Flash Marriage to a Stunning CEO (Alistair and Richard)

Chapter 165

Chapter 165 Like a Stranger

Mabel needed time to recover. Once they calmed her down, Alistair and Caroline got ready to leave.

Before they stepped out, Mabel reminded them softly, "Tell little Eloise I've just been busy lately and won't be home. If she misses Nugget, take her to visit."

"Got it," Alistair replied.

His hand was just on the doorknob when someone pushed the door open from the outside.

A tall man in a dark suit entered. His features were sharp, his expression stern, and he carried a natural aura of command.

In person, Gordon was even more intimidating than the photos online.

Alistair had imagined what their first meeting might be like, but he'd never expected it to happen in a hospital.

Their eyes met. Gordon's gaze landed squarely on Alistair's face.

The tension in the air was immediate, but only for Alistair.

What am I supposed to call him?

The question paralyzed him.

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Leo's offhand comment came back to him like a ghost. "Uncle Gordon's strict. He's never going to approve of you."

Why is that echoing now?

It looped in his head, relentless.

He and Caroline were legally married. Everyone around her had accepted him. Mabel had even offered her support.

Caroline herself had said her choices were hers alone and no one

else got a say.

Still, standing in front of her father, Alistair felt obligated to show some respect. It would've been rude not to.

But how exactly should he address him?

Calling him too intimately didn't feel right.

Who am I kidding? There's no way he likes me. So... sir?

brow

like something had

shift his focus

she was perfectly composed.

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word, leaving a clear path for him to go in himself. The message was obvious-just

Gordon's frown deepened.

a look and then

Caroline

my dad," Caroline said quietly, already

a dry

But he is, sweetie.

Caroline had already ruined him in Alistair's eyes. There was nothing to

him in person, Caroline's father, and the kind of man whose presence carried weight, Alistair responded with the kind of courtesy drilled into him growing up. It wasn't

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clear. He was not her

stranger.

and Leo hadn't left. They

like he wanted to say something, but

of what Caroline had almost

hadn't collapsed mid-conversation, Leo might

sooner or later, he would have

would be grieving

nothing. She kept walking,

"Don't leave yet. Wait

out."

kept walking as if Paige

red with anger. "She thinks growing up means

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him over the edge. "She's talented, sure.

words hit

of himself. Yes, compared to Caroline,

been distant. Her mother left when she was very young, and her father had

Leo had Paige, a respected scholar, and a father who was

lately he'd begun

that really luck? What kind of love keeps you leashed like a dog? What

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