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Chapter 21\u00a0<\/p>\n
The longer this dragged on, the worse it would get. If Zachary used some underhanded method to get Genevieve pregnant,\u00a0<\/p>\n
her life would be over.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her thoughts were in a complete mess when Raymond spoke again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cTristan.\u201d Raymond\u2019s tone softened a little. \u201cYou\u2019re not getting any younger. Do you have someone you like? If you don\u2019t, I\u2019ll arrange some blind dates for you. My friends\u2019 granddaughters are all-\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s heart skipped a beat, then started pounding hard.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan\u2019s deep gaze slid past her profile. \u201cI do.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s eyes lit up. \u201cOh? Who is she? When will you bring her back for me to meet?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The air seemed to freeze.\u00a0<\/p>\n
A faint smile played at the corner of his lips. \u201cAfter she gets divorced.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zachary froze in disbelief, while Sylvia gasped in shock.\u00a0<\/p>\n
And Genevieve felt the last of her strength give way.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She didn\u2019t want to overthink it. She told herself that it was just Tristan brushing Raymond off.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Yet, as soon as Tristan finished speaking, those deep, dark eyes shifted to her, as if hinting at something.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cNonsense!\u201d Raymond snapped. His lips turned purple with rage, his grip on the bed rail trembling as his chest heaved.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He pressed a hand to his heart, and his face went ashen in an instant.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGrandpa!\u201d Genevieve\u2019s pupils tightened. She snapped out of it and moved forward.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDon\u2019t make things worse!\u201d Zachary yanked her wrist back, his gaze hard. \u201cCall a doctor! Now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sylvia panicked and reached for her phone, but Raymond forced out a few words with what little strength he had left. \u201cAll\u2026 All of you\u2026 Get out. Gen, stay.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tristan had already turned away. He headed for the door without uttering a single word.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Zachary stayed rooted to the spot, staring at Raymond like he couldn\u2019t believe what he\u2019d just heard. \u201cGrandpa! What\u2019s the point of leaving Genevieve here? She\u2019s not a doctor!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was such an idiot.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s chest tightened with anger. She threw Zachary\u2019s hand off and looked at him with icy contempt. \u201cIf you still care about your grandfather, get out now!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
The chill in her eyes made Zachary hesitate for a second.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s face was already paper-white. Sylvia didn\u2019t dare waste another second. She grabbed Zachary and practically dragged him out of the bedroom.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Without hesitation, she crossed to the bedside table, pulled open the bottom drawer with practiced ease, and took out a small velvet pouch.\u00a0<\/p>\n
When she unfolded it, a row of needles of varying lengths gleamed with a chilling sheen.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She picked a needle and went straight to work, her movements fast and precise as she struck several points near Raymond\u2019s chest.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The entire process was quick and fluid. It was over in just a few minutes.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 21\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond\u2019s ragged breathing slowly steadied, and color crept back into his face.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He weakly opened his eyes and looked at Genevieve as she calmly withdrew the needles. \u201cGen, you\u2019ve saved me again.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve\u2019s tone remained flat as she said, \u201cYour body can\u2019t take anger like that anymore.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
If she had grandsons like Zachary and Tristan, she wouldn\u2019t have been able to keep her temper either. But she kept that thought to herself.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond fell silent for a moment.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cGen, there are things I shouldn\u2019t meddle in. But there are lines you can\u2019t cross.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Genevieve felt her chest tighten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond went on, \u201cFeelings take time to build. Zachary may be a letdown now, but he\u2019ll see your value eventually. You should give him a little more time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
With that, Genevieve realized that Raymond had noticed Tristan\u2019s subtle glances and caught the deeper meaning in his earlier words.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Raymond seemed to be making excuses for Zachary, but it was really a warning to her.\u00a0<\/p>\n
She couldn\u2019t cross any lines with another man in the Lambert family.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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Chapter 21\u00a0 1\/2\u00a0 Chapter 21\u00a0 The longer this dragged on, the worse it would get. If Zachary used some underhanded […]<\/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":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-you-chose-her-so-i-married-better"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195","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=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":222,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/222"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}