Chapter 258

Chapter 258: Why Are You Afraid to See Her

Christopher POV

I stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, lingers gently parting t

the heary curtains just enough to glimpse the outside world

She was there-Angela Wilson, the woman Id loved for five years, siding in the garden of my family estate, Beside her was Sean Shaw, the man who had stølen her from me.

I watched her look up toward my window. Though I knew she couldnt see me, I instinctively stepped back.

e, if you truly want to see her, why did you refuse just now

Blake,

David Chen's voice from behind made me turn sharply, the wariness in my eyes undisguised.

"Who gave you permission to enter?" I

coldly.

David stood in the doorway, his posture respectful but his gaze unwavering. "The elder Mr. Blake instructed me to remain by your side twenty-four hours a day. After they were escorted in, I naturally followed."

1 let out a bitter laugh. "Twenty-four hours without leaving my side wasn't aware you were so devoted, Mr. Chen."

live

"I've followed you for over

don't sir. As long as you years,

act against the law, my loyalty remains unchanged." He looked me directly in the eyes. "Of course, should you cross that line, I will do my best to pull you back."

yanked the curtain closed, plunging the room into semidarkness, with only a

casting a

see Ms. Wilson?" David's voice was calm,

presume," I scoffed. "Afraid? Since she's chosen to return to that man, why should I

say I'm sorry to

ΠΙ

clenching into fists. How dare

a needle piercing my skin. “I've followed you for years, sir, I understand what's in your

Pain and anger

me, but my

remain by your side at

Blake seems to have forgotten-your

stubbornness exhausted my patience, I strode out of the study, slamming the door behind

I ducked into a small room at the end of the hallway where the mansion's surveillance system was installed. On one of the screens, I could see Angela's startled expression at

chair and hurled it against the wall with a thunderous crash. On screen, Angela flinched at the sound and pressed

Angela that

merely broken something I

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You

we go back now? she asked

you decide, Sean squeezed his

to David "Mr. Chen, since he

toward the window of the Surveillance room. tell

couldn't

leaving deep marks in my palm. Perhaps this was better letting her leave with hatred for me. At least she would remember me. That was

not-see her. Because once face to face, I didn't kupe what I might do. Apologize? Beg forgiveness fir commit another unforgivable act to

her voice as calm as still wilter. "Alright." Sean

steps were firm, without hesitation or looking back. She had made her choice. Even with questions and confusion lingering in her heart, she knew it was

remained trapped in

returned to my side as I stood before the

enveloped in an invisible

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