Chapter 197 There’s No Doubt The Father-Daughter Relationship Will Fall Apart

Penny collapsed onto the couch when the door clicked shut.

She had already been exhausted by Madam Fergerson’s doings, and Caleb’s injured back dealt her an even greater shock.

She did not know when she could stop this facade.

She spent every minute on edge.

…

Caleb continued to work in his room, having decided he would spend the night working since his wounds prevented him from lying flat on his back.

When he left his room in the middle of the night, he saw Penny curled up on the couch.

He frowned, thinking to himself that they needed to distance themselves from each other after tonight, given everything was in the past now.

Aunt Amber was right. If Grandpa found out about her, it would not just be her studio that would be in trouble.

He stood at the coffee table and gazed at her face while she slept.

She had a tiny face, and her usually shrewd expression disappeared from her face when she was asleep, making her seem docile and mild-mannered instead.

She had seemed