Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 151 The Boy in Her Gray World

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From the day she felt her mother's absence, Caroline became unusually quiet.

Or maybe that was not the right word. She wasn't exactly obedient. Nor was she lifeless, not exactly.

It was more like she had turned into a shell, a body without feeling.

The world had gone gray.

And in that dull, silent world, the boy who had unexpectedly wandered into her line of sight-smiling so brightly from the garden outside the window-became the only spot of color in her

entire year.

She had no idea how much time passed after that.

Then one day, as usual, she sat quietly by the window, peering out like an obsessed voyeur, hoping for a glimpse of that boy.

And he looked up. He actually looked up and smiled right at her.

Even though she had been careful to stay out of view, convinced he couldn't possibly see her, her heart still started pounding uncontrollably.

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The boy... she actually knew his name. She had heard his grandfather and the neighbors call him Alistair.

That day, Alistair waved at her through the window, like he was saying goodbye.

And from that moment on, he never appeared again.

One day passed. Then two... and then three.

Days turned into weeks, and still, there was no sign of him.

The girl who had once been silent and numb suddenly became irritable and impossible to manage.

Paige heard about it and came storming in to put her back in line. They ended up fighting again. Paige pushed her, and Caroline's head slammed hard against the wall. After that, she forgot everything from that year, including Alistair.

Now, with her face buried in Alistair's chest, Caroline rubbed her head against him, inching even closer, even though there was barely any space left between them. It was as if she wanted to melt into him completely.

Maybe that was the only way she could feel safe.

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She hadn't told Alistair anything about that year.

He would have felt heartbroken if he knew.

But it was all in the past. She didn't want to bring him pain over something that couldn't be undone.

Alistair held her tightly, both protective and exasperated. "How could your dad believe everything Paige told him?" he asked.

my

hit Alistair

maybe she's right. A man like that... he

exist.

had fallen apart. Or maybe, as Caroline often joked, she had always been the kind

always somewhere far, either overseas or on business. He hardly

much of a father-daughter bond

them.

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he had grown up with

course he would

Paige said became

in his

think I actually used to worry about how to get on

He was still just a fool who couldn't

hadn't always

fine, or at least tolerated

was after she nearly killed Paige that

fell apart.

view, maybe he wasn't entirely wrong. But from

what happened, he would always

step back and looked at the situation objectively, he could admit that

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day, Alistair checked the news online. As expected, it had blown up. Freya's scandal had gone viral-every platform was flooded

the "two men, one woman" scandal from New York. That one had been wild, but this? Freya's case had set the entire internet

was innocent. Others didn't care about the truth at all and kept obsessing over her looks.

still believed in her, Freya's career was done. With a criminal record hanging

saw that Freya's name had already been removed

to start. Losing an actress in such a major role at the last minute had left Yves furious and scrambling to find a replacement. But it wasn't easy to find someone who matched the character's look and

never thought Freya had truly fit

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Yves was ranting about unreliable producers, a face came to Alistair's mind. Someone who, in both image and presence, matched the

Alistair

too. Every award- winning actor starts somewhere. Alistair, just have

pulled up Aaron's number and gave him

to get this chance, why not

was just

could make something of it, that

character. If Janice made it into the cast, she'd

dream

there would be no shady

scenes.

Janice still want to act?" he asked

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