Chapter 274

Leaning Into Colin’s embrace, I deliberately brought up my pregnancy again, just to rile Henry up.

Even if Colin wasn’t around, there was still our baby.

“Sir, ma’am.” Eric’s car was parked just beside us, and he opened the door, ushering us in.

I cast a glance at the man standing silently behind Colin. He wore a baseball cap and remained silent but was ever–vigilant, guarding Colin’s back.

“He is…” I whispered as we got into the car.

“Bodyguard.” The man himself answered my question before Colin could.

“His name is Bran. Eric adopted him. He’s in charge of our protection,” Colin whispered back to me.

Bran hummed dismissively, his cap’s bill lowered as he gazed out the car window.

I had this nagging feeling that Bran held some animosity, but I couldn’t tell if it was directed at me or someone else.

I looked at Colin, then at Eric.

foster father, the other his employer. Naturally, the animosity wasn’t aimed at

him in some

did you set up the reporter ahead of

the rear–view mirror before

At least Colin wasn’t facing

handle Melody and to alert the media to intercept Henry.

With you around, they wouldn’t dare mess with

Wasn’t it supposed to

the passenger seat, let out another grunt.

had some sort of

out the window, my expression darkening instantly.

hadn’t left Henry’s

City, and had won countless awards years ago, even securing the highest honors in his field. He was considered a

was most unsettling was that his research focused on treatments for

a genetic anomaly that makes them uncontrollably aggressive. Without altering their genes, curing their ‘condition‘

and successful case studies. Countless parents sought him out, entrusting their children, whom they considered ‘bad seeds,‘ into Damian’s care, all in the hopes of them being ‘normal‘

window, looking over in our

my spine, and I found myself avoiding

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