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.

like he had something on his mind, so I nodded toward the stairs. “Idris is upstairs.” Idris

a fresh haircut, too, so short it was almost a buzz cut, which was a bit of

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

he did not make a big deal out of

around outside.

being all mysterious about it, yet Idris and

part–it was that Charles

doing here

might be bothering Madam Young without any sense of boundaries, Idris and I

and saw a hefty guy–Jack–standing outside, while Mr. Zachary was by Madam Young’s side, who seemed to be in the middle of convincing him of something with a worried

marched right up to him and asked, “What’s the big idea, Mr.

he heard him, and he blurted out, “Idris, please, I am begging you. Let my daughter go. She’s just a kid. She can’t

as he was about to drop to his knees, Madam Young quickly intervened, “Jack, get up. Let’s talk this out. You are the elder here, you should not be bowing to the younger ones–it is bad luck.” Before she could reach out

stared down at Jack, who was still on his knees, and said icily, ” Pleading

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