Bound by love: Marrying my Disabled Husband by Devocean

Chapter 1691:

Leon’s face reddened with paternal rage. “Everything to you? The man looks down on you like you’re dirt beneath his shoes! He even raised his hand against you! You grovel for mere scraps of his attention, and he still treats you like a nuisance!”

“Dad, don’t say that,” Dolores snapped, her lips trembling.

“I’m speaking the harsh truth you refuse to hear!” Leon’s voice thundered through the room.

Noticing the storm clouds gathering on Dolores’s face, Lucille stepped between them like a practiced peacemaker. “Now, now, let’s not get carried away. She’s smitten with Shaun, that’s all there is to it. We’re her parents—we should be supporting her, not tearing her dreams apart.”

She drew a thoughtful breath before continuing, “You mentioned having a plan to make Shaun accept Dolores. What did you have in mind?”

Leon shifted uncomfortably in his seat. “Well… what if we orchestrated a situation? Get Shaun and Dolores together somehow… then leak it to the press? He’d have no choice but to acknowledge their relationship. The evidence would be undeniable. What do you think?”

expression wavered with uncertainty. “Would such a

Of course, it would work!” She clasped her father’s hands, her face radiant with joy. “Dad, you’re brilliant! What

a last resort,” Leon mumbled, looking somewhat abashed. “I wouldn’t dream of such underhanded tactics if it weren’t for

warm smile spread across Lucille’s face. “Everything we do is for Dolores. Her happiness

how much you two love me.

live now

basked in their shared moment of familial warmth, Lowell sat motionless in his chair, watching. An unsettling

at him, but the wrongness remained frustratingly out of reach, like

through his veins as he observed them. The realization struck him like

a desperate longing for his

said, her eyes narrowing to