Chapter 296 This Will Alleviate The Pain

“Trust me, doing this will alleviate the pain.”

Calista nodded subtly. She had to admit that when Kallum kissed her, the pain in her body seemed to Jessen significantly. Such was the strange effect of hormones.

Just as the two were becoming increasingly engrossed in the moment of passion, a sudden knock on the door echoed through the room, leaving them both startled.

Subconsciously, Kallum covered Calista with the blanket, asking discontentedly. “Who is it?”

Upon hearing her son’s annoyed voice, Wanda felt a wave of guilt wash over her. She wondered if she had inadvertently disrupted something, but it was just past dinner time.

With a stiffened resolve, Wanda said, “Callie, your dad’s here. Aren’t you going to see him?”

It was then that Calista remembered that Benedict should have arrived by then. After all, just a few days. ago, Wanda had discussed her marriage plans with him. Since she hadn’t returned home, Benedict had not choice but to come and check in with her.

“Um… I’m on my way.”

Calista gave Kallum a nudge, swiftly getting dressed. Off to the side, Kallum grumbled, “Who visits at this time?”

In his heart, he had long stopped considering Calista as part of the Stafford family.

getting married, do you really think you can avoid

thought about it, the more regretful he felt. The night was when she felt the most discomfort, so it was impossible for him to make a move then. Everything had fallen into place perfectly at that moment; it was such a pity it

voicing his complaints. Instead, he simply hummed in response.

Although they were only getting married and had to wait until she was of age to officially register,

in thought, twenty minutes had already passed by the time

wasn’t the best. He would have preferred to come a little

.

was technically Kallum’s future father–in–law, he found himself unable to

effortlessly crushed the Wolford family, and Harvey was dead. If it hadn’t been for Harvey’s associates changing sides swiftly, it was only a matter of

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had always been fairly kind to him, Benedict never dared to act arrogantly

of the former.

“Callic, Mr. Kallum.”

eyebrow raised in dissatisfaction, Quintus said with a smile, “He’ll soon

son–in–law is like a half a son. In the future, you’ll have to look after

sweat from his forehead, repeatedly waving his hands in

didn’t let him off the

Benedict felt even more uneasy. Although the couple had been engaged for many years, when it came to

a few words, Wanda tactfully led everyone away, giving the father and

to the point, she said,

noticed that Benedict had been uneasily watching her since the very beginning, clearly indicating he

had left and the atmosphere was no longer as tense, Benedict revealed

feel like… someone’s trying to kill me!”

Calista looked at

a feeling, you know. These past few days have been strange. The day before yesterday, I nearly got hit

my car brakes suddenly failed! I had to run until the car ran out of gas before

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