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Chapter 217
The truth was that Drake had already put all of that behind him, everything that had happened ever since he lost his parents. The people who should have been there when they weren't. Or at least, he thought he had.Nothing in his life had hinted at danger ever since he met his wife. Nothing at all. The realization hit him like a truck. And instead of turning that anger inward, he aimed it directly at Lombard."You know what?" Drake stood up. His voice shook. "I always knew you never liked the fact that I finally found a life outside all of this."Lombard's expression didn't change."A life with my family." Drake pointed at himself. "A life with a wife who's about to give birth." His voice rose. "But what I never expected was for you to start digging around, collecting evidence, and trying to sabotage my happiness.""I don't care about your ass." Lombard's response came immediately. "But don't throw accusations at me like that." His eyes narrowed. "I'm not some grim reaper.""Then exp
Chapter 216
"I know you're going to say this doesn't sound like me, but I met my wife at a bar." Drake leaned back slightly. A smile appeared on his face as the memories came flooding back."It was a crazy night." He laughed. "Honestly, I was trying to ruin my life."Lombard glanced at him."I'm serious." Drake pointed at himself. "I had already made up my mind that night. I was going to do something stupid. Something reckless." He shook his head. "Then she showed up." His smile widened. "She came over and started talking to me about how good life was."Lombard stared at him.Drake laughed. "Exactly." He pointed at Lombard again. "That's the same reaction I had."He sat up. "Like, who does that? Who walks up to a complete stranger who's clearly having a breakdown and starts talking about how wonderful life is?"Drake shook his head. "I thought she was insane." A moment later, he smiled again. "But then I started asking questions." He looked down at his hands. "And she answered every single one."
Chapter 215
The problem was that Lombard was having a ridiculously difficult time getting started. And Drake knew better than to rush him. Pushing Lombard never worked. So he waited. A few more seconds passed, Still nothing. "I—" Both of them spoke at the same time. The two men stopped. Lombard pointed at him. "You first." Drake nodded slowly. "I was just going to say that I'm fine with whatever you want to tell me."He paused. "Unless it somehow involves my wife." That earned him a look. "I'm ready for any news." Lombard nodded. "Yeah. I..." The sentence died halfway. Ten more seconds passed. At this point, Drake could practically see the battle taking place inside Lombard's head. The man was probably regretting coming here in the first place. Regretting the call. Regretting the entire conversation. But Drake stayed quiet. Eventually, Lombard forced the words out. "I just want you to know that you don't have to worry about my past with Clara." The words came out faster than usua
Chapter 214
Drake practically tripped over himself trying to move. "Give me one minute." He was already halfway to the door. "I'll come out right now.""Don't hang up.""Why?" Lombard asked. "So I can listen to your crazy groans while you take off your clothes?"And with that, he hung up.Drake stared at the phone.Okay.That was certainly one way to be welcomed.He quickly pulled on a shirt.Not that he had been wearing one before.At this point, however, he needed to get outside as fast as possible.Before Lombard changed his mind and drove away.On his way out, he stopped by his wife's room.Earlier that night, she had kicked him out after declaring that the bed was too small for both of them.Drake wasn't about to wake her now. Especially since she had barely slept in days.Instead, he grabbed a sticky note and left a short message.“Call me if you wake up.
Chapter 213
Toby paced back and forth. She needed a strategy. A real one. Because at this point, convincing Lombard to attend the feast wasn't going to be easy. Not after everything she had already done.If anything, she had probably moved far beyond what could be considered normal behavior.And that was the problem."Think..." She muttered to herself. "There has to be someone."An idea suddenly appeared.Every man had someone he listened to. No matter how stubborn. No matter how difficult. There was always someone whose words carried weight.The only problem was that Toby wasn't willing to involve Lombard's family.If there was some female relative capable of influencing him, she didn't want to go down that road.That felt like crossing a line.And the last thing she wanted was to sabotage whatever tiny amount of goodwill she still had left. So she called one of her people.Immediately, they began digging
Chapter 212
"Grandfather, you can't just throw a feast because you feel like it!" Toby groaned. "You're getting older. Your energy shouldn't be spent trying to keep up with young people who still have plenty of time to waste on nonsense.""You spoiled little brat!” The patriarch pointed a finger at her. "Why do you think I'm throwing this feast in the first place?""Because you enjoy stressing everyone out?""Because I might be dead within the next two days!""If you knew that much, then you shouldn't be throwing a party!""You're the reason I'm throwing it!" The patriarch looked as though he wanted to throw something at her. "You are the reason!"Toby blinked. "What did I do?""You made me believe I could rely on you to get that medicine from the Belmont family." His voice rose. "And then you failed spectacularly!""I didn't fail!" Toby immediately protested. "Lombard was being difficult!""Well, in my day, the woman made the man do whatever she wanted.” The old man spoke with complete confidenc
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