Facade of Love

Chapter 4

Chapter 4 Past Matters

Idris did not respond as his slightly calloused fingertips grazed the grotesque scar on my abdomen. After a long while, he looked up at me, his dark eyes cold and indifferent. “You’ve never talked to me about your past, have you?”

I pursed my l*ps, avoiding his gaze, and said softly, “That’s all in the past. There’s nothing to talk

about.”

He narrowed his eyes and then pulled his hand away, reverting to his usual dignified demeanor. He elegantly got up, put on his robe, and stood beside the bed looking down at me to say, “You should get

some rest.”

I was stunned for a moment before I realized that he had lost interest and was planning to sleep in the

study.

“Alright.” I usually did not like to probe too much. Things were fine as long as we were both happy.

Seeing him about to leave, I pulled the quilt over myself, ready to sleep. However, after taking a few steps, he suddenly turned around and looked back at me, saying my name in a low voice, “Yvette.”

“Hmm?” I looked at him, waiting for what he would say next.

“Moore is different from you. Don’t give her a hard time in the future.” He spoke little, but his words carried weight.

My b*dy stiffened under the quilt, and my heart skipped a beat.

Was this because I humiliated Moore today?

Pushing aside my discomfort, I simply said, “Fine.”

Bang!

was left alone in the large room, staring blankly

ceiling.

had already

was more

On the weekend.

the call from the Scott Residence, I

to the news coming from the tense voice on the other

much older than the last time I saw him, his

Kane’s face darkened. He looked at me coldly and sternly asked, “You have

come see

beside him, and then at my mother, who was

at Kane and asked, “Dad, what did

Bang!

“You don’t know what you’ve done? Yvette Scott, how could

if Yvette did something wrong, you can scold her, but why are you trying to hurt her?” My mother stepped in front of me, seeing that

mother aside, long accustomed to Kane’s erratic behavior, and said indifferently, “I really don’t know what I’ve done wrong, so why don’t you enlighten me,

shameless?”

off more, as he was breathing heavily now. “Did you call the police to frame your

this all because

look at him. “Mr. Scott, next time you plan on scolding

dead, I’ll take my leave.

his next explosion, I left

to see. The Youngs found out

does this have to do with me? Is this just because I called

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