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

hand rested firmly on Claire's lower back,

pressed against Sean's chest,

could feel the heat

of cedarwood, mingled with a hint of tobacco, enveloped her senses, making

above a

to push Sean away, but her hands seemed powerless,

eyes, gazing at Claire with an intensity

her warm

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

head, meeting Sean's gaze, his eyes deep as the

felt herself being drawn into a bottomless vortex, her

sculpted lips. "Mr. Foster, c-could you let go of me

on

not release her, but he also pulled her

was enveloped by Sean, her face nearly buried in his chest, leaving only her wide, astonished

on her shoulder, his chiseled features close to

low, magnetic,

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