Chapter 945

All these things, they were all wounds he had inflicted on her himself. He was the last person who

had any right to say he could protect her.

Kenneth furrowed his brow. Frustration drove him to snatch the cigarette right out of Everett's hand.

"Tell me! What the hell happened to Dorothy? I saw her today, looking all skin and bones, and knew

something was off!"

"You knowing won't change a thing." Everett wasn't mad about losing the cigarette; it was probably

for the best anyway, since Dorothy hated the smell of smoke.

He turned to leave, but Kenneth quickly stepped in front of him and blocked his way.

"Everett!"

Everett didn't even look at him but simply said coldly, "She's fine. I won't let anything happen to her."

...

Huxley and Paloma Turner rushed back to Eldorria City non-stop. The moment they landed, they

headed straight to the hospital.

"Karen, you've been through a lot!" Paloma said, holding Karen's hand. Her concern was genuinely

heartfelt, not just some superficial show of sympathy.

"Mom, I'm okay! You and Dad are rushing back like this, you must be exhausted. Jeffrey, could you

please take them home later? Please take a good rest and then come visit me, okay?"

In that moment, Karen seemed to have suddenly grown up. The carefree little girl she used to be

seemed like a thing of the past.

"I'm not going home today; I'll stay here overnight! I'm worried the night nurse won't take good care

of my granddaughter. I want to be here myself!" Despite the jet lag keeping Paloma awake for over

twenty hours, she was too excited to feel tired.

"You should go home and sleep. Please let Jeffrey stay tonight." Huxley finally spoke.

It wasn't that he was worried about his wife; he just felt that with a newborn, there were surely a lot

of things they needed to discuss privately between the couple! With his wife around, those

conversations would be difficult to have.

Paloma caught on to her husband's hint and reluctantly nodded, "Right, right! I'll come back early

tomorrow!"

"Okay." Karen smiled, then looked up at Dorothy, "Dorothy, you and Everett should probably head

back too. The hospital has a night nurse and doctors; I'll be fine. Plus, you have Abigail and

Langston waiting at home."

She was too exhausted today to inquire why Dorothy had lost so much weight.

"Alright, just call me if you need anything. Don't keep it from me." Dorothy said, finishing her

sentence just as Everett and Kenneth returned to the room.

She moved closer to Everett, her voice soft, "Shall we go back? Let’s give Karen some rest."

"Okay."

After Jeffrey saw everyone out, he returned to the room and lifted his daughter from her crib to

Karen's side, whispering, "Karen... I'm already worried about some punk swooping in and stealing

my girl. What do we do?

I'm thinking of sending her to an all-girls' school! No way am I letting anyone become my son-in-

law!"

Karen had predicted he would react this way upon meeting his daughter.

"Do you want her to end up alone?"

"I'll spoil her! She can have all my money. I’ll make her so spoiled she won't look twice at any guy."

After saying this, Jeffrey sighed, "Do you think... all the bad karma I've racked up could end up

affecting my daughter?"

Ever since he knew Karen was expecting a girl, this had been his biggest worry. Anxiety gnawed at

him at the mere thought of it.