Awakened Housewife Ignore Betrayer's Begs (Scarlett) novel Chapter 269

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Scarlett herself wasn’t particularly superstitious, but she was taken aback by how seriously Damian seemed to take her offhand remark.

She stood frozen for a moment, unsure how to respond.

Seeing her immobile, Damian grew even more frantic. “Scarlett, come on, take it back. Say it’s not true. You’re worrying me sick!”

Finally, Scarlett looked up at him. “Even if I ‘spit it out‘, as you say, the idea is out there. We can’t change what was said.”

Uncertain of the reader’s exact words but taking Scarlett’s somber tone at face value, Damian suddenly pulled her into a fierce embrace. He rested his chin on her shoulder, his voice low and intense against her ear. “Scarlett, even if you were the worst luck in the world for a husband, I’d still want to marry you. If your life is meant to be short, then I’ll give you years from mine. It doesn’t matter. In this lifetime, I only want you. No one else.”

He held her so tightly she could barely breathe. Yet, as his words sank in, the reader’s prediction echoed in her mind. “The one meant for you bears the surname Langley.”

Could it possibly be true?

When she thought about it, Damian had consistently shown himself to be a good man. Despite the rumors that swirled around him, aside from Kylie, Scarlett had never actually seen another woman in his orbit.

She didn’t struggle. She let him hold her, feeling the slight, involuntary tremble that ran through him. He seemed genuinely afraid.

She was about to confess that she’d been joking, to tell him the bleak prediction was her own invention. But before she could speak, her phone rang.

The sound broke the moment. Damian loosened his grip. “You should get that,” he said, his voice rough.

She looked up and was startled to see his eyes were red–rimmed. She couldn’t tell if he’d been crying, but the sight twisted something in her chest.

The phone kept ringing. She saw it was Lily. After a brief hesitation, she answered.

“Mrs. Stewart, thank goodness!” Lily’s voice was pitched high with anxiety. “I’ve been trying to reach Mr. Stewart, but he isn’t answering.”

Scarlett’s brow furrowed. “What’s happened, Lily?”

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“It’s Vanessa. She’s burning up with fever. I went to check on her and she was drenched in sweat. I took her temperature–it’s already 104 degrees!”

All other thoughts vanished. Scarlett’s doctor’s instincts kicked in. “Lily, give her children’s acetaminophen right now, the correct dose for her weight. I’m coming straight there.”

“Yes, Mrs. Stewart. I will.”

“Keep me updated. I’ll try to find her father.”

Lily agreed and ended the call.

Damian had heard enough of the conversation to understand. The fragile connection of the moment shattered, replaced by cold worry. But seeing the panic on Scarlett’s face, he pushed his own tangled feelings aside. “You need to go?”

“I have to find Vincent,” Scarlett said, already turning.

She took a few hurried steps toward the lantern stall, then stopped and looked back at Damian. “You should go home. I’ll… I’ll take that walk with you another time.”

Her promise, however vague, lifted his mood slightly. Yet, the old bitterness–the memory of a broken promise from long ago–surfaced just as quickly, darkening his thoughts again.

Scarlett had no time to decipher his shifting emotions. After her hurried promise, she was off.

Damian had no choice but to follow.

Scarlett hurried back to the stall and saw Vincent and Sabrina from a distance, examining some trinkets together. Without preamble, she walked straight up, grabbed Vincent’s arm, and said, “Vanessa has a high fever. We need to go. Now.”

A fever of 104 degrees was serious. If not managed properly, a child could suffer seizures or lasting harm. Vanessa was willful, but Scarlett wouldn’t gamble with her health. If anything happened because they delayed, she would never forgive herself.

Vincent looked stunned, as if he couldn’t process her words. He pulled out his phone and called Lily himself for confirmation.

After hearing Lily’s frantic confirmation, Vincent’s face drained of color, panic setting in.

He had taken Vanessa out late to visit Sabrina at the hospital. Sabrina had even wanted Vanessa to stay the night. It was only after Lily called, reminding him Vanessa had school the next day, that he had brought her home.

Later, Sabrina, claiming she still couldn’t sleep, had asked him to go for a walk with her here, to

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the lively riverwalk.

He never expected to run into Scarlett here of all places. Just hours ago, they had argued bitterly over Vanessa.

And now, in such a short time, Vanessa was dangerously ill? A part of him was skeptical, but he couldn’t doubt Lily’s verified report.

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