Faux Vows, True Desires

Chapter 468

Growing up, Keith narrowly escaped being poisoned several times. He was too young to remember any of it, but Shirley filled in the gaps of his memory. Loyal nannies had taken the brunt for him, and though they were saved each time, the fear lingered, casting a shadow of vigilance over Keith's life.

Darlene sipped some warm tap water before standing and following Keith to the kitchen doorway, hands shoved in her pockets. She watched him open the fridge and retrieve some ingredients. "What are you planning to whip up?" she asked casually.

"You've come all this way, and you must be starving. Making a feast would take too long for your empty stomach. How about I fix you some spaghetti for a midnight snack?"

Darlene chuckled. "Good call. I can't really wait around."

She needed to get back to Pinehurst before dawn to avoid her sister's prying eyes.

This clandestine visit was not without its troubles.

"You're a decent cook then?"

"Decent enough. I mean, no one's ever called my cooking 'a culinary disaster,' if that's what you're asking."

Keith filled a pot with water, set it to boil, and then added the spaghetti.

Meanwhile, he prepared some sliced meat, veggies, and chopped scallions, planning to serve Darlene a hearty spaghetti with meat sauce.

"I like my spaghetti with a fried egg on top," she said.

"Sure thing."

After prepping the meat, veggies, and scallions, hearing Darlene's preference for a fried egg, Keith quickly retrieved two eggs from the fridge and began to fry them up. While Keith had the fridge open, Darlene noticed it was well-stocked and commented, "Do you make yourself a late-night snack every evening?"

"Only if I'm hungry, but I rarely have spaghetti."

Usually, it was his bodyguards who used his kitchen to make themselves a spaghetti snack.

of them had

you live like this, such a hard life,"

heir to the Blue family, seemingly living a life of luxury, but in reality, his existence was no

size came complexity-jealousy, ambition, and scheming

gain, some people would

to protect

the Bishop Group weren't as ruthless as those in the Blue family, where things could escalate

elite family and witnessing countless inheritance battles among the elite, Darlene thought it was

who took his mother's surname, was meant to run the Coleman Group, but his younger brother refused to take over Ascend Global, and the line of cousins was equally reluctant to step up. Stefan, the eldest, bearing his mother's name, reluctantly shouldered the

Keith remained silent.

all wealthy families

Keith realized there were outliers like the Andersons. Meeting Frederick and Jeannie he was given a new perspective

to have me investigated," Darlene broached the

danger. You saved my life, but I didn't even know your name

her, but she swallowed

tonight was

thanks would he stop having her agency

ready to admit she

really. I'm honored that you'd

then turned back to finish preparing the meal. He added the prepared ingredients

"It may have been a small gesture to you, but to me, it was

moment of silence,

work comes with its own dangers. To protect myself, I've always

mask, and I'd

my

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