Chapter 97

Chapter 97 “Shirley?” Janine looked at Shirley with concern shirley kept her gaze indon Damian, who was still peacefully asleep in her arms Samuel watched Shirley’s face with a pained look. He pulled out her phone and said calmly, “Shirley, I brought your phone. Can you come out for a moment?”

She didn’t respond, ignoring him entirely gates to the Gray residence opened. Without sparing Samuela glance, Shirley ordered the driver, “Go ahead. Don’t worry about him.”

“Shirley!” As the cat inched forward, Samuel’s voice grew louder.

Her chest tightened involuntarily, but the forced herself to close her eyes, shutting away the sound of his voice.

There was no reason for him to come here in person. It was unnecessary and only made things worse. They were once so close, but now the gap between them was immeasurable, If Samuel had any sense, he would have left the phone with the security staff. That would have been the sensible, dignified thing to do But instead, he dimbed back into his car and followed bees through the gates.

Both vehicles stopped in the driveway, one after the other. Samuil stepped out, looking composed and clean–cut as always, Shirley stayed in her seat, staring straight ahead.

Janine leaned toward her, vole soft. “Shirley, maybe you should just talk to him Avoiding him won’t fix anything. I’ll stay here with the kid.”

Shirley didn’t respond right away. After a long pause, she carefully laid Damian down, stepped out of the car, and stopped aside.

Samuel followed her without hesitation, his eyes fixed on her slender frame. A deep, overwhelming ache rose inside him. He wanted to pull her into his arms and hold her tightly When the silence dragged on too long. Shirley finally spoke, her tone cold and detached “You said you wanted to talk. So talk.”

“Why didn’t you tell me what was going on with your family?” Samuel finally spoke after listening to her icy too.

Shirley replied without turning around, “Because my family’s problems are for us to handle. There’s no reason to involve anyone el How could the possibly tell him? He abandoned her at the altar and ignored her father’s car accident. She dared not turn to this cruel man to save the Weiss family.

After her father’s accident, he hadn’t shown up at the hospital aven once. All he seemed to care about was the grudge he held against her father for keeping Sophia confined for three months If he had even an ounce of care for her family, he wouldn’t have been so obvious to their suffering. This alone had made her give up on any hope she held for him.

“Your solution was to marry a stranger? Someone cold and ruthless–a monster?” Samuel’s voice rose with frustration.

She was calling him an outside. He was worse than a stranger to her now, “Mr. Moore, please, mind your words. The man you called a monster Back,” Shirley snapped.

i my husband. And he’s fat kinder than you ever were. At least he doesn’t put on a loving art while stabbing me in the