Chapter 1290

Ariana cradled little Melon in her arms, slowly calming her tears as Melon’s simple act of kindness eased her sadness.

Holden returned to his house, feeling downcast.

He let out a deep breath, loosened his tie, and threw it without care onto the couch close by.

Noticing his sad state, Devin quietly approached with a bowl of hot soup.

Just when he was about to walk away, Holden broke the silence.

“Let’s have a chat.

Devin felt a sigh bubble up inside him, knowing all too well the topic Holden was about to bring up.

Five years had trickled by, and the day they had all anticipated had finally arrived.

Devin walked back to Holden’s side, facing Holden.

“What do you want to talk about?” he said.

Holden looked straight into Devin’s eyes.

right?” he

silence, eventually nodding with great

acknowledged his inability to

a moment of hesitation, he

“Yes, sir.

returned to the Fredrick family, you indeed assumed another identity as Theodore

uttering those words,

while before Holden dared to broach

know about my relationship with Ariana?”

sighed, offering an

and Miss Edwards were deeply in

both of you resided in the

spent several years there, and later, Darian arranged a marriage for you, which happened to be with Miss

got

Aimee, Devin skirted around the

lifetime, the narrative painted Aimee’s death as a result of natural causes, with her

to poor management, and none of the grim details surrounding Theodore’s childhood suffering

hopes that these painful memories would

didn’t want Holden to dredge up the despairing experiences from that

five years prior, Devin’s knowledge was limited due to his role

fact became clear from Devin’s account and Judy’s earlier words: he and Ariana had shared a

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