Chapter 314 Love at First Sight

As for the man’s looks….

The anxiety bubbling within her mind made Madame Russell frown. She had always believed her son to be handsome, so much so that he could sit comfortably among typical male leads in a romantic drama. But this guy?

He looked like what happened when God decided to show her just how premature her conclusion was.

Madame Russell quickly took up Deirdre’s hand. “Mr. Reed?”

The man did not answer.

Deirdre spoke on his behalf. “He can’t speak, Madame Russell. He’s mute.”

“Mute?” The older woman parroted. A new hint of pity colored her gaze. She could not help herself-she had imagined a man who looked as gorgeous as this young one would speak with a dulcet voice.

“Yea. He helped me, Madame Russell. Some of the kids in the village threw rocks into the yard while I was walking, and it was Mr. Reed who chased them away. Then he helped me plow.”

Madame Russell turned her attention away from Kyran to the bandage on her forehead. Her heart ached. “What the… What happened? Did those brats do

stress her out, so she fibbed smilingly, “Oh, no. This

this one. “Oh, those punks are gonna get it this time! I’m telling the village

Deirdre smiled.

older woman squeezed her hand and turned back to Kyran with a decorous grin. “Thank you for sticking up

“my” was both intentional and implicative. Madame Russell found it hard to believe that a stranger would help Deirdre out of pure-hearted altruism, and since Tobey had gone away, she had to make sure her appointed future-daughter-in-law did not become

himself. He thinned his

the change in the air as well, but she did not resist the older woman. She nodded to Kyran and bid him goodbye. “Thanks for your help, Mr. Reed! You can leave the tools on

pace was unnaturally

bit, Madame Russell! Why are we going so fast?

the oven. Right,” she muttered under her breath, distracted. A moment

Dee, what are your thoughts on this Mr. Reed?” she

her eyes, nonplussed. “Er,

guy, in fact. He was steadfastly gentle even in

Overreaction.

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