From Hatred to Passionate Love Amelia Hart

Chapter 120 A Bargain of Betrayals and Bonds

Kelvin's fury had been ignited by the principal's insinuation, a suggestion that he could accept Penelope's illegitimate child. It was Penelope, after all these years, who could still effortlessly trigger Kelvin's most volatile temper.

Indeed, Penelope was still with child. Kelvin, known for his decisiveness, found himself wavering and showing leniency when it came to her. The contradiction was not lost on him.

In a fit of rage, Kelvin sent a chair flying and stormed out of his study.

As he descended the grand staircase, the butler approached him, "Mr. Davis, are you going to "

"Move aside," Kelvin commanded, his face an impenetrable mask of steel. He continued his stride, leaving the butler to signal the servants to clean up the study. The butler then followed Kelvin discreetly, maintaining a respectful distance.

Kelvin's destination was the servants' quarters. Inside, Penelope was already asleep. Having finally brought Fiona down a peg, she had allowed herself to relax completely, falling into a deep, peaceful slumber. Not even the sound of Kelvin forcefully kicking open the door stirred her.

Kelvin stood in the doorway, his towering frame seeming out of place in the cramped room. As he gazed at the sleeping woman on the bed, his intense anger began to subside. Penelope lay on her side, hands nestled beneath her head, her hair falling softly across her face, the very picture of serenity.

Moments ago, he'd been consumed with the desire to strangle Penelope. Now, in the quiet of the night, he found he couldn't bear to disturb her sleep. Kelvin questioned his sanity.

Entering the maid's quarters, he was hit with a musty smell, and the ceiling was so low he could touch it with an outstretched hand. How could she sleep so soundly in such a place? Even a cot in the hallway outside his master bedroom, or a makeshift bed inside it, would be better than this!

Suddenly, Kelvin remembered that Penelope had spent two years in a mental institution prior to this. The conditions there must have been unimaginably terrible. He recalled how he had instructed the warden to take "good care" of her, a command undoubtedly carried out.

"Damn it!" Kelvin muttered under his breath.

"Penelope, you know we could start over if you're willing to let go of the baby..."

Kelvin reached out and gently brushed her hair aside, "Why are you so stubborn? Do you love the child's father that much?"

"I've given you several chances to leave the child and stay with me. You could have had

you just had to oppose

home to stay by my side,

of sleep, just

to scratch

she drifted back

withdrew his hand. Was the child really that

heart. He had to admit that his feelings for Penelope had changed... from the initial contempt

Yes, he missed her.

letting go of the grudges and the old family feuds, to just be with her. But

vengeance if you can let go of the child...

only he could hear

of that. Even someone

sitting silently for a long time, so long that Kelvin himself didn't

stood up, ready to

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the blanket properly. One moment he wished he could

mumbled in her sleep, "let me sleep a little

sleeping; no one's

little sleepy... Nathan,

came to an

every

room.

Nathan," it had

her slumber. Indeed, she and Nathan grew up together, a childhood romance blossomed into an engagement as they planned to marry and start

was he but an interloper who disrupted