Jules closed his eyes, feeling a pain that matched Lincoln's.

"Lincoln, do you really think I didn't fight for us?"

"I was ready to give up my status as the Sharp family's heir, just to run away with Kelly. But Kelly... she let go of me first. I have my pride too; clinging to someone isn't my style."

Lincoln picked up on something off in his tone.

"Run away? Give up being the Sharp family heir? Jules, you and Kelly were openly in love. Why all the secrecy?"

Jules let out a heavy sigh. "Lincoln, there are things you just wouldn't understand. Don't dig into it. It's a tragedy between Kelly and me, and it's been decades. I don't want to dredge it up again."

Lincoln noticed Jules's fingers trembling, almost like he had Parkinson's. "Jules, your hand?"

Jules gripped his hand tightly. "Over the years, as long as I don't talk about the past, I'm okay. But bring it up, and my hand starts shaking."

teased, "Is that your guilty conscience

the guilty one, would I have stayed single all my life, staying

So, was it Kelly who messed

she loved, she loved; if she didn't, she didn't. She'd always

scratched his head. "Then why did it end

are you

paused, his eyes drifting

tie up the last loose end in

to sort through his thoughts Amid Lincoln's tangled questioning, Jules caught onto. something significant and looked at Lincoln in shock. "How

his nose,

upstairs and realized, "Morris told

all-knowing, isn't he?" His voice was laced with

suspected Lincoln was treating him like some tabloid

silently cursed Jules, thinking, "You're the world's

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