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

Playing

was exemplified by

lips where no one could see. “Of course… to the

  1. She must have been delirious from the fever.

I stated it without changing my tone. “I’m

It didn’t occur to me that

  1. the Lauren family to handle this situation.

do it for my sister. Are you going to leave

which has already been

out of the corner of my eye that my mother moved

was filled with an infinite amount of

at Celine. “Sebastian! Hand her over to

voice didn’t budge me a bit. I stared

arms, my heart skipped a bit and I couldn’t help but feel sorry for her.

to her father. I witnessed him

emotional pain onto her.

sigh as I gazed up at

me to hand

soaked, please allow me to be the one to

the hospital.” I spread the word. “That

Inconvenience for everyone else…”

because I had been holding the

my clothes were also sodden. Everyone stepped aside and gave

to me as I walked

voice was shaky and when I turned to look

her eyelashes and she

whispered to her ear, loud

been

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finally exit the room, I

was

Playing

CELINE’S POV

into an unfamiliar room. There was

which only a lamp in the nightstand was

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failed miserably because I

me was whirling. “Where

of the sickness still

recall was that I cried on my mom’s body in the hospital, and

her letter for me.

was a man smoking, but I couldn’t make out his

him. Most

voice suddenly rang out

had to use all of my willpower to get up, but once I did, I

the headboard and put

self–preservation on high alert.

48 Mon,

Raying A

room was instantaneously lit with blinding

was flipped.

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of health at the time, so

it, and it wasn’t until then that I realized who else was

room with me.

was dressed impeccably in a suit that accentuated

me

at the foot of the

on his face, and the air around

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