Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Chapter 1385

Oliver's situation caught Carissa off guard. She had assumed he would have taken trusted allies with him, at least people capable of keeping themselves hidden for two or three years.

Who would have thought he would be robbed halfway through, losing everything, including the mistress he doted on, who ended up abandoning him? In that moment, did he regret his reckless choices?

To think that, at his age, he still believed in true love. He even dared to cast aside the wife who had worked tirelessly for over ten years to care for him, only to be discarded himself. Perhaps that was his karmic punishment.

But his punishment didn't end there.

Knowing Celeste's temperament, Carissa imagined that she had likely humiliated Oliver when she left, just as she had once done to Samuel. Celeste used her beauty as a tool but despised the men who coveted it.

Carissa didn't think Oliver would stay in Stonebridge County. Given his fugitive status, he couldn't risk revealing his true identity, and he certainly wouldn't stay in one place for too long. He would be forced to hide, and he still had a child with him.

he wasn't entirely stupid. He knew the most dangerous place was often the safest. As a military official, he likely had the means to forge a fake identity. If he came back to the city with his child and changed his appearance, the guards at the gates might never recognize him. With that thought in mind, Carissa ordered Max to keep an eye out for men traveling with a child. She then went to Skye Embroidery to see Zoey and

was concern that someone might soften

her husband, he wasn't the type of man who would be a good dad. When he was desperate, he wouldn't want the burden of a child.

with him," Zoey mused. "So, we can't just focus on men with

believe Oliver had any genuine fatherly affection. Rather, she thought that carrying the child might help him avoid some scrutiny. But upon reflection, she realized it was widely known that he had fled with his child and

child's mom had already turned her back on Oliver, it could be

He may well be able to discard

eye on men with children weren't entirely accurate.

is Madam Prince? Has she gone out recently?" Carissa

a month-once every ten days. Viola always accompanies her. Counting the days,

Carissa nodded thoughtfully. "Keep

Capital Guard headquarters immediately. If your tip-off