Facade of Love

Chapter 222 Feeling Guilty in the End

For a moment, Christina’s face stiffened and flushed with a mix of humiliation and embarrassment. Several expressions crossed her face, contorting it grotesquely.

Idris did not look at her and glanced at me, his dark eyes arching as he said, “It’s cold outside. Go back inside.”

With that, he reached out to pull me away.

I avoided him, stepping back to maintain distance between us, and ignored his slightly stiffened expression. After casting one more glance at the disheveled Christina, I turned and

left..

I heard footsteps behind me. I knew it was Idris, but I did not pay him attention.

The sky was already dark, and dinner at the Youngs‘ household was ready. Mr. Zachary came to greet us, saying, “Mr. Young, Mrs. Young, dinner has been prepared in the dining room. Madam Young asked you both to come.”

I nodded and hummed in response, not saying much more.

However, Idris replied, “Someone fell into the pond in the backyard. Mr. Zachary, please arrange for someone to go and take a look.” He said this nonchalantly.

as he asked, “Fell into the water? Who? Is the person

“The pond isn’t deep. She didn’t

a sigh of relief, nodded, and then hurried toward the backyard.

toward the dining room, but someone grabbed my wrist. I frowned and turned back, meeting Idris‘ handsome features. He was looking at me. His expression was gentle and calm, his voice low and restrained, “Go change your

at my coat and notice the water stains from when I helped Christina. They were not

mentioned it, I pursed my lips and went to the guest room

guest room, I was slightly surprised to see Idris still waiting outside. Though it was unexpected, I did not say much, assuming he was waiting

tell Grandma about our divorce as soon as possible” Some matters would become harder to handle the

slightly furrowed, saying, “Let’s

elderly person, I did not insist

the dining room, one after the other, I unavoidably noticed the bandaged area on the back of his head while I was behind him. I could not help but ask, “Is your

stopped and turned to look at me, his eyebrows arching. “Are you sure this injury

by his sudden accusation, after a few seconds of panic, I composed myself and calmly said, “If you suspect that I caused your injury, I can provide you with the location of where you were meddling around last night. You can ask someone to check the surveillance. footage and

he could find any solid evidence proving that the

up for a moment. Without saying more,

questions, and I was prepared to spar with him verbally. Unexpectedly, he just