Chest 22
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Brittany’s heart skipped about
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Callum gave a satisfied nod and gently rested a hand on her head
“Granvia might not accept you right away, but 1 won’t let anyone hurt you
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Brittany got the message loud and clear she didn’t need to marry into the Ford family–not yet.
As long as she had callum’s heart, she wasn’t afraid of anything
Ishe gently tagged on his hand, her voice soft and sugary, and her eyes filled with quiet pleading
“The doctor told me needed to stay one night for observation. I don’t want to be here alone… I’m scared, Will you stay with me?”
Callum looked at her pals face, into those eyes filled with trust and dependence.
He didn’t want to let her down again.
They’d been through so much together for these past four years, and somehow, they’d made it this far.
He didn’t want to lose her
Maybe this was how it was meant to be
This time, he made up his mind.
“Okay”
It was just one word, but it carried the weight of everything
A night fell, Callum didn’t return to Ford Manor for dinner, but neither did Nadia. She’d made up some half–hearted excuse to brush them off.
The truth was, she just didn’t want to see him.
Even thinking about him–thinking about what had happened in that cabin–made her feel restless and sick to her stomach.
Meanwhile, Wendy was thoroughly scolded by her parents when she got home. As a high–society young lady, how could she start throwing punches in public?
The Nicholson family rushed over right away and brought Knox to the Cooper residence to apologize in person.
Rumor had it that the Nicholsons tried to lock down the wedding date right then and there, only to be completely shut down by Wendy.
She told them, “I’ll marry him the day seora stops seeing Knox’s name in every scandal column.”
Now, the two families were drinking their way through the tension.
Some time later, it started to fain with light but steady drizzle, tapping against the windows.
The breeze from the balcony carried the chill of late autumn.
Nadia stood outside, staring at the rain. The city lights blurred Into smears of gold and gray behind the curtain of water,
In the distance, the Ford Group’s towering skyscraper loomed, still as grand and imposing as ever. But in the dark, it looked as cold as steel.
Buddenly, the doorbell rang sharply.
Had Wendy skout again?
the shuffled to the door in her slippers and opened it, but it wasn’t Wendy standing there. It was the one person she least wanted to see right now–Callum.
He stood in the hallway, tain and wind clinging to him like a second skin. His handsome face was cold, almost frozen over.
His eyes forked onto hers, intense and unreadable, thick with a pressure she couldn’t name.
Nadia started to close the door, but he slammed a hand against it, stopping her.
He stared at her with something between a smirk and a warning. “Nadia, you can’t run from me,” he said quietly.
