When they arrived at Wiltspoon Hotel, Callum parked the car, got out, and quickly went around to reach the passenger seat. He waited for Camryn to get out of the car before standing in front of her.“Mr. Callum?”Camryn raised her head to face him.He was close enough that she could easily smell the familiar scent of his body.Callum suddenly took her hand.Then, he raised it high and pressed her hand against his face.“Touch my face, Camryn. Although you can’t see what I look like now, you can feel it with your hands. I know you can imagine what I look like. You’re a very smart girl.”Camryn quietly faced him.After a long time, her hand moved.Callum let go of her hand.He let her hands roam his face gently with a hint of tenderness.Her long and soft fingers felt rough as they brushed all over his features.That was because her palms were full of thick calluses.Her hands were actually very soft and beautiful.Camryn imagined Callum’s appearance in her mind by feeling
“Camryn, why were you with Mr. Callum?” Mr. Newman asked.Camryn said faintly, “I went to the hospital to visit Liberty and bumped into Mr. Callum, who was kind enough to send me home. He received your call while we were on the way.”Mr. Newman was silent before asking with concern, “How is Ms. Hunt?”“Her life is no longer in danger.”Camryn said, “I went to apologize to her on Mom’s behalf.”“Camryn, it might not be your mother who was behind it. Don’t say that your mother did it until she’s convicted,” Mr. Newman said crossly.“The police wouldn’t take Mom away unless they had evidence. No one involved that day managed to run away. Even if you just came back, you should have heard about it too. I believe the police wouldn’t falsely accuse Mom.”In fact, Camryn did not know why the police arrested her mother.They took her away swiftly.Well, the truth would come to light sooner or later.Her mother always thought she was powerful with her underworld forces, but she did not
Mr. Newman looked at his niece and said, “Mr. Callum, my niece is different from others. She can’t see. If you don’t take responsibility for seeing her exposed, she’ll never be able to get married.”“Uncle!”Camryn said solemnly, “I won’t marry, and I don’t need Mr. Callum to be responsible for me. I didn’t suffer any losses. I wasn’t taken advantage of by that man that night, so there’s no need for Mr. Callum to take responsibility.”Mr. Newman was not her real father, but he was her elder.He was also her stepfather.Mr. Newman making such a request to Callum made Camryn feel so humiliated that she wanted to bury herself in the ground.“Camryn, I promised your dad that I would raise you into an adult and find a good husband for you. I didn’t take care of you and caused you to lose your sight. I’m already feeling guilty about it. If I don’t help you find a suitable husband, I won’t have the face to see your father when I die.”Mr. Newman was actually doing this to ruin Camryn’s
After exiting the room, Callum took Camryn to another room, ordered food again, and told her to continue to treat him to lunch.He said righteously, “Your uncle tried to force me to marry you. I suffered grievances, so you should buy me lunch.”Camryn felt amused and exasperated. “I didn’t say I wouldn’t. You don’t have to make excuses.”“I’ll send you home after lunch. Pack up and move out of that house. I’m worried your uncle will do something to you.”“Where am I supposed to move to?”“My place, of course. I have a house near your place. Move into my house and I’ll ask someone to take care of you. Don’t worry, I won’t live in the same house, lest others say that we’re cohabiting before getting married.”Camryn paused. “Mr. Callum, stop talking about marriage. I won’t follow my uncle’s arrangement. I’ll ask my assistant to help me tidy up the small room inside my store later. I can stay there for now. It’s much more convenient that way too.”She would move back home when her u
“Bye-bye.”Sonny waved to Elisa and blew her a kiss, making everyone laugh.Zachary personally escorted Audrey and Elisa out of the inpatient building.“You’ve worked hard these days, Zachary.”Audrey said gratefully, “It’s thanks to you that Seren and her sister could turn their fortunes around. You helped them a lot. Thank you.”Zachary said warmly, “Seren is my wife, and her sister is my sister. They’re my family. It’s only natural that I help them.”He helped Serenity and Liberty tremendously, but it was also because they got acquainted with him that they ended up being involved in trouble.“You’re a responsible man. I feel relieved leaving Serenity in your hands.”Audrey had always known that Zachary was one of the most outstanding young men in Wiltspoon. Her daughter had a good eye.However, they were not destined to be together.Instead, Zachary became her nephew-in-law. At least he did not fall into the hands of someone else.Audrey and Elisa left.Zachary walked th
