Ellison And Joycelyn: A Love Beyond The Rules

Chapter 344

“What exactly is going on? Jerome, explain yourself!” Richard’s voice thundered with fury, his face twisted in utter disappointment as he stared at his son.

Jerome, taken aback by his father’s shout, snapped to attention, his handsome face stiffening with a solemn expresion. “Dad, I…” he stammered.

The rest of the family, woken up by the ruckus, rushed to the door, eager to see what was happening. As they reached the doorway, the scene inside left them all frozen in shock.

They quickly turned away, not daring to get involved.

Joycelyn, who had been on the third floor, descended when she saw the others‘ troubled expressions. She whispered. approaching Sebastian, “Sebastian, what happened?”

Sebastian, his face pale and taken aback, finally managed to mutter, “Jerome and Bellina… they’re in bed together.”

“What?!” Joycelyn’s soft white face stiffened in disbelief. She thought she must have misheard.

“Impossible, right? I didn’t think Jerome was that drunk last night,” Joycelyn muttered, recalling the dinner at the Schultz family the night before. The atmosphere had been lively, even Ellison had had a few drinks, but nothing had suggested this level of chaos.

She had always seen Jerome being especially affectionate with Bellina, but it had always been the innocent love of a big brother for his younger sister. This… it didn’t add up.

“Let’s get the kids dressed first,” Lily suggested, trying to calm Richard down as she moved to close the door.

Richard, clearly furious, slammed the door and stormed downstairs. “Jerome, get down here and explain yourself!”

Inside the room, Jerome struggled to recall the events of last night. Everything felt like a dream. The images were blurry, and what had seemed like a moment of passion now left him with a sinking feeling in his stomach.

Bellina was curled up in bed, crying inconsolably.

To Jerome, even though Bellina wasn’t his biological sister, the years of seeing her grow up by his side had created an undeniable sibling bond.

sorry,” Jerome said, sitting up with a

dramatically, purposely letting the blanket slip, revealing

to the marks, and he immediately looked away, horrified. He swallowed hard, his

how to

should we do? I’m not a pure girl anymore. No one will marry

responsibility for this,” Jerome said, pulling the scattered clothes off the floor and handing them to

the next second, threw herself

to sob, her soft

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her off, handing her the clothes and immediately turning away to give her some privacy.

dressed herself. Jerome rushed to the bathroom, splashing cold water on his face to regain some sense of

entire living room was filled with tense faces. The atmosphere

had been a bit late coming down, had gone to the restaurant to get some food since she was a

took her freshly squeezed juice and sat down next to her. “Shirley,

next. By 9 PM, Joycelyn had been too tired and

went upstairs. No one knew what exactly happened,” Shirley explained. “Jeff said the home’s security cameras weren’t on, so we don’t know

family portrait on the wall of the restaurant, lost in thought.

downstairs. As soon as Jerome stepped into the living room, Richard,

of rage. The force of the yell

my fault. I’ve had sleepwalking episodes since I was young and would always go to find Jerome. He got drunk last night, and none of this was intentional,”

his knees in front of Richard. “This is my fault. I’ll take responsibility for Belle. I

and his words hung heavily