Chapter 248 Zev Lied to Kelly

Zev's nerves instantly tensed as he stared at Kelly anxiously. "What do you mean?"

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A hint of panic flickered in his eyes. "Are you mad at me? Or did my grandpa upset you? If I'd known, we wouldn't have come back... We can leave Seaville; we'll go tomorrow

He was getting flustered.

Kelly shook his head. "Don't rush; that's not what I meant. What Ken said today made sense too. Your grandpa doesn't have much time left to stir up trouble. Why don't you pretend to go along with him for now? Once everything is over-"

"I knew he was up to no good! Don't listen to his nonsense!" Zev pulled Kelly into a tight embrace, his breathing unsteady.

He wouldn't allow Kelly to say such things.

He wouldn't allow Kelly to utter the word "divorce".

Absolutely not.

"I'm just discussing it with you; don't get upset... If you don't agree, we'll think of another way. Worst case, I'll agree to let your grandpa take Jasper for a paternity test first." Kelly reassured him softly.

Zev's arms tightened around him. "From now on, don't ever bring up divorce again

He was afraid he'd lose control.

Kelly nodded. "Okay..."

After everything they had been through, Kelly wasn't the only one with trauma.

Zev had survived countless life-and-death situations, working undercover in high-pressure environments. His trauma and psychological wounds ran far deeper than Kelly's.

But he always acted carefree, as if as long as he was alive, nothing else mattered.

But did it really not matter?

from Kelly. So the moment Kelly showed even the slightest inclination of leaving, he felt a suffocating panic unlike anything

like his medicine, his salvation in

he ever lost Kelly, he wasn't sure what kind of madness

years in Stoneville-if he hadn't been confined to a hospital bed, if

feared he truly would have lost

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The old wounds ached-not with sharp, searing pain, but with

fingers. It

something was wrong. Worried, she reached out and

together again. But today, for the first time,

triggered him by mentioning

did she suddenly feel a pang of unease, even

about Zev's state

smile, his voice carrying a rare trace of vulnerability as he acted coy with

clenched, but she kept her expression neutral as she

his son. While Jasper was distracted, he secretly pinched him. Jasper let out a sharp wail, bursting into

been holding for too long. It wasn't a dream... His son

His wife was real.

long as he could feel pain, this wasn't a

innocent, stared at his father

held a finger up to Jasper's mouth. "Daddy was wrong. Want to

chomped down with a loud

was a tingling kind of

it really wasn't

to the chest from Cecil. Just a little closer

long, long time-so long that

he had

thought he would never wake up. He had been trapped in illusions, unable to tell reality from

at the kitchen doorway, watching Zev with a

was never as thick-skinned or

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