Shrouded Affections Winning Back My CEO Wife

Chapter 821

Chapter 821:

Gabriela, holding the lollipop, looked at her parents and then declared seriously to Raymond, “Ray, I only allowed you to hold me because you gave me a lollipop!”

“What if I hadn’t given you a lollipop?” Raymond asked, playing along. He didn’t know when Gabriela had started calling him “Ray.”

Perhaps Gabriela had invented the nickname “Ray” because she often heard Bryan and Eileen call him “Raymond,” a name she struggled to pronounce.

“If you don’t have a lollipop, I’ll run away!” Gabriela exclaimed, waving her hand as if in motion.

Raymond chuckled at her antics, though beneath his amusement, he felt the pressure weighing on him. He was fond of Gabriela, but the weight of responsibility was daunting; if she were to trip and fall, he feared Bryan’s wrath.

Eileen glanced back at them with a smile, maintaining a deliberate distance from Bryan as they entered the booked private room. Conroy was already present, accompanied by two other men. One was a dignified individual over fifty, and the other, a younger man in his thirties.

to Rhett Santiago, the CEO of Santiago Group, and his

cordially. Conroy then ushered Bryan to his seat with a warm gesture. As Bryan

Bryan and Everett. Conroy had led Eileen to sit there, and now, with everyone else settled in, it would have been awkward for her to switch seats. With no

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a gentle voice suddenly echoed, catching Eileen off

evident. She didn’t think Everett was calling her, but as she saw his gaze on her, she realized he

her voice accompanied by a polite

are thirty-two years old now, right?” Everett inquired, his question

and she nodded in affirmation.

face broke into a smile as he said, “I’m twenty-nine, so you’re three years older than me. But that’s

speechless, unsure

What was happening here?