Cold husband burning regret

Chapter 281

Chapter 281

Daphne’s smile stiffened as she set the cat down on the sofa. “So you came all this way just for a stranger?”

“Answer me!” Judd’s tone grew sharper.

The housekeeper, who had been in the kitchen, hurried out when she heard the commotion and found the living room crackling with tension, like a drawn bow ready to snap.

Mother and son stared each other down for a long time.

The housekeeper tried to calm things. “Sir, you shouldn’t speak to your

mother like that…”

“What business is it of yours?”

His cold indifference made Daphne’s chest tighten. In the end, she relented first. “I only locked her up to teach her a lesson.”

“At the vineyard outside town?”

She nodded. “Yes.”

He clenched his jaw. “You just locked her up?”

already have someone you care about. Why are

you mean, I

genuine. “That Moore boy said you’ve been interested in a woman lately-someone who works in

as you.”

She admitted it herself. Why would

A moment passed before he laughed. “If I were interested in her, would I have left her hanging for

sat on the sofa,

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color.

He turned and headed for the door. Daphne called after him, “It’s late, you don’t have to go

she’s had to wait this long, she could

his car engine fading into the night. She grabbed her phone and called the driver. “When you took

cooperate with Miss Winthrop. We just dropped her off and left. Whatever happened after that, Miss Winthrop

suddenly understood. She’d been outmaneuvered

younger.

call,

sunlight

thing she saw was Evander dozing in the chair beside her bed, his head bowed slightly, one hand gently holding hers. He wore only a gray dress shirt, sleeves rolled up to reveal his forearms, his jacket draped over the back of the

to speak, but her throat felt raw. She coughed, instinctively raising her bandaged right hand, which sent

in, concern etched on his

“I’m thirsty.”