Chapter 109

When Martha learned that carlisle had brought Shirley and by back, she chour to tan a blind eye, saying nothing. Had it not been for his overstepping, she would never have potten involved in this again.

But in the end, it had come to this.

Martha lowered her gaze, her entire demeanor seeming to age decades instantly. “I never knew you held such resentment and hatred toward me. Fine, then. This is the good son 1 talked with my own hands.”

She stood up, her eyes clouded with red as tears threatened to spill.

Without sparing Carlisle another glance, she uttered in utter disappointment, “If you can’t let her go, I won’t interfere anymore. I’m old now. Do as you wish.”

With that, Martha ascended the stairs, never once looking back at the ungrateful Carlisle.

Seeing the disappointment on her face, a flicker o of regret crassed Carlisle’s features. He parted his lips, wanting to say something to fix things, but the words wouldn’t come out

In the end

wasn’t until

gone upstairs that Shirley dared approach.

her voce quivering as she threw herself into his arms. “Thank you for standing up for me. I heard everything you said to

owe me anything I did everything for you

had felt earlier vanished the moment he heard her

and that Martha and Evelyn were the ones to blame. If it hadn’t been for their pressure, he wouldn’t have broken his promise to Shirley, and they wouldn’t have

tail by treating Shirley better now, he was only atoning for

embraced this, the last trace of guilt in his heart disappeared. He gently patted Shirley’s back, offering reassurance. “It’s all tine now. You don’t need to move

be your and Ivy’s ho

home. That will

response soft and sweet, but her eyes held nothing but icy calculation and

he used to be, and the Zachman family wasn’t the

Carlisle protected Shirley, Martha was

though I she could still bear children, she would have given Carlisle a son, and then, she wouldn’t need to rely on Ivy

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