Elder Kinston's Exclusive Sweet Wife-Chapter 654 - 680-681 He is Not the Father
One night can be very short, or it can be very long.
The face that was the last to imprint her eyes seemed no longer in such pain, and those phoenix eyes seemed to have regained their clarity.
At this moment, Mabel Quinn opened her eyes, and what came into view was a familiar ceiling, the ceiling she would see every day when she woke up.
Where is this place? She shivered, suddenly remembering that this is the Kinston Residence! Last night she was brought here by Dorian Howards, then pushed into the room, and then...
Mabel Quinn sat up suddenly, then heard a cold voice ringing, "Awake? I’ve had someone bring new clothes, put them on yourself." 𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
Mabel looked up to see that Kyle Kinston was already dressed, his lean and firm body wrapped in a sharp suit, looking so noble and dignified. The pain and embarrassment from last night seemed to be just her imagination.
"Also," he walked slowly to the side of the bed, looking down at her, those phoenix eyes were an endless darkness, seemingly devoid of emotion, "After leaving the Kinston Residence today, you are still you, I am still me. You don’t need to run here on purpose, no matter how much I’m in pain, how much I seem neither like a human nor a ghost, you need not have any pity. For me, the less I see you, the more I can be like the self I once was."
Mabel Quinn’s cheeks, which had been slightly red, began to turn pale upon hearing his words. She stared at him, yet could not discern anything from his eyes.
At this moment, she once again felt unmistakably clear that they were indeed broken up; he was no longer the man who was gentle with her, loved her.
Perhaps yesterday, she shouldn’t have come at all, shouldn’t have stayed when she could have escaped.
In the end, it was nothing but self-humiliation.
She took a deep breath and smiled self-deprecatingly, "Alright, Mr. Kinston, in the future I will strive not to let you see me, even if we truly have an accidental encounter, I will definitely try to avoid it. I’m truly sorry for disturbing you yesterday."
She spoke respectfully and politely.
After she was dressed and grabbed her purse, she said to him, "I will wash and return these clothes to you another day. The guards at the gate should be able to sign for them."
"No need, consider these clothes to compensate for yours," he frowned more deeply, her tone of detachment surprisingly made him feel uncomfortable.
"No, my clothes are very cheap, there’s no need for such expensive clothes as compensation," she said, then turned to leave.
"I’ll have the driver take you back," he said.
"Thank you, but there’s no need, it’s very convenient for me to take the bus back," she said, lifting her eyes to look at him once more, just as a farewell.
In the future, she would truly have nothing to do with this man, even if they actually saw each other, she would strive to treat him as a stranger. Perhaps this was for the best.
She said this to herself in her heart, then looked away, turned again, and walked out of the room.
Leaving him alone, standing stiffly in place.
Just now, that look of hers made his heart sharply contract, and then that sense of discomfort seemed to be multiplying, spreading through the blood and nerves to his entire body.
Why is it like this?! Why would that look of hers make him so uncomfortable?!
"Ah-Sheng, do you know? No matter how powerful the Kinston Family, they will all surrender at the feet of fate," - Father’s words seemed to echo in his ears once more.
Making him unconsciously grab the fabric over his chest tightly.
Even if they have broken up, even if he has decided not to love her anymore, could it be that he would still surrender at her feet? Still unable to break free from this control?
He is not his father! He can definitely break free from this control!
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Before going to work, Mabel made a stop at her place to change out of the clothes she was wearing. Otherwise, wearing such name-brand clothes to work might arouse speculation.
Arriving at the studio, Alice Conley hurriedly pulled her aside, "Mabel, how did it go with Kyle Kinston last night? Have you two made up?"
Mabel was slightly stunned, then realized that it was probably Dorian Howards who told Alice.
"Nothing happened, Kyle and I have already broken up. Actually, Dorian really didn’t need to take me there yesterday," Mabel said. Though she tried hard to maintain calm, Alice Conley could still sense the sadness and hurt in her friend’s expression.
Alice thought, her friend must have been hurt once again after seeing Kyle Kinston.
"Hmm, I’ll talk to him about it later, tell him not to do such things again, he’s simply got nothing better to do," Alice Conley quickly said, then hurriedly changed the subject, "By the way, the author of the novel ’Unrivaled Beauty’, from which we were to develop the script outline, Indigo Quigley, is joining our writing team. She said she wants to gain some experience or something. Her father is one of the investors in this TV series. It seems she used to have a good relationship with Grace Yowell, she even posted lots of photos with her on Weibo. But after Grace Yowell’s incident, she deleted all those photos."
Apparently, Alice had done some research on her soon-to-be colleague Indigo Quigley.
"Feels like Indigo’s dad is just funding his daughter’s novel’s adaptation into a TV series to gild the lily. This ’Unrivaled Beauty’ isn’t written that well, it hasn’t made any waves online. Even if they want to make it into a TV series, it’ll be quite challenging," Alice finally concluded.
