Kendall's Sacrifice

Chapter 539

One hour later.

Inside the dining room.

The table was laden with a delicious feast.

Amelia served Frank a large bowl of the nutritious soup she supposedly made.

After having a spoonful, Frank praised, "The soup you make is always excellent."

Amelia paused for a moment before replying, "I'm not the one who made it."

All she did was pour the ingredients into a pot. Everything else had been done by someone else.

She didn't want the credit for something she didn't do.

"It has only been a while since we last met but you've already started practicing humility."

Amelia was speechless.

Frank's just saying whatever he wants, no matter how ridiculous.

"Take a look at this."

All of a sudden, Frank pushed a stack of paper over to Amelia.

"What is it?" Amelia asked.

Frank didn't respond.

He wanted her to see for herself.

Out of curiosity, Amelia checked the papers and was surprised to find that it was information about Caleb.

"Did you run a background check on Caleb?"

"My subordinates have been too bored lately because they have nothing on their hands, so I gave them some work to do. Beats them rotting away at home."

The Mendelsons' bodyguards wanted to roll their eyes.

Unsurprisingly, with Frank involved, the information gleaned was beyond thorough. There was even information about what Caleb did in his childhood.

One particular event had been circled in red.

The red ink stood out too much. Amelia's eyes were drawn to it right away.

It turned out that Caleb was a homosexual. No wonder he didn't mind the unusual relationship I have with Frank.

Caleb never loved Amelia.

He only wanted to marry her because he was the only child in his family and his parents wanted grandchildren. He had to shoulder the responsibility of producing offspring.

By marrying Amelia, he could mask the truth that he was a homosexual.

Furthermore, even though he planned on having a child with Amelia, he didn't intend to do it the traditional way. He wanted to do it by using IVF and had already made all the preparations for it. As long as she married him, he would be able to set his plan in motion.

Not only would he be able to placate his parents by giving them a grandchild, but he would also be able to maintain his clandestine relationship with his lover without anyone suspecting a thing.

Once Amelia finished going through the information, Frank asked, "How do you feel?"

"He's trying to use me, so how do you think I feel? You know, if he was honest with me, I might've agreed to go along with it since I wouldn't need to actually be his wife, but I would still have a child of my own. I would have been able to placate my mother too and wouldn't have to hear her saying that being 26 and single means I'll end up an old maid."

That was not what Frank expected to hear. "A guy like him? With his gene pool? What kind of child can he give you anyway?"

"Caleb's pretty handsome, though he's not as handsome as you… Frank, have you ever thought about having a child of your own?"

Frank rolled his eyes at her.

It was then that Amelia recalled how hung-up Frank was over Kendall's baby, and she realized how dumb her question was.

Her mood soured.

Frank is hung up on Kendall.

He was able to conjure up the image of a baby that looked so much like Kendall in his dream. He said that was his and Kendall's daughter…

Frank noticed that Amelia's mood dipped. He knew why, but he didn't say anything.

He knew that he was never going to be with Kendall, not in this life.

He pushed her away and thus, she slipped away from him. There was no way for him to make up for it.

She was with Dylan now.

Amelia kept telling him that true love meant wanting the other person to be happy instead of being possessive toward them.

Frank didn't know whether or not what he felt for Kendall was love.

After finishing the dream and realizing that the baby wasn't his and Kendall's daughter, he chose to wish Kendall happiness instead.

He had no other choice.

As for what he owed Kendall and the baby, he was going to make up for it by doing his best to help Kendall if she ever needed help in the future.

The moment Frank stopped obsessing over Kendall, it felt as if the sky above him slowly turned blue again.

Dylan told me to cherish the person in front of me.

The person in front of me…

I treated her poorly and kept messing with her back then. She probably never even considered being with me.

Frank didn't know how to explain himself and make amends.

I'll just have to take it one step at a time.

"I'm full. You can take your time eating."

Frank's emotions were a mess right now.

He set his cutlery down and walked off.

"All you had was some soup, so how can you be full?" Amelia queried.

Frank was already out of the dining room by then.

He wove through the hall and marched out of the place without pausing.

Desmond had already arranged everything. As soon as Frank walked out of the house, he got in the car and the procession of cars drove off to Mendelson Group.

Along the way, Frank suddenly instructed the driver, "Take me to Coleman Empire Holdings."

"Yes, President Mendelson."

Dylan carefully placed the gifts that Kendall had given him on his desk.

He now had a complete set of all twelve horoscopes.

Kendall made all of them herself.

She's so good at craftwork! The little figurines look so quaint and she even put sound boxes inside that are activated whenever you press the figurines! All the sounds match the horoscopes too. It's so adorable!

Emma knocked on the door before entering Dylan's office.

She came to a stop when she saw him fiddling with the twelve horoscope figurines as she didn't know whether she had come in at a bad time.

"Bring it over."