The CEO's Midnight Remedy novel Chapter 391

Chapter 391

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I finally understood–this man who commanded respect in boardrooms, who could calmly interrogate prisoners and discharge a weapon

without hesitation, was worried I would fear him. Leave him.

“Why would I be afraid of you?” My voice caught slightly. “Decause you have such a painful past?” |||

Devon looked away, unwilling to let me see the moisture in his eyes. “It’s not just pain… it’s… guilt. It’s hate. It’s…” He paused for a long

moment. “I don’t know how to describe it.”

“Then don’t describe it.” I stepped directly in front of him, forcing him to meet my gaze. “Devon, you should have told me sooner.”

“Told you what?” Devon’s laugh was bitter. “That my brother tried to kill me? That my family abandoned someone who saved my life for the sake of their reputation? That I’m a complete failure who couldn’t even protect a ten–year–old girl?”

“How old were you then?” I challenged.

Devon blinked. “…Fifteen.”

“A fifteen–year–old child.” I gripped his hands. “Devon, It wasn’t your fault, It was their fault. Connor’s fault. Your parents fault. The entire

Kane family’s fault–but not yours.”

Devon’s tears finally broke free. He spun away, unwilling to let me witness his breakdown, but his shaking shoulders betrayed everything.

“When Evelyn lost her legs…” His words came in fragments. “I watched her in that hospital, and she was still trying to comfort “me“. saying ‘It’s okay, Devon, at least you’re safe.” His voice cracked. “She was only ten… She could have been an exceptional ballet dancer. She could have had a brilliant future… But because of me, she lost everything.”

“And my family…” Devon used the back of his hand to swipe at his face. “They gave her money, then sent her away. As if… as if they were disposing of an inconvenient object. My mother said This is for her own good, staying with the Kanes would only make her more miserable. My father said “We’ve done all we can, this is the best arrangement.”

He turned back, eyes filled with shattered anguish. “And I could do nothing. I was fifteen, with no money, no power, didn’t even dare to resist–because I was afraid they’d take back even that pittance of compensation for Evelyn.”

My own tears spilled over. I closed the distance between us and wrapped my arms tightly around him.

Devon’s body went stit I fur une secund. Then he crumpled, burying his face against my shoulder. His frame shook with suppressed sobs

from deep in his throat.

“I falled her…” he choked out. “For twenty years, I’ve used every means to compensate the best doctors, the best rehabilitation equipment, the finest wheelchairs in the world… But I can never give her buck the legs that could dance.”

I held him tighter, one hand stroking his back, the other cradling his head. “Devon, you’ve

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carry this forever.”

“But I can’t let it go.” Devon’s voice was muffled against my shoulder. “Every time I see her in that wheelchair, I remember that summer.

I remember her helplessness in the flames, the blood on her legs, I remember…” His voice grew more ragged. “I remember Connor playing

innocent in front of my parents.

My heart felt as if it were being torn apart. I finally completely understood–Devon’s hatred of Connor, his coldness toward the family, his guilt over Evelyn–these emotions had been tangled around him for twenty years.

So you needed to remove them from your life permanently,” I said softly. “Because every time you saw them, you remembered?

Devon nodded, still pressing his face to my shoulder.

We stood embraced by the floor–to–ceiling windows for a long time. The sunset’s afterglow streamed in, stretching our shadows across the

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