Chapter 57

Antony knocked on the door of the study before entering. The sound of the rain outside poured into the quiet study. The thin smoke from the incense burner was blown away by the wind. Antony could only smell the faint fragrance.

“It’s late. Why aren’t you sleeping?” Daxton sat in front of the desk with a pair of glasses on the bridge of his nose. As he was reading some documents when Antony came in, he didn’t even raise his head.

Antony closed the door, asking, “Dad, you haven’t slept, have you?”

Daxton put down the document and looked up at his son. “What can I do for you?”

Antony hesitated for a moment before saying, “Corey has abducted Crystal… You’ve already known this, I suppose?”

“Yes,” Daxton picked up his teacup and took a sip of the warm tea. “What’s wrong?”

Antony didn’t know why he was here either. Daxton had made it clear that he didn’t want to care. about Crystal. Why did he still insist to ask about her?

grudge against Harold. Crystal…” Thinking of Crystal’s delicate crying face,

awe of their father, but they weren’t close him. Once he mentioned Crystal, it was hard

about this?” “Of course, we’re going to the Joyce family to take

before. She’s been sent to the White family, and now she’s

think… it’s unfair to Crystal.” “She didn’t have the right to choose when or where she was

still doesn’t have the right to choose, but I

“Even if you can’t love her,

to look at his son. “I

don’t like her. I just feel that

don’t like

was about to say something, the door was suddenly pushed open. Dora came in. She seemed to not see the surging undercurrents between the two men in the room, asking, “Dad, Antony, you’re still awake.

had almost quarreled with Daxton because of Crystal. He pursed his

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