Chapter 219

The scene reflected in the floor-to-ceiling window of the second-floor bedroom made Victor's eyes widen in shock. His face was a canvas of disbelief.

The entwined silhouettes upstairs hit him like a sledgehammer, shattering his sense of understanding.

He quickly regained his composure, furrowing his brow into a deep line as he gently tugged on Ethan's sleeve. "Calm down," he urged. "Things might not be as they seem. There could be a misunderstanding."

But Ethan paid no heed. His eyes, bloodshot and blazing like two fiery coals, remained fixed on the figures upstairs. His chest heaved with fury as he shouted, "A misunderstanding? Look closely. They're practically glued together, and it's obvious what they're up to. What misunderstanding could there be?"

He then bellowed up at Claire on the second floor, "Claire, are you that desperate? Can't live without a man?"

His voice, sharp with anger, echoed through the silent night.

His eyes were practically shooting sparks.

Claire, frail and still recovering from losing a kidney, was far too weak for such risky behavior.

The thought of it fueled Ethan's anger, believing Claire was deliberately self- destructive just to torment everyone with worry.

Watching the silhouettes through the window, merging as one, the veins on his forehead stood out in stark relief.

"Claire, I'm warning you! If you keep messing around with Sean Foster, and you end up dead, don't expect us-the Linwood family to clean up the mess. We won't bear that shame!"

of a warm lamp cast a cozy ambiance

on Claire's lower back, his touch gentle

pressed against Sean's chest, no space

feel the heat radiating from him,

senses, making her head spin and

voice was barely above a whisper, tinged

but her

gazing at Claire with an intensity that seemed to

warm breath gently caressing Sean's

to Ethan's booming insults from below, as though she couldn't hear them

meeting Sean's

drawn into a bottomless vortex, her heart racing,

sculpted lips. "Mr. Foster, c-could you

her gaze on his

only did he not release her, but he

Claire was enveloped by Sean, her face nearly buried in his chest, leaving

his chiseled features close to her ear as

voice was low, magnetic,

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