A Caged Songbird's Escape: Into the Arms of a Predator novel Chapter 641

The Wilkinsons always prioritized Elissa's health above all else, so there was no way they were going to insist on staying.

Besides, Rowan’s attitude had been absolutely flawless.

Seeing how much he cared for Elissa, Suzanne felt a deep sense of relief. "You really have thought of everything."

Janice Garrett silently let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding.

It was one thing for the Wilkinsons to visit, but did they really expect to just whisk away her granddaughter-in-law and great-granddaughter?

Seeing it was getting late, she smiled warmly. "It's just about dinner time. Why don't you all stay and join us for a meal?"

"Yes, please do,"

Elissa added softly, looking at Suzanne. "It's been so long since we last shared a meal."

Her words brought a sudden, stinging heat to Suzanne's eyes.

She turned her head slightly to blink away the moisture before nodding eagerly. "Of course, we'd love to."

The rest of the Wilkinsons were naturally more than happy to oblige.

The group followed Janice to the dining room, leaving Rex and Rowan trailing a few steps behind.

Rex didn't hesitate to call out the other man's underlying motives. "Mr. Blaine didn't actually say that, did he?"

The guy was simply shameless.

He was hogging Elissa, refusing to let her out of his sight for even a single second.

It had been like this since they were kids.

He acted so overbearingly that Elissa used to think he actually disliked her.

Caught in a lie, Rowan didn't show an ounce of guilt. Instead, he flashed a faint smile. "Go ask Mr. Blaine, then."

Rex was momentarily rendered speechless.

There was no way Rex was actually going to ask.

Besides, Mr. Blaine adored his star pupil so much that he would undoubtedly cover for Rowan anyway.

Seeing his frustration, Rowan's smirk deepened. "Speaking of which, you should be thanking me."

Rex scoffed. "Thank you for stealing Elissa?"

"Thank me..."

Rowan cast a sidelong glance at him, his smugness on full display. "...for giving you the chance to become an uncle."

"Are you just running out of people to brag to?"

Rex shot him a ruthless smile, unable to resist poking the bear. "Out of the entire world, you were the absolute last person to find out Elissa was carrying your baby."

Rowan paused.

He raised an eyebrow. "You knew?"

It turned out he really had been the last one to the party.

Rex twisted the knife. "Not just me. My whole family knew."

In truth, he had only found out on the drive to Rivercross Residence, overhearing a conversation between Laurel and Suzanne. Laurel had explicitly warned him not to breathe a word of it to Rowan.

He just hadn't expected the information to come in handy so soon, letting him score a point against his smug future brother-in-law.

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