Chapter 343

Chapter 752

Chapter 752

Selene nodded, her eyes thoughtful.

“She is.”

“What happened to her if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Honestly, we aren’t sure,” Selene said as she started towards the corridor. I followed after her. “It happened shortly after Lila’s birth. She used to be so vocal… her voice was the most soothing thing I had ever heard. But then she just stopped…”

“And you never figured out why?” I didn’t mean for my tone to sound accusatory, and I wished I could swallow it back down. Selene didn’t seem to take any offence over it, though.

She just shook her head, a sad expression on her face.

“We tried all we could… eventually, it learned to live with the new normal,” she explained. “Come on… let me show you around further so we can give the men some time to talk further.”

I glanced over my shoulder at the closed dining hall door. Biting my lip, I nodded and followed Selene

further away.

Gavin’s POV

but it didn’t feel any lighter. If anything, the silence pressed harder now that I was alone with Zachary Backwell. The man hadn’t moved from his seat at the head of the table, posture

I suppose it was.

Zachary said at last, his voice calm, almost conversational. “He never


if he found his time was being wasted, he would have been gone. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before I make my judgments.

thing you didn’t invite

slight

he’d be here,” Zachary said. “But seriously, Gavin. I’m impressed with you. I might have been off the radar for a long time, but I wasn’t living under a rock. I had been keeping updates on you, and you’ve built quite a reputation. You’ve taken the Landry Foundation further than

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Chapter 752

the help of your father. It’s something

like speaking of my father with

said, my voice coming out gruffer

back in his

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back in our family. I know it wasn’t your fault as to how it ended up in your family. You

wasn’t sure if I could trust him, but his words were sincere, so I relaxed


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