Chapter 73:

When a moment passed and Elyse still said nothing, a sly glint entered Brook’s eyes. “You can’t answer, can you?” he asked in a voice that was louder than usual. “Did you marry Jayden because you had no other options back then?”

Jayden was silent too, but his clenched fists betrayed his feelings. In truth, he was surprised to find that he cared about Elyse’s answer more than he initially thought. He was desperate to know whether she had feelings for him or if it had all been wishful thinking. He felt that his doubts were justified. Who would fall in love with a cripple, anyway? The longer Elyse thought about how best to handle the question, the longer Jayden suffered in silence.

“I’m sorry for taking so long,” she finally said. “I don’t take your question lightly, so I needed to think carefully about my feelings for Jayden.” She took Jayden’s hands then, oblivious to the turmoil inside him. “All I know for sure is that my feelings for him are deeper and stronger than they were when I first met him.”

Brook’s eyes narrowed with interest. “What do you mean by that?”

“As you may already know, we got married because both of our partners bailed on us at the last minute. That was all it was at first. But after spending some time together, our relationship…” Elyse trailed off, trying to find the right words to describe their current relationship, only to realize that she couldn’t.

But Jayden understood what she wanted to say. “We are bonding,” he interjected.

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for Theo Ward have long since disappeared. These days, all I think about is Jayden, so I’m actually…” So she was

she was struck by lightning. She sat frozen, shocked by her own

had to nudge her.

her, she shot to her feet. “I’m sorry, I need to go to the bathroom. You guys keep

bewilderment. But Brook was sharp enough

did love Jayden after all. Their relationship is better than Brook had imagined.

expression and sighed. When would Jayden ever figure out what was going on between him

pretty wife has run away,” Brook pointed out. “I’ll just

here anymore, stop beating around the bush and state your business. Why have you

the question. “Jayden, am I not allowed to visit just to see how

already,” Jayden said expressionlessly. “Why

grape into his mouth. “You have Joanna, right? Hand her over. The Owen family intends to have a proper

me. You see, when my men brought Joanna to her family, they said that I should handle her myself. I didn’t expect the two

of pity then proceeded to peel a banana for him. He handed it to Jayden, but the latter didn’t take it.

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