Scarlet stayed with Emily in the room for a while and quietly left after she fell asleep.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arthur, Justine, and Julian were all sitting in the living room. William wasn\u2019t there, having disappeared somewhere else.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat did the doctor say?\u201d Arthur asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian frowned. He had just spoken with the people responsible for Emily\u2019s care at Mount Plato.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandma had a relapse recently and underwent surgery. She hid it from us. The doctor says that in the best\u2013case scenario, her current condition might sustain her for another six months,\u201d he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
So, in the worst\u2013case scenario.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justine was deeply troubled. \u201cWe can\u2019t keep William and Scarlet\u2019s situation from her forever.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian was silent for a moment before saying, \u201cI just called off my engagement, and now William is getting divorced. Everything\u2019s bad news. Telling her will only affect her mood.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Arthur rarely smoked at home, but now he lit a cigarette, sitting there silently with a grave expression.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When they heard Scarlet\u2019s footsteps, they all looked over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIs Grandma asleep?\u201d Julian asked.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet replied, \u201cShe\u2019s been asleep for a while.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The deep furrow in Arthur\u2019s brow never loosened. Only after finishing a cigarette did he finally speak.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cMom\u2019s current physical condition can\u2019t handle any more shocks. Wait until she\u2019s a bit better, and then we can bring up the matter between you and William.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHer health is the top priority. Everything else can wait. There\u2019s no rush.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet nodded. \u201cI understand.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Justine rested her head in her hands, frowning. Still, there was nothing she could do now except let out a sigh.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDad, Mom, you should turn in for the night,\u201d Julian advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After Arthur and Justine returned to their room, only Scarlet and Julian remained in the living room.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian also looked weary as he gave Scarlet an apologetic look. \u201cScarlet, I\u2019m afraid you\u2019re going to have to put up with a little more for a while.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet didn\u2019t say anything. She also couldn\u2019t predict how Emily would react to the truth. Like them, she didn\u2019t dare take that risk\u00a0<\/p>\n
She even found herself desperately wondering if her split from William had somehow disrupted some mystical force, causing Emily\u2019s illness to flare up again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Because when she thought about it, the timing actually matched.\u00a0<\/p>\n
After a pause, she asked, \u201cJulian, why did you call off your engagement with Ms. Bauer?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cThere wasn\u2019t any particular reason,\u201d Julian replied. \u201cWe each had our own goals.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOh.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGet some rest early.\u201d After saying this, Julian went upstairs first.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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2\/2\u00a0<\/p>\n
Julian and Sabrina Bauer\u2019s engagement came after Scarlet\u2019s marriage to William, meaning it had been over two years since. They had never married, and no one expected it to get called off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
From the start, it was purely a political alliance\u2013about family background and influence, never about feelings. Yet for some reason, it ended up canceled.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet stood there thinking for a while but came to no conclusions. Besides, it had nothing to do with her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She turned to go back to her room and saw William standing at the balcony door. She didn\u2019t know how long he had been there, but it seemed to be quite a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He must have stepped out, his coat still carrying the chill from outside. His brown eyes met hers with an indifferent gaze, making it look darker than the night itself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Scarlet stayed with Emily in the room for a while and quietly left after she fell asleep.\u00a0 Arthur, Justine, and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-end-of-the-contractstart-of-his-obsession"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13566"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13604,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13566\/revisions\/13604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13566"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13566"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13566"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}