The Bound Between Us

Chapter 914

Not long after Herman finished his call with Dailey, someone knocked on the study door.

"Come in," he said, his voice cool and even.

Tavon stepped inside, holding up two bottles of whiskey. "Hey, son-in-law, want a drink?"

It was barely morning. Herman didn't usually touch alcohol this early. He eyed Tavon. "Is something up?"

Tavon dropped into a chair with a heavy sigh. "Ana just can't snap out of it. Honestly, I don't even have the energy to do much these days. And Herman, I keep thinking about it... This is on you."

Truth was, Tavon had already had a couple of drinks before coming over-he needed the courage. He wanted to get ahead of things, afraid that once all this blew over, Herman would come up with some excuse to walk out on Anastasia.

He was here to stand up for his daughter.

Herman just folded his hands on the desk, expression unreadable, waiting for Tavon to finish.

Tavon took a breath and dove in. "Come on, just admit it-Ana's gone through so much, all because of you. She's always been a good girl, never caused trouble for anyone, but ever since she married you, people have been out to get her. She's suffered a lot, hasn't she?"

voice was

simply, taking the blame without

caught off guard by Herman's easy admission.

up to it," Tavon said, a bit more confident now. "Ana's like this because of you, so you can't just walk away. Whatever happens, you can't abandon her. Even if

"As long as I'm alive, I won't divorce Anastasia.

and Anastasia were in it for the long haul-there was no other

But Tavon misunderstood

feet. “You want to kitt your wife? Herman, have you lost your mind? Ana gave you three kids she might not be perfect, but she's done her part! And none of this was

speechless, his brow furrowed in confusion. When had he ever said anything about killing his

get a chance to defend himself before Tavon

scolding him as if

Herman like that—Tavon was the first.

kept

you love Ana,

some rumors, you want to dump hert's not like she asked for any of this she was dragged into

His jaw clenched.