The Hidden Empress Stripping Her Secrets After Divorce novel Chapter 41

Christian Lancaster stood at the door, holding a stack of files, and visibly froze when his gaze collided with Evelyn Sullivan, who was just about to turn and leave. Behind him, his senior assistant, Harrison Ward, and several executives also stopped in their tracks.

"Why are you here?" Christian's brow furrowed, his tone thick with the undisguised irritation of being interrupted.

Time seemed to stretch infinitely in that moment.

Hearing his voice, Evelyn turned to explain.

"Waaah!"

A sharp, piercing child's cry suddenly erupted.

Everyone flinched in shock.

Leo, who had originally been in Lyra Langford's arms, had somehow broken free and was stumbling toward the door, babbling, "D-Daddy."

Perhaps nervous at the sight of strangers, or overly excited by his father's sudden appearance, the toddler ran too fast, his foot catching on the thick edge of the rug just as Evelyn turned around.

The tiny body lost its balance and pitched hard to the side.

And directly in his path was the sharp, unyielding corner of the marble coffee table.

"Leo!" Lyra let out a throat-tearing scream.

It all happened in a blinding flash.

From Christian's angle, what he saw was this:

Evelyn had her back to him, standing right next to the child's path, and the moment Leo fell, she seemed to instinctively turn and reach out toward him.

The toddler's momentum was simply too fast.

Bang.

A dull, sickening thud echoed through the room.

Leo's forehead smashed solidly against the sharp edge of the coffee table.

Blood welled up instantly, trailing down the boy's fair skin, staining his eyebrows and eyelashes before dripping onto the pale carpet to bloom like a stark crimson rose.

"Waaah! It hurts... Mommy... hurts!" The child convulsed in pain, his wails so harrowing they made the heart tremble.

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