“I won’t help you. You can go after Liberty by yourself. If you manage to pursue her, Seren and I will support the two of you together. If you don’t, then stop pestering her. After all, your mother doesn’t approve of her.”Zachary did not stop Duncan, but he would not help him either.“We’re good friends, Duncan. I know you’re a man worthy of lifelong commitment, but your mom looks down on Liberty and doesn’t approve of you two together. Liberty already experienced one failed marriage. I don’t want her to be bullied by her in-laws again after remarrying.”Duncan hurriedly said, “Zachary, don’t you understand my temperament by now? When has my mom ever made my decisions for me? I’m in charge of my own life. I know my mom is biased against Liberty, but that’s because she doesn’t know Liberty well. She’ll accept Liberty after she gets to know her.“Even if she doesn’t accept Liberty, it won’t affect us. I don’t live with my parents. I won’t let her suffer from my parents’ anger.”Zac
Liberty was still weak and soon fell asleep again.Even Sonny fell asleep in Serenity’s arms.Serenity placed her nephew on the sofa bed and covered him with a thin blanket. When she saw that her sister’s IV fluid was almost finished, she rang the bell to notify the nurse to come and change the IV.After changing the IV drip, Serenity watched for a few more minutes before turning around and quietly walked outside.Zachary pushed the door and entered.He saw Serenity sitting on the sofa in the small lounge, looking dazed.He walked over, sat next to her, and touched her shoulder, asking softly, “What’s wrong? Is Liberty asleep?”“Liberty and Sonny are both asleep.”Serenity leaned on her husband’s shoulder. “Babe.”“Hm?”Serenity just called out to him and did not say anything else.“Did you want to say something to me?” Zachary asked warmly.Serenity wrapped her arms around him and said, “It’s nothing. I just wanted to call you.”Zachary said indulgently, “If you wanted to
Zachary deliberately pulled a long face. “It’s karma. I got so many calls that my phone ran out of battery. Even Remy said that he would introduce me to a miracle doctor to cure me.”Serenity could not help but laugh when she imagined the scene of Zachary being cared for by everyone.After laughing, she said to him, “Why didn’t you accept when Remy wanted to introduce a miracle healer to you? Ask that genius doctor if it’s possible for him to cure Camryn’s eyes.”“I forgot about that.”Zachary smiled. “At that time, I was so angry by their concern that I was going crazy. I completely forgot about Callum. However, I did talk to Callum about this before. Ms. Newman’s aunt went to Annenburg to find the doctor, but she could not find him.“Remy’s fourth brother is the one and only disciple of the genius doctor. There’s a 99% chance of him getting married. Once Dr. Carden becomes the fourth missus of the Johnson family, it’ll be much easier for Callum to ask the doctor for help.”“99%
The night went by peacefully. The next morning, Liberty could hear her gates opening when she stirred in her bed. Soon, she heard her housekeeper talking. “You’re early, Mrs. York.”“Mm. My sister is getting married today. I couldn’t go back to sleep after I woke up, so I decided to come over.”While Serenity could not help Liberty and Zachary out with anything, she was excited to the point she could not sleep. It took Zachary a lot of effort to persuade her to sleep. However, she woke up at dawn after having a dream about her parents. She could not go back to sleep afterward and insisted on going to her sister’s place. Zachary thought he could sleep in since he was on break, but his wife just could not fall asleep. There was no helping it. The doting husband accompanied his wife to her sister’s house early in the morning. The housekeeper smiled. “Ms. Hunt isn’t awake yet.”“It’s okay. I won’t wake my sister.”Serenity finally felt at ease when she was at Liberty’s ho
After a pause, she said, “Let’s meet at nine in the morning. Seren and Zachary will come over to my place. They’ll be looking after Sonny for me. I’ll head out after they arrive. You can wait for me at the City Hall’s entrance.”“No. I want to go to the City Hall with you.”Duncan did not want to wait for her at the City Hall. He wanted to go together.“Bring Sonny along.“We’ll be a family of three from tomorrow onward. We should bring him along.”He would officially become Sonny’s father tomorrow. It did not matter that he was a stepfather. It was Duncan’s first time adoring a child that much, and he did not expect that he would later become that child’s father.After giving it some thought, Liberty said, “Okay. Let’s take Sonny with us.“By the way, Sonny won’t change his surname after we get married. That was Hank’s condition when we got divorced. Since I promised him, I’ll keep to my word.”Sonny would still be the grandson of the Browns. He would not become a Lewis.
