Chapter 21

SEBASTIAN’S POV

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I was fast enough to catch Celine’s body before she fell to the ground, lifted

her up, and carried her bridal style. Just I was about to walk out of the room, I

felt someone’s fingers wrapped around my arm.

“S–Seb..” Hearing Brylee’s voice prevented me from moving. “Where are you

taking her?”

I heaved a deep sigh before shaking off her hand and continuing to walk, but

another woman pranced over and she looked like she was on the verge of

blowing a fuse.

My mother cast a suspicious look in my direction before interrogating me

with the question, “What in the world are you doing, Sebastian?”

“Her temperature is rising…” I said, oblivious to the eyes that were

surrounding me and anticipating my next move. “I can’t just leave her here

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like this.”

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“What the hell are you talking about?” She glanced at me with eyes filled with

disbelief and astonishment.

“I’m taking her with me, mom…” I don’t want to meet her gaze because I’m

afraid I’ll become hypnotized and make her stop me. “She’s going home with

me…”

As I walked away from mom, I felt someone heavily place their hand on my

shoulder. I didn’t look around to see who it was because I could tell by the

way he was pressing his hand on my shoulder that he was angry with me.

“Julio… what is it that you want?”

“She’s my daughter, I’m the one who will take her home, Sebastian…” he was

now in front of me and wearing a fake smile, his voice sounding ingratiating.

And as he was talking, he extended his arm to take Celine from my me, but I

retreated a step in the opposite direction. “She’s not going home with you.

bringing her to the

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was exemplified

where no one could see. “Of course…

  1. been delirious from the fever. Come, give

it without changing my tone.

to me that Brylee was already

  1. enough people in the Lauren family to handle this situation.

necessary for you to do it for my sister. Are you going

celebration, which has already been ruined because of

glimpse out of the corner of my eye that my

how her stare was filled with an infinite amount of

Celine. “Sebastian! Hand her over

mom’s voice didn’t budge me a bit. I stared

bit and I couldn’t help but feel sorry

I witnessed him inflict

emotional pain onto her.

sigh as I gazed up at the people in front of

julle who was walling for me to hand

is already soaked, please allow

the hospital.” I spread the word. “That ought to spare

Inconvenience for everyone else…”

realize that because I had

clothes were also sodden. Everyone

me as I

when I turned to look

and she

to her ear, loud enough

always been my son’s

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I could finally exit the room, I

was now a sobbing

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CELINE’S POV

my eyes into an unfamiliar room. There was

only a

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miserably because

“Where am I?” I massaged

fingers, the aftermath of the sickness

was that I cried on my mom’s body in

her letter for me.

a man smoking, but I couldn’t

him. Most likely my

rang

of my willpower to get

against the headboard and put

self–preservation on high alert.

Mon,

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instantaneously lit with

was flipped.

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of health at the time, so I didn’t

it wasn’t until then that

room with me.

who was dressed impeccably in a suit that

his figure, approached me with

pants as he stopped at the foot of the bed. He looked

on his face, and the air around him was

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