When Tobias noticed that his mother seemed off, he approached her to tug on her shirt. “Mommy, are you crying again?”

So that she would not worry her child, Camelia quickly wiped her tears away and took a deep breath before turning around to smile at Tobias. “No, I’m fine.”

After embracing her child to assure him that she was okay, Camelia shifted her attention to me. “Scarlett.”

The woman’s tone was so stern that it stunned me for two seconds. “Yes?” I nodded at her to show her that she had gotten my full attention.

“You saw how Marcus is. Even though he never mentioned it, you and I both know that you’re the one he wants to see. It has always been you, so I hope you can come to visit him for the next few days. He may have the necessary medications to keep him alive, but that’s not all he needs. Marcus needs a reason to continue living, and you’re the only one who can give it to him. Will you help?” requested Camelia somewhat helplessly.

In response to that, I nodded hesitantly. “I should…”

could finish my sentence. Right there at the entrance stood the

me, there was no way he would ever agree to let me see

place to have a heated discussion. Whatever it is that Ashton wants to

turned to look at Camelia. “You’re almost as crafty as

oddly puzzling, but before long,

a gentleman, but when facing someone as unreasonable as Camelia, he

not want him to take his anger out on Camelia when

me. Was I wrong?” Ashton continued to glare at the woman without even blinking. “You’re smart; I’ll give you that. You knew that Letty would never come here with you, so you deliberately requested that she meet you at the gate alone. You also knew that she was

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