Chapter 627

Evadne listened, her eyes brimming with tears, as Suri recounted the tale with a heavy heart.

Battered and barely clinging to life.

What kind of harrowing ordeal must her mother have endured to have nearly perished so far from home?

Thaddeus gripped Evadne’s trembling hand tighter, his voice laced with confusion. “Mrs. Ashbourne has been all alone in this foreign land for so many years, raising children for Mr. Emeric. Didn’t she ever reach out to her family, or visit her homeland even once?”

Suri shook her head, her gaze lowered. “Never. Not once. Emeric even went so far as to change her citizenship, gave her a new identity, so she could cut ties with her past completely.”

The more they heard, the deeper their bewilderment grew.

What could have happened to make Mrs. Ashbourne abandon her old life so completely?

With each word, Evadne’s curiosity about her mother’s past intensified.

e years, you

“Evadne, that’s all I know. And over father has reminded us, more than once, not to tell you anything about your mother.”

Suri’s eyes pleaded as she took Evadne’s hand. “I don’t know why, but you must trust your father. He truly loves you and your mother. Everything he does, he does for you without a second thought. So please, let’s pretend this conversation never happened. Don’t ask your father about it, okay?”

Evadne’s heart swelled with a deep, unspoken love for her mother. But she didn’t want to make Suri uncomfortable, so she could only nod through her tears.

After a recent ordeal, Emeric’s health, which had just started to improve, was once again on shaky ground.

Chasel arrived just in time to perform a thorough check-up and administer the necessary medication, stabilizing Emeric’s condition.

Back in his office, Chasel slumped into his chair, utterly spent, as if the weight of the world was on his shoulders. As the lead physician, the pressure was immense.

After all, this was the father of the man he adored!

This was his first impression in front of his future father-in-law, and the pressure was crushing. Who could understand?

With these thoughts weighing on him, Chasel sprawled across his desk, his lips puckering in frustration.

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Chapter 627

Emeric’s life had hung in the balance, and Chasel had fought tooth and nail to bring him back from the brink of death. Three sleep-deprived nights of standing until his legs. cramped up, both hungry and exhausted. And there was Cassius, doting on his father but scarcely offering Chasel a word of comfort.

Once a charmer, renowned for his conquests, now Chasel had taken a tumble for Cassius, tasting the bitterness of unrequited affection for the first time.

“Cassius. I despise you!” Chasel fumed, nearly shattering the glass atop his desk with a slap, his eyes shimmering with resentment. “This is the last time. I swear it’s the last time I help you! Next time, even if you beg, I won’t.”

Knock, knock, knock-

The sound of knocking interrupted his brooding.

Chasel dabbed his eyes with a tissue, blew

striking visage greeted him. A gentle smile on his

“Chasel.”

beat, his fingers tightening around the door

tenderness in his voice, Chasel’s composure

you?” Cassius lifted the bag he was holding, shaking it slightly. “I remember you told me once that you avoid carbs, but when you’re really stressed

despite his best efforts, he let Cassius in.

he kept his pride, barely giving Cassius a warm look, sitting down with a cold expression, resisting the urge to gaze at him

utmost to save anyone, not just Mr. Emeric. President Ashbourne,

Cassius asked softly, ignoring

Not me,” Chasel

why the

he glanced inadvertently

reflection showed him biting his lip, his eyes red-rimmed, his nose tinged pink – the very picture of a

chuckled silently, opening the boxes of fried

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care, providing forks and napkins with

past few days,”

and he looked up

“But you know, with the whole family here and my father ill, as the eldest son, I have to take care of him, comfort the family, and

a big bite

apologize? It’s so

smile deepened as he watched him eat. “You need to eat

next time, remember to bring ketchup. My favorite’s

pleased curl of his lips. “Oh, you wore it, huh? Looks like you’re quite

it,” Cassius nodded seriously.

his handsome face filling Cassius’ vision. “So, what do you

his gaze, drawing Chasel

knew the guy was a wise-cracker, and pestering him further would only yield answers he didn’t want to hear. So, in a fit of pique,

ferocious bite.

I truly mean it this

just me who owes you one, the wh

thinking of fobbing me off with just a bucket of fried chicken, are you?” Chasel said with

not. Name your price, anything you want,”

had Cassius finished speaking than Chasel seized his jaw, pressing his fiery lips against Cassius’

weariness of the past days evaporated in an instant,

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resentment, clearly not willing to let

misty, he let the little fox wreak havoc on his

a round of teasing, chasing,

one kiss,” Chasel said with a red-cheeked grin, breath heavy,

lips glistening from the kiss, and slowly clenched his

corner of his mouth, a mischievous and alluring smile playing

on his lips.

“Nope.”

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