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.

I nodded toward the stairs. “Idris

sharp as ever. It appeared. he had gotten a fresh haircut, too, so short it was almost

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

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

a brief pause, he added, “Jack’s here, hanging around outside. Madam Young’s place. You might want to

about it, yet Idris and I

weird part–it was that Charles said he was outside, not inside. Madam

doing

word, worried that Jack might be bothering Madam Young without any sense of boundaries, Idris

Mr. Zachary was by Madam Young’s side, who seemed to be in the middle of convincing him of something with a worried

not hesitate. He marched right up to him and asked,

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

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.”

Madam Young gone, Idris stared down at Jack, who was still on his knees, and said icily, ” Pleading with me won’t change anything. Christina’s mistake is not something I can

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