Chapter 542

Tarquin was utterly clueless about what Elysia was thinking, making it hard not to suspect that her suggestion was driven by a budding interest in him. After pondering for a moment, he called out to her, "Elysia."

"Hmm?"

"Are you...?"

Suddenly, the atmosphere dipped into silence.

Evan was curious, "What does he want to ask?"

Elijah, ever the excited one, declared, "I know Dad. Dad wants to ask Mom if she likes him!"

"What?!" Evan was taken aback, so was Emmett, while Elliot seemed a tad nervous, clenching his tiny fists secretly, eager to hear Mom's response. But as seconds ticked by, Tarquin remained silent.

exclaimed, "What's taking him so long?

"He might not ask after

not?" Emmett was

a lot of pride," Elijah explained. "He's probably worried that if he's overthinking it and gets a 'no' for an answer, he'd look

to know if

with his steady nature, he won't ask until he's

urge him not to look for Elijah's biological mother, and wish for

without hearing the rest of his question, grew anxious and asked with wide eyes,

changed his approach, "Do you... care about

after

a bad person... If he were just a heartless jerk, she could

hoped he could find some happiness, making it a bit easier for her

her with an inscrutable expression, his deep gaze tinged with an indiscernible emotion. But he was too good at masking his feelings, making it impossible to tell whether

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