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

But you just had to oppose me,

you back home to stay by my

a groggy state of sleep, just felt an itch on her

up to scratch it.

she drifted back

his hand. Was the child really

stared into his own heart. He had to admit that his feelings for Penelope had

Yes, he missed her.

family

for vengeance if you can let go of the

could hear it. He hoped...

any of that. Even someone as strong as Kelvin could

long time, so long that Kelvin himself didn't know how much

up, ready

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he made sure to cover Penelope with the blanket properly. One moment he wished he could strangle her,

out," Penelope mumbled in her sleep, "let me sleep a little

sleeping; no one's going

sleepy... Nathan, I'll come find you

to an

You promised, after marrying me, you'd buy me ice cream every day..." A smile touched Penelope's lips, as

room.

froze. "Brother Nathan," it had to be

seemed to be pining for him, dreaming of Nathan amidst her slumber. Indeed, she and Nathan grew up together, a childhood

he but an interloper who disrupted the