Chapter 364 Cold Truths and Close Calls
The second she saw the gun pointed at her, Susan went completely still.
“A–Ah! Y–You… what are you doing?” She stammered, her entire body shaking.
Her voice trembled, stuttering uncontrollably.
She’d already seen what had happened to Jonathan when he returned from Seaflats Cove- broken, humiliated. She knew the people around Stella weren’t the type you messed with.
But still… she was Stella’s mother. Her mother!How could they treat me like this?
Susan stood frozen in disbelief, her mind spinning.
“You… you can’t…”
Just then, the butler stepped forward between the two maids, hands calmly folded behind hist back. His eyes were sharp, steady–and just a little chilling. “Madam Susan, do you know why. your son left Seaflats Cove last time with a broken arm?”
Susan blinked, stunned. “W–Why?”
“Because he tried to hit Ms. Dawson.”
“He’s her brother!” she blurted out.
The butler’s gaze turned cold. “Her brother? In that case, Madam Susan… I’m afraid you won’t be leaving here so easily today.”
Susan’s breath caught. “W–What do you mean?”
What does that even mean? What are they planning to do to me?I’m her mother, she told herself, trying to stay calm. They wouldn’t actually hurt me… would they?
Her chest tightened with fear.
The butler calmly adjusted the cuff of his sleeve. “The daughter cherished by both the Luke and Dawson families–personally raised by Madam Evelyn and Mr. Abraham–isn’t someone just anyone can claim as their own.”
Susan’s eyes widened.
The butler leaned in slightly, his voice calm but cutting. “You say she’s your daughter–so what does that make Madam Evelyn?”
Susan went quiet. Her throat tightened, and her chest started to ache.
“You keep calling her your daughter,” he went on, “but during her time in the Reed family, how
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“No… that’s not it…”
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“It’s not?” His laugh was soft but cutting. “Then tell me, what is all this sudden affection about?”
He put weight on the word–like he was dragging her real intentions into the light for everyone
To see.
Susan felt like she was about to fall apart.
Meanwhile, in the car-
Stella and Abraham had just finished breakfast and were heading out.
As the car rolled past the front gate, Abraham glanced outside, caught a glimpse of what was happening, and without warning, pulled Stella’s head into his chest.
Stella blinked, caught off guard. “What the–what are you doing?”
Before she could finish, Abraham leaned down and kissed her, cutting her off completely.
“Mmph- Seriously?
She instinctively pushed against him, worried she’d somehow triggered him again–even thought she hadn’t done a thing. She’d just been quietly watching the waves when he suddenly made a
move.
Once the moment passed, Abraham finally let her go–but his breathing was already unsteady.
Stella pulled back without thinking.
By now, she could read him–whenever his breathing changed like that, things always spiraled out of control.
The second she tried to move away, he grabbed her and pulled her close again.
“Where do you think youre gone, huh?” he said low.
Seriously? Right now? In the car? Stella flushed. “I–I’m not going anywhere. Just let me go. We’re int
the car!”
This was not the time or place for… whatever this was.
As if on cue, the divider screen in the car slowly began to rise.
Are
you kidding me?Was Abel always this quick to take a hint? She groaned, pushing against Abraham’s chest. “Stop it. I mean it–I’m not doing this.”
Abraham, who’d clearly been holding back all night, was already at his limit.
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“I don’t care. I said no,” she snapped. “I don’t want to.”
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She knew he wouldn’t hurt her, and sure, he had other ways of getting what he wanted–but she didn’t want any of it right now.
Especially not in a car.
And definitely not with the shameless moves he always pulled.
Frustrated and trapped in his arms, she squirmed and tried to break free. Abraham’s breath grew heavier.
He wrapped a hand around her waist and whispered, voice husky and coaxing, “Stella… Be good, okay?”
The moment she heard that tone, she panicked. “No!” she cried. “I said no, I don’t want to! Stop-”
She couldn’t fight him off, so she did the only thing she could–she cried.
Tears spilled down her face, fast and silent. Abraham froze, stunned for a second. Then, instead of backing off, he gently grabbed her chin and kissed her again.
His steady, familiar scent wrapped around her, smothering everything else.
Meanwhile, back in Falvaria-
Tessa sat on the bed, clinging tightly to the blanket wrapped around her. Her hands were trembling, but she kept pulling the covers tighter and higher–trying to cover herself completely.
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