chapter 280.
Samuel snorted. "Your nephew doesn't even like women his Thim a few boyfriends and keep him away from my son, and I'll be thanking the heavens." "Lemember Eilen used in like rids." Theodor said, still sounding doubtful, He had never truly believed Eden was gay, despite years of the nummers going around.
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nething about Trying to smooth things, he said, "I didn't know she was your gifted. I saw he caller in the garden and for a moment, I don't know why, but somet her remindedof any late wife. Her pintile, I mean. It caught the off piant" Vespera looked completely confused Eden and Samarl both went quiet, their earlier energy falling fast.
Just a few words from Theodor, and the whole mom fell silent, To someone who didn't know the history, Theodore might have sounded Illo a devoted man-his refined, scholarly presence, his soft-spoken tone full of wistful emotion. He painted the picture of deep, lingering love. A man who had stayed faithtol, evenatter death, But everyone at that table-except Vespera- knew the truth He had cheated on his wife while she was pregnant and kept a mistress. That mistress was suspected of orchestrating the accident that killed his wife and the unbom child. Three lives were gone in an instant...
So when the story was soaked in blood from the start, any so-called "devotion" just felt absurd. Tragle, even - but not in a way that deserved sympathy Of course, Theodore himself didn't believe his mistress was responsible. To the public, it had always just been speculation The table went cold After a few moments, Samuel cleared his throat twice and said, "There are always people in the world who look alike. Nothing strange about that." "Yes, you're right." Theodore nodded, sighing lightly again.
Dominar let out a dry, humorless laugh, barely lifting the comers of his mouth.
Vespera looked around the table, quietly reading the shift in everyone's expressions "Yeah there's definitely a story here," she thought, After the meal, the group left the private room and walled along the covered walkway toward the exit.
The two older men walked ahead. Dominic and Eden followed in the middle, while Vespera instinctively trailed at the very back Across the Willow grove, behind a half-open window, two people sat quietly.
Selena had brought her daughter, Carly Locke, there to meet someone.
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Through the lake and the gently swaying Willow, Carly-who'd beem admiring the view-suddenly lit up with excitement. "Mom! I see Dad and Eden!* A sharp glint flashed through Selena's eyes.
0000 They were in Halewick, too? Weren't they supposed to be in Auralia? She gently stroked Carly's sotribuir and looked outside.
Her gaze swept across the group in the distance. But when she spotted Vespera walking at the back, her expression shifted instantly. For a split second, it was like Carly rested her dinin her hands. "Mom, that guy's really good-looking. I like him."
Selena quaridy composed bersell.
that "The one walling next Eden? is th who you Nike? "Mhm: He's so handsome," Carly nodded earnestly.
brwas a beautiful young woman, but often dazed and slow to precess flings- always a beat beliled everyone else.