Facade of Love

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Chapter 253 The Plea for Mercy

With his back to me, he said in a low voice, “Get those stray hairs for me, will you? I can’t seem to reach them.”

Really? With arms that long?

I was ready to tease him about it, but then I noticed a few hairs clinging to his shoulder blades. I bit back my comment, stepped behind him, and reached out to help.

We had been married for a while, and I had touched his body more times than I could count, but right then, those few seconds made him tense up, and I could not stop my face from turning red.

“All done,” I murmured after I finished, stepping back.

The air felt charged with an unspoken tension. Not trusting myself to stay, I quickly made my exit without waiting for him to speak, heading downstairs.

Charles walked in just as I reached the living room. He paused, then greeted me.

had something on his mind, so I nodded toward the

he had gotten a fresh haircut, too, so short it was almost a buzz cut, which was

over his face. Charles was the guy who kept the Youngs‘ empire running smoothly, so he was pretty good at keeping his cool. In

look, but he did not make a big deal out of it.

hanging around outside. Madam Young’s place. You might want to

mysterious about it, yet Idris and I could tell something

Charles said he was

was Jack doing here now?

wasting another word, worried that Jack might be bothering Madam Young without any sense of boundaries, Idris and I headed straight for Madam

a hurry and saw a hefty guy–Jack–standing outside, while Mr. Zachary was by Madam Young’s side,

did not hesitate. He marched right up to him and

heard him, and he blurted out, “Idris, please, I am begging you. Let my daughter

here, you should not be bowing to the younger ones–it is bad luck.” Before she could reach out to help him, Idris stopped her and signaled Mr. Zachary to take Madam Young inside for a break.

knees, and said icily, ” Pleading with me won’t change anything. Christina’s mistake is not something I

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