Chapter 234

Madeline was puzzled. “Ethan? I haven’t seen him in years. How could it be from him?”

She poked at her food. “Isn’t Ethan in Japrium? I remember the Xuereb family took him back.”

Caleb replied “Ethan has taken holy orders”

Madeline’s fork stopped mid–air, a bomb dropping in her mind. She choked on her food, eyes wide, searching Caleb’s face for any hint of a joke.

Bul Calch was dead serious. Madeline knew he wasn’t one to joke around. “Are you saying Ethan became a priest? Why would he…”

Madeline thought about Aiden, the guy who had given her the rosary beads and seemed oddly familiar. She frowned, “Could he be Alden?”

Caleb picked up his cup

up and swirled it around. “So, you’ve already met him”

“But I didn’t recognize him.” Madeline was frustrated. “What happened to Ethan? How could he..” She was a bit puzzled.

She touched the rosary beads on her wrist, sighing. “If you hadn’t told me, I’d never have believed it

Ethan had been part of the prestigious Xuereb family, one of the Top Ten Families, a true elite in Japrium,

He was truly one of Japrium’s elite, yet he chose to live in such a serene and isolated mountaintop, Madeline really couldn’t quite connect Ethan to Aiden.

Caleb took another sip of water, calming and thoughtful. “He made his choice for reasons we might not understand. We just need to respect it.” For several days. Madeline followed her usual routine of attending school and studying. She awaited the start of her new movie project.

finishing her night class, she walked out of school, nibbling on a

up with her from behind. “Maddie, I saw this really pretty new counselor. She’s replacing the one next

teased Madeline, “You’re such a sucker for looks. Finished your term paper? Done with the extracurricular assignments

“Maddie, aren’t you going to

coughed twice and nudged Madeline’s

counselor.”

Madeline glanced over.

the lights near the office building was a woman in a white slip dress. She had a beautiful face, full cheeks, and a curvy

eyebrows and big eyes, a refined nose, and plump

help but say, “She really

that people are already confessing their crushes on her, Harper giggled. “Forget it, no one’s interested

her hand. “Keep your voice down; don’t let anyone

counselor looked their way. When her eyes met Madeline’s, she gave a slight smile. Madeline

and the woman

everyone in the

sitting by the windows in the multimedia classroom, asked,

totally trying to look cool Harper giggled behind her hand.

her hand. Sure enough, she saw Christopher trailing behind the new counselor from the next class, sandling like a

only 25 and looks like she’s bairly out of

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her hands and mused, “If I

  1. definitely go

“Green?” asked Madeline.

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