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?

moment Kelly showed even the slightest inclination of leaving, he felt a suffocating

like his medicine, his salvation in the

sure what kind

in Stoneville-if he hadn't been confined to a hospital bed, if he hadn't known that Kelly was safe and well

truly would have lost

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ached-not with sharp, searing pain, but with a dull, maddening

his body ached, particularly his once-broken fingers. It was as

Worried, she reached

Stoneville, Zev had been basking in the joy of being together again. But today, for the first time, Kelly saw something different

him by

did she suddenly feel a pang of unease, even

about Zev's state

hungry." Zev forced a stiff smile, his voice carrying a rare trace of vulnerability as he

she kept her expression

over to his son. While Jasper was distracted, he secretly pinched him. Jasper let

been holding for

His wife was real.

feel

innocent, stared at his father with teary, accusing

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

down with a loud

a tingling kind of numbness-but it

it really wasn't a

Cecil. Just a little closer ... and he would have

had been unconscious for a long, long time-so long that Zev couldn't even remember

he had

he thought he would never wake up. He had been trapped in

kitchen doorway, watching Zev with

never as thick-skinned

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