Chapter 205

I expected to see happiness on Selene's face, but I was wrong. Her once calm eyes turned cold.

Her breath hitched as she took a deep inhale, as if trying to steady herself, I had no idea what had triggered her sudden anger.

"Kane Thorne, are you planning to humiliate me again?"

Her sharp words made my brows lift in surprise. "Why would you think that?"

She scoffed, shaking her head. "A man like you can't be trusted. I know you're up to something."

I stared at her, silent. Did she really distrust me this much?

“I don't want to attend the party,” she continued. “If you want to surprise them,

send them to my house. I'll spend time with them there. But I don't trust their father. I refuse to walk into another trap just to be insulted. You've done enough to my family-no more."

Before I could tell her I wasn't planning anything, she ended the call.

The screen went black for a second before switching to the wallpaper.

I studied the image carefully.

A young woman holding two children. The three of them looked genuinely happy together.

I clenched my fists and locked the

hadn't I? So why was she still so

Before heading back into my children's room, I flicked the cigarette butt

saw they had already

"Dad, we're done."

to me. I bent down and scooped her

saw that he was still on

down on the bed and handed her the

should get some

nodded obediently, but Leo remained silent,

and simply walked out of their room, stepping

staring intently at a

walked up beside him. "Kept you

locked onto the tree

pockets, I followed his line of

think I misjudged Ruby," he said after a long pause. "It's true I

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her life

breath. "Yeah. The broken bones are something I just learned about

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