Chapter 800

The imposing frame of Thaddeus froze in an instant, as if gripped by an invisible force that shackled his spirit.

"What did you say? Chad's back?!" Frederic's eyes sparkled with joy, his face brimming with excitement, "Where is he now?!"

"He's down in the hospital's underground parking lot. I ran into him as I was coming back from running some errands."

"Why didn't he let us know he was coming back!" Frederic chided with a beaming smile.

"I exchanged a few words with him. He was worried that if he told you in advance, you'd go all out preparing, and he didn't want to trouble you, so he kept it a secret."

"That boy, always so considerate!"

Without wasting a moment, Frederic turned to Thaddeus, "Thaddeus, go and tell your grandfather. I'll go down to meet Chad!"

As Thaddeus watched their departing figures, his fingers curled inward slightly.

By the time the Abernathy family members arrived at the parking lot, Chad was already sitting serenely in a wheelchair, a gentle smile on his face.

"Chad!" Frederic called out joyfully, hurrying to his eldest son's side.

Not far behind him, Thaddeus and Evadne supported Hamilton, who followed at a measured pace.

"Grandpa Hamilton, Dad, Thaddeus, I didn't mean to cause such a fuss."

Chad's lips curled into a smile, as calming as a breeze over a still lake, his tender gaze finally resting on Evadne's composed face, "And Ms. Ashbourne, coming specially to greet me, I'm truly overwhelmed."

"It's nothing, as Thaddeus' brother, you're like a brother to me, too. It's only right to show you the proper hospitality."

a polite smile, but inwardly, she scrutinized this

come but hadn't expected it to be so

demonized him in her mind as a rival lurking in

she could find no trace of malice in him, his refined features and peaceful demeanor free of contention. Even his affable smile seemed to effortlessly

gentleman behaved with good manners. These words seemed

a thin layer of ice seemed to form in his eyes, betraying a torrent of

own reaction. All his brother did was greet Evadne, yet Thaddeus' heart lurched suddenly, and

supporting Hamilton, suddenly felt a burning warmth on the back of

it against the old man's waist,

forward, his expression as stoic as someone in meditation, though

tell me and your dad you were coming back? We could have been prepared; this is all so sudden," Hamilton

It's been years, Grandpa Hamilton; you don't see me as a stranger, do

and

Hamilton, I'm just teasing. I know

luxury minivan slid open, and a graceful

parking lot, and you really

a gentle grace, carefully

the unfamiliar

me while I

a cripple? Don't belittle yourself. Your health has improved a lot; with continued

with

him, and it's been

face, his eyes darkening. Even from two meters away, his keen

his gaze, and her bright eyes shimmered, her lips curving into a more imperceptible tender

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