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.

“What do you mean,

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

as you.”

a doctor too. She admitted it herself. Why would she

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

sat on the sofa, her

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color.

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

back. “If she’s had to wait this long,

called

didn’t do anything. You told us to cooperate with Miss Winthrop. We just dropped her off and left. Whatever

She’d been

younger.

ending the call, she dialed

sunlight streaming through her

holding hers. He wore only a gray dress shirt, sleeves rolled up to reveal his forearms, his jacket draped over the back of

throat felt raw. She coughed, instinctively raising her bandaged right hand, which sent a jolt of pain through

in, concern etched on his face. “What’s wrong?

“I’m thirsty.”