Decision?
What kind of decision could Alina make now?
Chester’s aggressive tone was thick with questioning, and Caleb looked at him without the slightest hint of defeat.
“Even if she can’t make any valid decisions right now, we should respect her.”
“If you knew what respect was, you wouldn’t have done what you did back then.”
When Chester suddenly brought up that year, Caleb’s heart ached violently.
Even after all these years, when he mentioned it now, it still hurt very much, even painfully, in his heart.
The original confidence, in the midst of such sharp questioning from Chester, turned disheveled.
“So what if I had done so much wrong to her? I just want to protect her now.”
“…”
“She can’t go back to Sinantu Pavilion with you, it’s too dangerous.”
Yes, it was too dangerous.
How many times, it was because of his letting go that Alina was put into that dangerous situation.
Now Caleb could no longer do it, he was afraid that if he let go, he would push Alina into the end of her life.
That kind of pain was enough once, and he really couldn’t afford it again.
Chester, “What do you think the danger is?”
“The Byrne family is not the same as the Holmes family, you know that very well.” Caleb said in a tight tone.
Before the Holmes family was strong and flamboyant.
Even if the entire Sinantu Pavilion thought at the time that Fiona would be the future mistress of the Spinster family, Caleb did not think so either.
According to the Holmes family’s arrogance, it would be over sooner or later.
But the current Byrne family was different, it was low-profile, but hid immeasurable strength.
Chester, “Amy is getting married next month to her fiancé, what kind of relationship do you think Amy and I have that would bring this danger to her?”
Caleb, “What?”
Amy was getting married? Her fiancé?
“Isn’t her fiancé you?” Caleb said in an even tighter tone.
Chester looked at him sharply, without saying a word.
Caleb looked at Chester in disbelief.
Half a second later, he said, “So, Amy has nothing to do with you at all?”
“That’s the reason you coaxed her back?” Chester’s tone became heavier.
His wife was really inviting to be taken care of now, bother Caleb and Andre thought of protecting her.
Was he that untrustworthy?
Even at the hands of Asher, he would have been able to protect her, so why did everyone still distrust him so much?
Caleb was silent.
It was because he saw Amy and Chester together that he tried to coax Alina back.
Chester saw what he was thinking and said, “I have nothing to do with Amy.”
“So what? Even if you’re not half related to Amy, there’s no denying that you’re actually someone who can’t love.”
Caleb said without thinking.
Seeing Chester’s sharp and gloomy gaze, he continued, “Have you forgotten the time in Ingford you almost killed her life?”
Although it was all known afterwards that it was another way for Caleb to protect Alina, Caleb still could not accept this protection now.
If Alina was destined for such a bumpy life with Chester, it would be better not to have her by Chester’s side.
At the sound of that, Chester’s breathing was ragged.
His gaze dimmed as he thought of the previous time in Ingford, in fact, he had only wanted to protect her.
He just never thought that that last protection would bring her such heavy damage.
At that time, why did he protect her in that way? It was really just because he wanted her by his side.
Perhaps if he had done it in a different way to keep her away from him, he wouldn’t have hurt her so badly.
“Caleb.”
Chester finally still spoke, his tone somewhat painful as he looked towards Caleb, “I must take her away.”
Chester said it word for word.
His tone was all determination, as if no matter who it was or what reason was given, there was nothing to stop him now.
Caleb’s heart startled at the words.
Meeting Chester’s determined eyes, his heart was sinking as he took a deep breath and said, “She can’t be stimulated in any way right now.”
Most of all, Caleb was still worried about this, about the fact that Alina was simply incapable of being stimulated right now.
And with Chester by her side, he was always uneasy.
Although Asher was now dead, he was well aware of what it was really like over at Sinantu Pavilion.
In that situation, even if Chester really protected her, Caleb was still not at ease.
Chester, “I know, I know all about it.”
“You know?” What else did he know?
Know the condition of Alina during this time?
Even if hy knew, he still remained in the shadows and did not come out?
Caleb’s breathing got heavier.
It suddenly occurred to his mind that Alina had been calling his name, could it be that it had started because he sensed Chester was around?
Before that, she had been quiet.
“Yes, I know all that.” That’s why, for sure, Alina must be taken with him.
As Caleb was about to say something else, Chester said, “You’ve lost her many times.”
Caleb was stunned at his words.
Thinking back to the thrill of every time he lost Alina, he felt a terrible brain ache.
The climate in Sinantu Pavilion was bad, unlike E City. Would she still have a chance of being found if she lost her way?
As he thought this, Caleb became more and more reluctant to have Alina taken away by Chester.
“You still have a lot to deal with at Sinantu Pavilion, so why don’t you let her be by my side for the time being?”
Caleb had his own considerations.
Perhaps it was because, as Chester said, Alina had had so many accidents that he could not help but worry in his heart.
Chester, “You know it can’t be.”
His tone grew firmer, and Caleb could only feel his brain popping out. That was enough.
He wanted to leave the decision to Alina, however Chester was now in a complete state of denial.
Caleb was so angry that he almost dropped the cup in his hand.
Alina came down from upstairs in a daze, “Caleb, I want some water.”
“Okay.”
Hearing Alina’s soft voice, Caleb subconsciously got up and went to the kitchen to pour water for her. She was standing on the stairs with messy hair, obviously woken up by thirst.
Chester looked at her, and Alina saw him at the moment.
Softly, she called out, “Chester.”
Chester’s heart softened.
Caleb poured water over to her, “Drink it.”
“Okay.”
Alina obediently took the cup and drank it in large gulps for a while before handing it to Caleb.
Caleb looked at the already empty cup and asked in a soft voice, “Want more?”
“Yes!”