Faux Vows, True Desires

"Why can't we break away? We can't keep carrying them on our shoulders."

"The Blue family's foundation of a hundred years is there, and this has been our way of life for a hundred years. It's not that I don't want to break away, but it's a difficult path to walk. I hope that in my lifetime, I can help you break away. If we succeed, we'll be independent, no longer burdened by them. If we fail, we might both pay a heavy price."

Nathan's face softened as he spoke, "I didn't want Lucy to have to face all this, but she's already involved. She has to face it. Lucy, raised carefree by the Moores, was good-natured, not cutthroat. Without Stefan by her side, she wouldn't live happily and freely in our family."

"Keith, you should go home and rest. Your father needs some sleep, too."

Nathan stopped talking and closed his eyes.

Keith knew that all those times his father had been cold to his mother and him, it was all to protect them.

At least Keith wasn't stupid. He could understand.

Lucinda had no idea what her father and brother had gone through that night.

When she woke up, the day was already bright.

Turning her head, she noticed Stefan had already left the room.

She mumbled a few words, but what she was saying was unclear.

She picked up her phone from the bedside table, checked the time, and decided it was time to get up.

Rubbing her sore back, she muttered: "My brother was worried about Stefan being impotent. My poor back!"

She suspected that Stefan had exacted his revenge on her for the night at Neon Nectar Nightclub.

After sitting on the bed for a while, remembering that her mothers were coming back from the Anderson family island today, Lucinda called her biological mother. When Janice answered the phone, she said, "Lucy, don't try to persuade me. Even if your father is really poisoned, that's his problem. I'm not going to be his antidote." She thought her daughter was calling to persuade her.

Lucinda was taken aback.

Her father was poisoned?

Was her father poisoned?

and she hurriedly asked, "Mom, what's wrong with dad? Is he poisoned? What kind

Aren't you calling

for the sake of me and Keith, can

didn't know what kind of poison her father had been exposed to. But hearing her mother say she could save him,

brother called to ask me. Your father and Madeleine are more than just friends. Perhaps this is their bedroom pleasure. Your brother was a third

my father is like that. Just send him to the hospital. Mom I'm sorry. I didn't understand the situation just now." She was puzzled; her

turned out to be that kind

her mother

your brother's biological

long as he's taken to the hospital, he'll be

indifferently, "I'm not worried. His life or death has nothing to do with me. The only connection between him and me

wants to poison my dad? They're

talk too much about her father's romantic

felt that her father being with Madeleine was

and he thinks he's still in his twenties. He's busy with work and under a lot of stress, and it's normal that he can't keep

Janice was clear-headed.

see things

get involved in the Blue

We're coming back today. After breakfast, we'll catch a

Janice changed the subject.

why you called, Mom? Do you need

us. We have company. You and Stefan don't need to come and pick us up. You don't need to

with an

and daughter chatted on the phone for a while. After ending the call, Lucinda

Keith answered the phone, she hurriedly asked, "Brother, how's

"Did Stefan tell you?"

just called Mom, and she told

she said, "Brother, have you been in contact with

answered. Lucy, I have to go. Dad sent someone to look for

was okay,

as he was taken