Love's Unexpected Awakening Elowen's Choice novel Chapter 123

Chapter 123 Has My Wife Arrived?

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It wasn’t just Elowen. Unexpectedly, there was the Duke of Falconcrest, and… his own father.

Cedric was dumbstruck. His legs gave way, and he crumpled to the ground with a thud.

“So it truly is Lord Cedric…”

“Who would have thought? In broad daylight, in the open air…”

The crowd murmured.

Elowen’s clear voice cut through the chatter. “Lord Garrett, we’re all guests here. How could Lord Cedric be so unrestrained as to have a secret tryst in someone else’s garden in broad daylight?”

She was throwing his own mocking words back at him.

Galen’s face darkened.

Elowen pressed on, unsatisfied, “Let’s just hope word doesn’t get out in a few days that Lord Cedric has taken on a beautiful concubine…”

Galen wished the earth would swallow him whole!

He had assumed it was the Duke of Duskmoor in the grotto and had taken the opportunity to mock Elowen.

Never could he have imagined the man hiding there was his own son!

And to be heard carrying on like that in front of so many colleagues…

The humiliation was absolute.

What made it worse-Elowen calmly repeated his words from earlier, every last one.

A profound disgrace!

Ever since distancing himself from the Hales, Galen’s career had soared. He hadn’t suffered such humiliation in years.

Yet the evidence was undeniable.

Facing Elowen, he couldn’t muster a single word of retort. Gritting his teeth, he strode towards his son.

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Chapter 123 Has My Wife Arrived?

Cedric knelt, pleading. “Father, I was wrong, I-

Smack!

A heavy slap landed on his face.

“Shameless! Come with me!” Galen hissed through clenched teeth, his voice low and venomous. “I’ll break your legs myself!”

Elowen watched, her heart cold, as the livid Galen dragged his disheveled son away.

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In her previous life, she had heard of this little scandal at Falconcrest Manor much later.

Back then, Cedric hadn’t been caught in the act and had ended up marrying the woman, who bore him a pair of healthy children.

In this life, Elowen had nearly forgotten the incident.

By chance, she had stumbled upon it, and so she had decided to settle it.

With Galen catching them red-handed, any marriage between Cedric and that woman was now impossible. Those children would never be born.

Years ago, Cedric had deliberately schemed, causing her sister-in-law to lose a child. This was merely a tooth for a tooth.

“Your Grace recognized Lord Cedric’s voice?” the Duke of Falconcrest asked.

“No,” Elowen replied. “I simply remember Duke Cassian’s voice. I remember it well and would not mistake it.”

After all, Cassian was, for now, her “husband.”

She paused, then asked, “By the way, Your Lordship, how many rooms are in the west wing?”

“Perhaps ten or so.”

Elowen gave a slight nod. “Have someone search them. Duke Cassian should be in one. Searching room by room myself would take too long.”

“All right.”

Following her instruction, the Duke of Falconcrest dispatched servants to search the west wing.

Soon, a servant returned and bowed low before Elowen. “Your Grace, only one room in the west wing is locked from within.”

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Chapter 123 Has My Wife Arrived?

He lowered his head further. “We dared not disturb rashly.”

If the Duke of Duskmoor was truly inside, barging in could cost them their heads.

Understanding, Elowen stepped forward. “Let’s take a look.”

The door to the main chamber was firmly shut.

Elowen stopped outside, uncertain of the situation within.

A faint, peculiar scent-not fragrant, just odd-teased her senses.

A thread of unease wound through her, and she frowned slightly.

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The Duke of Falconcrest glanced from Elowen to the door, took a deep breath, and called out respectfully, “Duke Cassian? Are you within?”

No answer came from the room, not even the slightest sound.

The Duke of Falconcrest waited a moment, then looked questioningly at Elowen.

Elowen pondered aloud, “Are you certain this is the only locked room?”

Before the servant behind her could answer, Cassian’s low, languid voice drifted from within. the room. “Has my wife arrived?”

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