Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 348

Chapter 348:

The door cracked open slightly, and Dalores’ face, shaded in shadows, appeared. She looked surprised to see Eileen and Benjamin still there, her lips pressed tightly together as she held her vigilant stance without moving.

Eileen approached her, asking, “Are you alright?”

“Mistress Curtis, could you find me some clothes?” Dalores asked, her blouse torn by Julio. She had intended to flee hastily without being recognized. However, with Eileen and Benjamin just outside, she couldn’t simply walk away unnoticed.

Eileen turned to Benjamin and instructed, “Take off your coat.”

Eileen handed the coat through the partially open door, and moments later, Dalores stepped out wearing it. The coat was comically large on her, making her look like a child in an adult’s clothing.

“He’s still inside. I’ve dressed him. He won’t be waking up anytime soon. You guys should get him a room,” Dalores stated, not moving away immediately but looking back toward the room.

“Benjamin, go reserve a room and find someone to help carry him there,” Eileen directed, concerned about leaving Dalores alone. “I’ll take you home.”

Dalores didn’t object, adjusting the coat around her as she turned, revealing pale skin on her neck marked with hickeys. Her eyes were also red and slightly swollen. It was clear she had been crying for some time.

Benjamin quickly reserved a room at the front desk and then arranged for a staff member to help move Julio from the storage room.

Dalores made sure to watch Julio being transported into the room before she agreed to leave with Eileen.

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Dalores’ home was quite a distance away, and at night, with fewer cars around and enveloped in silence, the occasional car horn sounded exceptionally sharp.

“Mistress Curtis, this is what they call an arranged marriage among the wealthy, isn’t it?” Dalores suddenly asked, her voice clear.

Eileen glanced at her and confirmed, “Yes, it is a typical arranged marriage of convenience.”

“Then he’s truly pitiable,” Dalores said, managing a smile, but her eyes began to fill with tears. “He doesn’t have the freedom to choose someone he truly loves?”

“How do you know he’s pitiable?” Eileen stopped the car at a red light, turned to her earnestly, and said, “People pursue their desires. Julio seeks power and wealth. From a business standpoint, he’s succeeded in fulfilling his ambitions.”

Dalores stayed quiet for a moment, then asked somberly,

“So, to him, are money and power more important than…?”

Eileen was momentarily speechless. Did Julio have feelings for Dalores? A woman’s intuition was often right; if Dalores felt he cared for her, maybe he did.

“What about me?” Dalores asked, looking down as tears dropped onto her hands, her voice quivering. “Then why did he approach me repeatedly? I cheered him up during his recovery. I was there during his darkest days. When he was ousted from the Freguson family and drowning his sorrow in drinking, I was the one who took care of him…”

that time, Dalores had been merely a middle school student—young and impressionable, yet remarkably sensible. Despite her fragility, she had pulled Julio from his darkest

turnaround, seeking help from his best friend, shifting his career to law, and starting anew. He had said, “Dalores brought light into my dark life.” Yet, while

of emotions. She couldn’t find any other way to describe Julio and Dalores’ bond except as a doomed

he doesn’t deserve you,” she comforted Dalores. “You are genuine, and he is not. It’s best to

met. It’s etched in my mind after ten years. How can I

that I want to remember, it’s that I can’t

lights from outside illuminated Dalores’ face, casting light on the

car continued until it pulled up in front of a dimly lit, old residential building. In the low light, Eileen could barely make out what Dalores was doing in the passenger seat, but she could

I go back like this,” Dalores sniffled, reaching for a tissue in

empty, Eileen pulled out a fresh pack and handed it to her. “Stay rational. Think about your next

“And please tell Mr. Nash

you a few days off to recover. I won’t be in the office for the next

car and limped into

in the hallway flickered twice, casting a solitary

felt a sudden longing to see Bryan. As

Julio and Bryan were

resources of Apex Group to acquire EB Group, yet he remained uncertain if EB Group would ever reach the heights that Apex

risking his career and

stabilize Freguson Group

had been like Julio, her fate

route led to the hospital, the other to her

what could be more crucial than her

and wasn’t

Ruby. Anticipating that Eileen might come home late, Ruby had slept in

up, allowing her time with her

slightly, her little feet pressing against Eileen’s thigh, her

to watch her daughter

several nights of scant sleep at the hospital, she soon fell asleep

phone call. She quickly picked up the vibrating phone and stepped onto the balcony

“Where is she?”

reference to “she” was clearly about

responded, “I took her

a hint of anger. He knew he had been drugged and brought into a room. Despite

at both of us. Thanks to Dalores, we avoided major trouble. And she was the one who helped you. You’ve

before he chuckled

must remember, Dalores is just an average person,” Eileen defended her earnestly. “You can’t

you because I