Although Sonny was backed by a few wealthy families and would be well-supported even if he was incompetent, they still hoped he would turn out to be an outstanding individual. That way, he could be independent and achieve his goals without much help. Duncan had not thought about Sonny’s education plan. However, he knew Liberty had high hopes for Sonny. Even Serenity had never neglected Sonny’s nurturing. Despite only being in preschool, Sonny had started various hobby classes. It was to build a solid foundation and develop his interest in certain hobbies while still young. The only time he could fully enjoy playing was during winter and summer vacations. Liberty and Serenity had similar philosophies when it came to children’s education. They believed children had to study hard and play hard. Liberty nodded and said, “Sonny can have all the fun he wants when he’s young. Once the situation in Jensburg is stable, he’ll have to study and live there.“I wonder if he’ll be willing
Although Corey’s daughters-in-law were not her biological children, she would love them as if they were. After all, they had married into the family and gave birth to the family’s future generation. The jewelry she gave them would be passed down to her grandchildren anyway. Her daughters-in-law came from wealthy families themselves and had many assets to their names. They had more than enough jewelry. Nevertheless, they still happily accepted their mother-in-law’s gift and promised to pass it down to their future daughters-in-law.Of course, they would also gather sufficient wealth and jewelry to be given to their daughters. Anyway, the Lewises treated boys and girls equally in the family. There was no gender discrimination. However, Corey preferred having granddaughters. She had only given birth to four sons and no daughters. After her sons got married, their first children were all sons. She had been afraid that men would outnumber the women in the Lewis family, just like how it
After Corey scolded Ezra, she looked toward Duncan and Liberty. She said gently, “When are you two planning to get your marriage license? Tomorrow?“The City Hall will be closed at the end of the year. It’s best to get the procedure done within these few days.”Getting their marriage license soon would also reassure Duncan. The wedding could be held later. Once they got their marriage license and became legitimate husband and wife, Duncan would no longer have to be alone. He and Liberty could love each other as a married couple. There was also a chance that Liberty might already be pregnant with Corey’s grandchild by the time the wedding was held. Corey wished Liberty could give birth to a child for Duncan. The gender did not matter so long as the baby was Duncan’s biological child. If Liberty truly did not want to get pregnant again, Sonny would probably take care of Duncan in his old age. Duncan had always treated Sonny well, and Sonny was a reasonable child. Sonny would no
Liberty looked at him again. To be honest, she had not known that Duncan had already arranged for a tailor to custom-make a wedding dress for her. As for her size, well, Duncan probably knew.He had sharp eyes and could probably estimate her measurements just by looking at her, not to mention how many times he had hugged her. He could also have asked her sister for her clothing size and preference.As for her preference, he probably had not needed to ask. They had known each other for two years, and Duncan knew very well what she liked and did not like. Serenity had not mentioned anything about the dress to her, so it seemed like they were keeping it from her as a surprise.Duncan met her gaze and softly explained, “After you agreed to register our marriage before Christmas, I immediately contacted the fashion designer Zachary and Josh recommended me. I asked Serenity about your clothing size, and I also secretly took your measurements myself to make sure there wouldn’t be mistakes
Liberty had looked over the dates Corey had chosen. The closest was in less than half a month. The timing for that one was a bit tight, while the farthest was in the early fall of the next year. Liberty actually wanted to choose this one because by then, her sister would have already given birth and could attend her wedding. Things in Jensburg would also be settled, and she would be able to take the time to handle her own wedding, but she decided to let Duncan take a look first and see how he would choose.After looking at the dates, Duncan turned to his parents and said, “Dad, Mom, I think the early fall date is better. Let’s go with that one.”Liberty gave him a slightly surprised look. She thought he would be eager to have the wedding right away. However, she soon realized why. Duncan had mentioned before that he wanted to fully recover before the wedding, not wanting to be in a wheelchair. By early fall, he believed he would be able to walk normally.He was already recovering
For a four-year-old child to write like this was quite impressive.Liberty also noticed her son’s handwriting and said, “Sonny mentioned that at FC Manor, he copied books and practiced writing with Laurence every day, so his handwriting has become neater and prettier.”She did not expect her son to be able to write a lot at his age. He was still young, and she was worried that excessive writing might deform his fingers. However, since Sonny liked writing and drawing, she did not stop him. Plus, at the age of four, he could not sit still for long. After writing for a while, he would go off to play. The time he spent writing was not long enough to worry about his fingers becoming misshapen.They had stayed at FC Manor for about half a month. In that time, he had not spent very long actually writing with Laurence, but perhaps just with Laurence accompanying him, Sonny had improved. After copying medicinal books for a few days, his handwriting had become much neater compared to before.
Isaac addressed Liberty as “aunt” and at first, she felt a little embarrassed, but she quickly regained her composure and responded. Then, she said to the two children, “Sonny, you need to listen to Isaac. Isaac, keep an eye on Sonny.”“Don’t worry, Aunt Liberty. I’ll take good care of Sonny,” Isaac reassured her. Duncan also gave a few instructions before letting them go.“Liberty.”“Duncan’s back.”Everyone wore smiles when they saw the two of them walk inside. Looking at how close and affectionate the two were now, the Lewises could not help but feel a wave of emotions. They had once thought that Duncan would never marry and would stay a bachelor for life, but unexpectedly, he fell in love with his good friend's sister-in-law, Liberty, who was a divorcee.At first, the elders in the family strongly opposed the relationship, but he did not give up, determined to be with Liberty. With his persistence and after going through hardships, the two of them finally made it to this point