Chapter 1764:

“Yes?” Kylee turned back to face him.

Elwood said, “Let’s keep in touch more often. I’d really like to learn more about you and your mother.”

Kylee pressed her lips together thoughtfully. After a beat of silence, she gave a quiet nod. “Alright.”

Elwood’s face warmed with a smile at that.

When Belinda finally opened her eyes, the afternoon sun was already slipping past five.

“You’re awake,” Lucas said, strolling over from the sofa.

“You’re back already?” Belinda mumbled, rubbing the sleep from her eyes, her voice thick with drowsiness.

“Yes,” Lucas replied. “Get ready; we’re going to my father’s place for dinner tonight.”

your father call?” Belinda

“Yes. He probably heard about the robbery

of it made Belinda slightly uneasy. She could already imagine Harold and Norma

out of

they headed to see


eyes scanning her from head to toe. Only once

Norma,” Belinda said softly, gently taking Norma’s

giving Belinda’s forehead two light pokes. “You silly girl. Where do you find such reckless courage? Those were dangerous armed robbers, and you rushed straight

now, it

said, stepping into the room just then and casting a disapproving

at that time? Why weren’t you with her when

Lucas could speak, Belinda quickly interjected, “Lucas was working! I had arranged to have lunch with Bethany, and since Mingo was nearby, I decided to stop by afterward. Who could have seen that coming? Lucas can’t be

It’s his job to keep you safe.

protecting her

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