Chapter 1339:

A palpable silence enveloped them, thick and oppressive, until Shaun finally turned to Jayden. “Seems your wife doesn’t mince her words, does she?”

Jayden arched an eyebrow. “She speaks only the truth. Your devotion to Tracy hasn’t exactly been compelling. You seem far more entangled with Dolores and her brother.”

Shaun opened his mouth, perhaps to object, but no words came out. He turned away, leaving the room in a hushed, heavy-footed retreat.

Watching his disheartened departure, Jayden quipped, “Seems like you’ve shattered him.”

Elyse snorted. “Shattered? Please. I’ve barely scratched the surface. The man’s as brittle as early morning frost.”

Jayden chuckled, his arm snaking around Elyse’s waist. “I’m a bit delicate myself,” he murmured playfully. “Mind if I stay over tonight, darling?”

slumped into his car, pulled a cigarette from the pack, and lit it. Smoke curled from his lips as he stared through the windshield, his eyes vacant and haunted. Had he really been so blind? Was his

vanished. He had clung to that hope more fiercely than anything else in his life, yearning for a fresh start with her. For half a year, he had wrestled with the reality of her demise, immersing himself in the endless tide of work to escape the grip of

content live on

harder he tried to bury those haunting thoughts, the more aggressively they surged back into his consciousness, particularly in the solitude of night. A relentless

of stone weighed down upon

see me

sigh, Shaun

wheel abruptly slackened under his grip. He stomped on the

thunderous crash, the

the house, Jayden and Elyse paused their discussion about sleeping arrangements as the crash echoed through the walls. They

that, Driscoll?”

find out, sir,” Driscoll

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