A deal with the devil

Chapter 97

“Shirley?” Janine looked at Shirley with concern

shirley kept her gaze indon Damian, who was still peacefully asleep in her arms

Samuel watched Shirley’s face with a pained look. He pulled out her phone and said calmly, “Shirley, I brought your phone. Can you come out for a moment?”

She didn’t respond, ignoring him entirely

gates to the Gray residence opened. Without sparing Samuela glance, Shirley ordered the driver, “Go ahead. Don’t worry about him.”

“Shirley!” As the cat inched forward, Samuel’s voice grew louder.

Her chest tightened involuntarily, but the forced herself to close her eyes, shutting away the sound of his voice.

There was no reason for him to come here in person. It was unnecessary and only made things worse. They were once so close, but now the gap between them was immeasurable,

he would have left the phone with the security staff. That would have been the sensible, dignified

back into his car and followed bees

stopped in the driveway, one after the other. Samuil stepped out, looking composed and

seat,

toward her, vole soft. “Shirley, maybe you should just talk to him Avoiding him won’t fix anything. I’ll

right away. After a long pause, she carefully laid Damian

ache rose inside him.

spoke, her tone cold and

on with your

replied without turning around, “Because my family’s problems are for us to handle. There’s no reason to involve anyone el

possibly tell him? He abandoned her at the altar and ignored her father’s car accident. She

to care

months

ounce of care for her family, he wouldn’t have been so obvious to their suffering. This alone had made her give up on any hope she held for