Chapter 1094

"No matter what he's done, as long as he carries the Abernathy bloodline, you'll do everything you can to protect him."

Evadne's words were measured and precise, each one cutting straight to the heart of the matter. "But the truth is, even you think his actions were reprehensible. You're angry, you're afraid, and you don't dare expose him. You've been suffocating under the weight of these feelings for years, torn apart inside.

But I believe you still have kindness in you. If you didn't, you wouldn't have braved a snowstorm-sick as you were to visit the grave of that girl."

Suddenly, it all made sense to her.

No wonder Grandfather had always acted so cautiously around Chad, his nerves stretched tight as piano wires.

With a secret that terrible festering inside him, how could his attitude toward his eldest grandson be anything but careful, conflicted?

his jaw,

tell me the truth, I'll

torment that poor mother

Estate, she was the maid who looked after me. Her death... it was connected to Chad, but he didn't mean it, it was an accident-he panicked, came running to me in tears, fell to his knees and begged me to

Evadne's brow furrowed deeply.

the man she'd always revered, she couldn't simply take his

himself if he'd gone to prison at that age, it would

to help him cover up


cold

lost life? You swept it all under the rug, but did you ever think about the grief f her family would carry forever? Chad is the Abernathy heir,

broke with

you realize what you've done? This is a crime. You covered it up, you became an

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