After dealing with the young women in the sitting room Caleb slowly grasped the full weight of the  situation.  No sooner had he stepped out than his mother, Adeline, approached…

Chapter 86  Plenty of “pure schoolgirl” types had shown up to the gathering tonight, but next to Sydney, they all faded into the background.  She wore a simple dark–green dress….

Chapter 85  Sydney had suspected Caleb’s reason for inviting her to the banquet, but she hadn’t foreseen his mother’s scheme.  The moment she arrived, she spotted several elite young women…

Caleb hadn’t expected to hear that sentence.  “Mr. Hampton, you’re here.” The female officer regarded him calmly. “This could go either way–a serious case or just a family matter. If…

“I don’t regret it,” Sydney answered without hesitation.  She had asked herself the same question long ago and already knew the answer. Without the Hampton family’s support–and Eloise’s refusal to…

This felt utterly foreign to Caleb, as if control had slipped from his grasp. He stared unblinking at Sydney and thought, for a fleeting moment, that if she admitted it,…

Sydney froze for a split second, instinctively defending herself. “It wasn’t me. Penelope was just-  “I don’t care who it was. Go apologize to Penny. Now.” Caleb’s tone brooked no…

Chapter 80  The nurse hesitated. Her gaze flicked to Sydney with a complicated expression, but she nodded anyway.  Someone nearby tried to reason with Penelope. “Penny, maybe let Dr. Wilson…

Sydney acted as if she hadn’t heard a word, her cold gaze fixed on the silver acupuncture set in the boy’s hand. “Give it back. Now.”  Alan had passed down…

hapter 78  It was my fault!” Tiffany said.  ydney still felt a little dizzy from the alcohol but played along “Mm–hmm. Make me a glass of honey  ater, and I’ll…