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.

mind, so I

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

Charles was the guy who kept the Youngs‘ empire running smoothly, so he was pretty good at keeping his

caught the look, but he did not make a big deal out of

hanging around outside. Madam Young’s place. You might want to check it out.”

all mysterious about it, yet Idris and I could

weird part–it was that Charles said he was outside, not inside. Madam Young’s courtyard.

Jack doing

Young without any sense of boundaries, Idris and I headed

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

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

snapped to Idris as soon as he heard him, and he blurted out, “Idris, please, I am begging you. Let my daughter go. She’s just a kid.

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 to help him, Idris stopped her and

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

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