Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Summer Frost

An awkward silence assumed the atmosphere as I sat in the living room with Dad. Hunter left earlier after he got a call from someone according to him. Maybe it was just an excuse to leave me and Dad to talk about it since it was something personal,

Many questions I wanted to ask Dad ran through my mind, but I didn’t know which one to ask first. There was no point asking him again if he knew about Xander because it was obvious that he knew who Xander was. The question is, how? How did he know about him, and for how long?

“Just go ahead if you have questions to ask. You need to see the look you are giving me,” He uttered, and I sighed.

I

“How did you find out about Xander? For how long have you known about him?” I finally asked the question I was so curious about, and he shrugged.

“From the beginning,” I was stunned by his reply. I thought I did a good job over the years by hiding everything from him, but it occurred to me now that i was mistaken and deceiving myself all this while.

“I couldn’t just take in someone like that without checking her background. I did some checkings and found out that you were married to Xander Hughes for two years…” I looked at him as he paused.

someone you can hide something from, unless I don’t want to find out about it,” My jaw dropped to the ground as the realization dawned on me that I had been fooling around all this while thinking that

assumed the atmosphere, and 1 bit my lip, unable to say

he asked me the question. For the next few seconds, I stared back at him wordlessly, trying to search for the answer even when it was so obvious that I was still in

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will let go of the past as if it never happened. Let’s get back together Recalling those words he had said to me and even more,

weakly. Deep inside

and

know him. I’m sure you

“Dad…”

don’t like Hunter yet. He is a good guy, and I’m sure he will win your heart along the line,” He stated like he was so

and get along first,” He further said, and I nodded since I didn’t

He suggested as he stood

is almost done. You should go check it

to him before he walked away. Mr. Miller had been nothing but a good and considerate man who picked me at my lowest and built me until now. Maybe I would’ve been dead by now if he never showed up in my life, and it’s only right that

Chapter 12

to my room on the second floor. Since

me‘ I scoffed unbelievably as his threats replayed in my head. The imagination of the expression he would have on his face when he finally realized that I was now the CEO of the wealthiest companies in the

what’s going to happen,” I smiled as I removed my wristwatch and dropped it carefully on the dressing table as I sat in front of the

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