The Returned Heiress Who Never Fit In

Chapter 258

Chapter 258

Emily sorted through the pile of medicine, found the ones Charles needed, and helped him take them. Then she hooked him up to all sorts of monitors.

Watching her rushing around, Charles was sorry for her. “Emily, it’s me who let you down…”

Emily froze. She knew what he meant. He blamed himself for not protecting her better.

Emily turned around, gave him a smile, and crouched down next to him. “Grandpa Charles, anyone in the world might let me down, but you never would.”

Back then, because of Lydia, she experienced her family and friends’ betrayal, leaving her in pain and disappointment. But it was Charles’s love that kept her from falling into despair.

During those two years at St. Gabriel Reform Academy, what kept her alive wasn’t just the need to ask the Bennett family why they treated her that way. It was her attachment to Charles that gave her the strength to hold on.

She knew that during those two years, Charles must have been searching everywhere for her, worrying and hurting. That was why she had to come back. She had to see him again.

be honest with me. What’s going

sworn up and down that Xavier and Emily were dating, he’d looked into it himself and did see

that during the dinner, Emily didn’t exchange a single word with Xavier, and there wasn’t even a trace of romance between them. He wasn’t so old that he couldn’t see what was right in front

Charles had seen through everything. She never meant to put on an act with Xavier just to trick Charles. But there were some things she just couldn’t explain clearly to him, no matter

“Grandpa Charles, we already broke up.

happiness. As long as she said that, he would never force her to do

enough, Charles patted the back of her hand. “It’s alright. If he doesn’t make you happy, just stay away from him. The only thing I want is for

bachelors in Cloudridge. He just wanted to see Emily find

asked, “Emily, is there anyone who truly makes you happy

realizing it, Emily found herself picturing Austin’s

Ever since I first set

was with Austin, she felt relaxed. Sometimes, when memories of St. Gabriel Reform Academy surfaced, she almost believed it had all just been a bad

expression changed and knew she had someone in mind. ‘Who

wondered to himself.