Chapter 1025:

Even his breathing seemed strained, every inhale thick with anxiety.

Sending that private message meant revealing everything—no room left to retreat, no way to hide.

He lingered for a heartbeat, his thumb hovering above the send button, summoning every shred of courage he could muster. Then, with a hesitant tap, the message was gone.

For a long while, he kept his eyes fixed on the screen, waiting for the reply that never came.

Time crawled forward with deliberate cruelty, each second stretching longer than the last, as though some invisible force was holding it in place.

At that moment, Chris turned his head, casting a half-smile at Ethan, and asked gently, “Would you like some fruit? I can peel an apple for you.”

Of course, Chris had seen Ethan’s message and was tempted to reply, “I’m already your brother-in-law now.”

held his tongue. That was Maia’s news to share,

Hence, he didn’t respond.

his head. “No, thank you.

Chris’ ringtone cut through

caught the screen lighting up—an image of a woman’s avatar flashing

in Chris’ expression was


colder, harder, as though a gust of

ᗰσ𝓇𝑒 υ𝐩𝓭𝑎𝓉𝑒𝓈 ι𝐧 ɢ𝒶𝐥𝓷𝑜𝐯𝑒𝓁𝓈.𝒸𝑜𝓂

dropped. His gaze darted between Chris and the phone, his

narrowed his eyes, the muscles in his jaw tightening as

Raegan?

And the timing couldn’t have

to track down this insubordinate woman tonight and confront her about the incident in Wront. Instead,

Without answering, Chris locked the

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