Chapter 1247

"Hello?" Rebecca answered.

"Rebecca."

Francis paced restlessly on the front walk, pressing his fingers to his brow. "I'm at your grandfather's house."

"I know..."

Rebecca moved to the window, pulling the curtain aside. She could see him standing by his car at the front gate.

"When you arrived, Grandpa asked me to go upstairs."

She might be on the second floor, but she'd heard every word exchanged downstairs between her grandfather and Francis.

"Grandpa said from now on, he'll be picking me up and dropping me off at work."

What?

Francis froze, hand still against his forehead. Was the old man really trying to keep him and Rebecca apart?

If it were anyone else, Francis would have fought back. But this was Rebecca White's grandfather.

There was nothing he could do.

"So, what did you say?" Francis asked, frustration clear in his voice. "What are you going to do?"

listen to Grandpa... It's probably for

the best?"

his tone, but forced herself

You're burning the candle at both ends. I'm fine here with

Francis's voice was tight, the pressure in

"I'm not thinking anything."

so worried about? Whatever you want me to do, I can't really refuse, can

"Rebecca, are you asleep?"

the door and Galloway's voice came through

called out, then hurriedly whispered into her phone, "I have to go, Grandpa's here...

"Rebecca?"

at his phone, but the

"Damn it."

the phone, clenching it in his

other for

was "a

with relationships was laughably limited, but even he knew distance was dangerous. The longer couples

colder things got.

been fragile-hardly strong enough to survive

even a single day without

burning the candle at both ends-working late, taking care of everything, but no matter how busy he got, he'd always made time to stop by Rosewood Mansion, if only

glimpse

what should he

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