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.

her to

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of the situation was exemplified

where no one

  1. must have been delirious from the fever. Come, give her to

bother.” I stated it without changing

It didn’t occur to me that Brylee

  1. enough people in the Lauren family to handle

it for my sister. Are

has already been ruined because of

of the corner of my eye that my mother

filled

looked at Celine. “Sebastian! Hand her over to

me a bit. I stared at the unconscious woman

heart skipped a bit and I couldn’t help

I witnessed

emotional pain onto her.

up at the

for me to hand

allow me to

hospital.” I spread the

Inconvenience for everyone else…”

then did everyone realize that because I had

sodden. Everyone stepped

to me as I

was shaky and when I turned to look

she

Brylee…” mom whispered to her ear, loud enough

always been my

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room, I

since she was now

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CELINE’S POV

opened my eyes into an unfamiliar

which only a lamp in the

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up but failed miserably

me was whirling. “Where

aftermath of the sickness still leaving

recall was that I cried on my mom’s body in

her letter for me.

man smoking, but I couldn’t make out his face

Most likely my

voice suddenly rang out in the night

of my willpower to get up,

the headboard and put my instinct

self–preservation on high alert.

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room was instantaneously lit with blinding lights the

was flipped.

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the best of health at the

wasn’t until then that I realized who

room with me.

who was dressed impeccably in a suit

figure, approached me

the foot of

and the air around

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