Chapter 90

“I’m not leaving. Gwendolyn spread her arms wide, standing firm before him like a mother hen shielding her chicks.

“Out of my way!” The cane swung wildly, and Warren’s fury unleashed on Howard with reckless abandon.

Thud.

Again and again, Gwendolyn wrapped her arms around Howard, taking the blows for him. “Gwendolyn, step aside!” Howard began to regret bringing her into this mess.

“I won’t!” Stubborn as ever, she shielded him even more fiercely. “Mr. Chadwick, for better or worse, you’ve done so much for me. I want to do something for you to make you proud!”

Gwendolyn clenched her teeth, her eyes reddening with emotion.

She thought he was foolish. There were far crueler, more vicious ways to avoid this pain.

But he chose to leave the Chadwick family with his head held high.

Even knowing it was his plan, her heart ached for him.

Howard reached out, pulling her close, shielding her from Warren’s relentless strikes.

“Howard!” Warren panted heavily. “Admit your wrongs, and I might retract my words.”

and tense. “The family wronged me, deceived me, and you are

“You’ll regret this!”

grandfatherly warmth and guidance from his youth were

Howard’s heart, those memories were being

was cutting ties in the most

gleeful excitement, calling Bainbridge. “Howard’s digging his own grave,

positively elated today.

Keep hitting!

that crippled Howard

the willow cane aside.

face was ghostly white, his fingers gripping the sides of the wheelchair tightly. Gwendolyn also bore wounds, yet she seemed to fare much

tucked the declaration of disownment into his

strength and said, “Your illness seems to have

passed out with rage.

your cold affliction one day, what would you be willing

collect some interest

said, “A generous reward.

Bainbridge and his parents, bow and scrape?” Howard

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