Chapter 688:

“Linda…”

His brow creased, his eyes dark with something unspoken. He held her gaze for a long, aching moment before exhaling deeply.

Gently, deliberately, he pried her fingers from his arm.

“We’ll talk when I return.”

The words hit her like a blow. Linda staggered back, her breath shuddering.

Ernest spared her one last glance before turning away.

“Ernest! Ernest!”

Her voice cracked, desperation spilling into the empty space between them.

Nyla came rushing over, her brows knitted in confusion. She had caught fragments of the exchange, but none of it made sense.

What

“Nyla!”

her hands gripping Nyla’s arm like a lifeline, tears

to know,” she whispered, her voice trembling

what he’s been hiding from

In the car.

sharp eyes flicked to the rearview

Harris is

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unreadable. His voice, cool and

“Let her.”

a curt

“Understood.”

was already set—an

The orphanage director had informed

bright-eyed and healthy, his face carrying the kind of charm

had

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