After Death, Love Unveiled

Chapter 168

Seeing Lysander in this light momentarily lifted her spirits. She smiled and said, "Well, I'm here now. Just had a couple of rough days, but today is much better." Looking at her exquisite little face and smile, Lysander instantly felt relieved. His Elara seemed to be coming back to herself.

Glancing inside, he noticed his father chatting with Barrett and said, "I'll head in and greet everyone."

Elara nodded and, after a moment, followed him inside.

Once inside, Lysander approached Wyatt. "Dad," he greeted.

Wyatt gave him a sharp look and quipped, "Oh, you're back. There's something I need to ask you." Lysander took a seat. "What's that?"

Wyatt's expression was scrutinizing. "The other day when Orson left, what exactly did you give him?"

Lysander replied, "Nothing much."

Wyatt's brows raised. "Nothing much? Yesterday, I was about to check on your father-in-law, but Patricia showed up, crying her heart out."

Wyatt recalled that Lysander had dismissed Orson not long ago. However, Lysander hadn't intended to stir up trouble for Orson.

At first, Wyatt thought something felt off, but he dismissed it, hoping his son had finally grown a bit more diplomatic. However... The moment Orson returned home, he was met with a scathing confrontation.

Patricia did her investigation and uncovered a list of women connected to Orson. He had many women outside their marriage.

True to her temperament, she couldn't hold it in and stormed straight to Wyatt to announce her intent to divorce Orson. Not only had Lysander shared his findings with Patricia, but he'd also forwarded the information to Orson's workplace, leading to Orson's suspension. In the past, Patricia might have stepped in to protect him or smooth things over.

But now, thinking of all the women Orson had on the side, she wanted nothing more than to blow up the situation as publicly as possible.

Looking at Wyatt, Lysander remarked, "It's really unfortunate, isn't it, to lose such a 'trustworthy' subordinate?"

Wyatt, irked by the sarcasm in his voice, retorted, "You could've come to me directly. I wasn't prepared for this at all."

Lysander shrugged, unbothered. "Someone lacking personal integrity will crash sooner or later. The real issue is that you let him off with a slap on the wrist every time."

Orson had long ago let his success and Wyatt's lenience go to his head, confusing who held the authority and often disregarding Wyatt as his superior.

Wyatt sighed and looked at his uncompromising son. "He was close to retirement."

Lysander replied coolly, "If he wasn't worried about his retirement, why should I be?"

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Wyatt went speechless.

at his unyielding son and let out a helpless sigh. He'd wanted to scold Lysander, but he found he couldn't. The fact was, it wasn't

so many skeletons in his closet, there'd

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evening, the Hawthorne family had dinner at the Kensington family's

you and Lysander are available, let's arrange a wedding. I've explained everything that happened that night to everyone. They know

first name. After she spoke, Lysander glanced

his look, she asked, "What's

Lysander replied, "Nothing."

dinner, the Hawthornes headed home, though

go back inside but remained outside in the garden. The weather of

about I stay a bit longer before

to do?"

Lysander said, "No."

again, "Then, where are you planning to

stayed, you might not be thrilled to see me," he

Elara replied, observing

with him back to his room. The lights inside were

Lysander resting his head on her lap, his hand

sleepless for two days, unable to get

been

I couldn't get

you. I thought getting married would settle everything.

with me. She said a lot, and it helped me sort

added, "But looking back, who am I to take offense? If some people look down on me, isn't that natural? I've decided that I can't keep going

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work hard so that, one day, when people talk about