Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 254

Chapter 254:

As the sun set on an early autumn evening, a chill wafted through the air. Eileen, donned in a sleek black trench coat, stood at the curb outside the educational institution, her gaze intermittently shifting to her wristwatch. She idly kicked a small pebble, watching it skitter under a distant streetlight. She narrowed her eyes as a car approached silently.

She moved to the edge of the road as the car smoothly halted in front of her. The passenger door opened slightly, and as she pulled it wider, a burst of red caught her eye—inside was a bouquet of bright red roses, their lush petals dotted with tiny water droplets.

Bryan turned on the lights, making the droplets glisten like jewels.

“Why the sudden flowers?” Eileen asked, a hint of a smile forming as she picked up the roses, smelling them before holding them close and sliding into the car.

Bryan immediately locked the doors and leaned toward her. Eileen’s body became rigid against the seat as his amplified profile approached within inches of her face.

He glanced downward, his hand, veins visible, sliding around her slim waist as he retrieved the seatbelt from the space between her and the seat.

“They’re for Jacob,” Bryan replied.

Eileen’s smile froze.

She was still adjusting to the flowers Bryan had given her; she had never received flowers from him before. Holding them close brought warmth to her heart, but now he claimed they were meant for Jacob?

“Just kidding,” Bryan said, his gentle chuckle filling the air. After helping Eileen buckle her seatbelt, he started the car. “What made you come out so early today?”

He had arrived ten minutes before the agreed time, only to find her already waiting outside.

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A blush tinted Eileen’s cheeks, but she tried to appear calm. “It was too quiet after everyone left, and I didn’t like being there alone, so I came out a bit earlier.”

Roses for Jacob? She chastised herself for even entertaining the thought.

The evening streetlights began twinkling on, guiding their way to the hospital.

Jacob was in the hospital’s VIP ward. That hospital was a place Eileen knew all too well, as Ruby had once occupied the same space.

Familiar with the layout, Eileen led Bryan straight to Jacob’s ward. The hospital corridors were quiet in the evening. They stepped out of the elevator, and their footsteps echoed through the empty hall.

The door to Jacob’s room was slightly open, allowing the sound of heated discussions to escape.

whether the Beckett family acted inappropriately, you broke off your engagement with my daughter after being with

when she was with you. Phoebe provoked her into undermining Eileen,

around Jacob’s bedside, bombarding him with complaints. Phoebe, at the foot of the bed, distractedly fiddled with her phone

annoyed. He was no match for the

Eileen

trying to make things difficult for Phoebe; she had clearly been manipulated, and now the Beckett family was using that to their advantage, seeking compensation from

a glaring display of

gaze was fixed

soft gasp. Sensing Bryan’s icy demeanor, Megan instinctively

pause, Stuart Beckett, Megan’s father, forced a weak smile. “Mr. Dawson, we didn’t expect to see

talk about that again?” Bryan guided Eileen into the room with a gentle motion of his arm. His imposing presence made the Beckett family members instinctively huddle together, withdrawing to a corner. “Sit here and wait for me.” Bryan told Eileen, leading her to sit on the sofa. He knew that engaging with the Beckett family

toward Eileen, his heart sinking with the

understood that Megan had dared to make things difficult for Eileen, which had clearly upset Bryan. Stuart quickly turned to Megan, his

her reluctance stemming not from defiance but from the precarious state of her family’s finances and the uncertainty of her

of Bryan. She couldn’t understand what it was about Eileen that

for now, Megan,” Megan’s mother murmured, giving her daughter a gentle push

meters from Bryan, acutely aware

eyes wet with tears, then gathered her strength and said, “Mr. Dawson, I’m sorry. Please,

sound of Phoebe’s laughter brought a rush of shame to Megan’s face,

sofa, twirling

Eileen,” Bryan said, his tone

was taken aback, her eyes widening

for a few seconds before saying, “Yes, she needs to apologize to

response was immediate. “She doesn’t deserve

piercing Megan as sharply

breath caught in her throat as if she were being strangled by an unseen hand, and she stumbled backward

furious, grabbing Megan’s arm roughly and slapping her across the face. “Apologize

her body twisting as she was about to stumble, but her mother’s firm grip prevented

streamed down Megan’s face as she defiantly met

an apology from

and said, “No

and strode toward Eileen. “Mom!” Megan caught her mother’s

speaking. A heavy silence filled the

Jacob, quiet until this point, said sharply. “If you had any sense, you’d get Megan out of here. If she