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,

have left the phone with the security

he dimbed back into his car and followed bees through the gates.

the driveway, one after the other.

seat, staring straight ahead.

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

right away. After a long pause, she carefully laid Damian down, stepped out of

fixed on her slender frame. A deep, overwhelming ache rose inside him. He wanted to pull

Shirley finally spoke, her tone cold and

your family?” Samuel finally

around, “Because my family’s problems are for us to handle. There’s no reason to involve

father’s car accident. She dared not turn

her father’s accident, he hadn’t shown up at the hospital aven once. All he seemed to care about was the grudge he held against her father for keeping Sophia

months

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