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?”

lips as he stared through the windshield, his eyes vacant and haunted. Had he really been so blind? Was his trust in Lowell and Dolores truly his

just before she 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

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more aggressively they surged back into his consciousness, particularly in the solitude of night. A relentless tidal wave of longing swept over him, threatening to engulf

stone weighed down upon his chest. This yearning tortured him, a

hiding from me? Don’t you wish to see me anymore?” he whispered into the void. The silence that followed was

dwindled to the filter. With a sigh, Shaun stubbed it out and fired up

only traveled a hundred yards when the steering wheel abruptly slackened under his grip. He stomped

crash, the car barreled into

sleeping arrangements as the crash echoed

that, Driscoll?” Jayden

out, sir,” Driscoll responded with

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