The Devil CEO's Contract Wife novel Chapter 253

Chapter 253: Gramps Confession

My leg kept bouncing beneath the table. I have never been this anxious or stunned. I’m shaken to the bones right now, and I’m trying to think, but I can’t process anything.

What the heck?!

Ares went ahead and dropped a bomb. Bless our marriage? What marriage? I haven’t even agreed to marry him!

Oh God.

"Catherine..."

I flinched, my gaze flying to Gramps. Oh no. He said my name, and I don’t mean just say it; the sternness reminded me of when I sneaked off to a party. I tried to climb back through the window, but he caught me, standing there with his arms folded, along with a hardened expression just like now.

Of course, right now he wasn’t standing, but his arms are folded, and that look plastered on his face is sharp, sharp enough to cut through my head.

Shit!

"G-Gramps—"

"Why didn’t you tell me he found you..."

My mouth hung open. "I-I..."

Gramps sighed, looking out the window, and my expression softened.

"I-It’s just happened so fast, and I didn’t...I couldn’t..." My words paused as my eyes leveled to the table. "I couldn’t, Gramps, I couldn’t just turn him away... of course, he wouldn’t have just walked if I asked him to, but... You should see how good he is with Esme. He’s amazing. I-I would have hated myself more if Esme never got the chance to know him. Hell, I didn’t even need to do anything; she loves and adores him, and he does too."

"Are you saying he came back only because of Esme? I find it hard to believe after what just happened..."

"That is..."

His heavy sigh made me shut my mouth, the silence next punctured my face, and I thought about saying something, but I didn’t know what to say exactly.

"I—"

"Do you want to be with him?"

A heavy feeling settled on me, and I’m unable to handle his gaze piercing through my soul. I closed my eyes... knowing lying wasn’t gonna cut it because I can’t lie, but I was afraid that—!

"Do you still love him despite everything?"

My eyes stung. "Gramps—"

"You know what his family did to us, don’t you?"

Tears slid down my cheek. "He’s not them..." I murmured.

"He’s a King..."

"Esme is, too, and that is nothing but the truth. She can’t run from it or stay halfway across the world to escape that..." I gulped. "Neither can I."

Gramps narrowed his eyes.

"I’m sorry. I’m sorry. No matter how much I say that it won’t be enough. You know I tried, you were with me through that hell, through the nightmares... But when he came back, he found me, searching all this time. I wanted to move on, but he never once thought about it. I tried Gramps, but I couldn’t... I can’t... I’m sorry."

"And each time he does... I would turn him away, but that didn’t stop the guy..." He pointed to the door. "He would stand over there like a damn ghost as if waiting to be let in, and I was furious. He wouldn’t say a word and just stand there. I would bark and threaten him with my rifle, but it didn’t do much. He’d always come back like he’s on a mission or something. God, one time he came for his monthly visit, and the rain would just beat on him."

Ares... did all that?

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