The Unveiled Rose novel Chapter 9

"What?"

It took me forever to process that single sentence.

Stunned, I stared at Leander.

Didn't he say he dropped Nigel off at his grandma's?

His grandma knows about Nigel's health. She wouldn't let Nigel eat just anything. So why was Nigel in the hospital?

And how did Luna know about Nigel's condition?

"Which hospital?" Leander hastily picked up the clothes that had fallen on the floor and hurriedly dressed.

Through her tears, Luna told him the name of the hospital over the phone.

Worried sick about my child, I had no choice but to follow Leander.

It was then that he seemed to remember I was there.

I knew I looked furious, like I was on the verge of exploding, but I managed to hold it in.

He opened the car door and got in without a word.

I took the passenger seat.

The whole ride there, neither of us spoke.

My mind was a mess of information that slowly started to clear up during the twenty-minute drive.

So Leander had said he and Nigel had cut off contact with Luna. But he had taken Nigel to Luna's behind my back.

To keep me from suspecting anything, he even went as far as to distract me with the idea of having another child.

I turned to look out the window.

It turned out I was the only one in the family who wanted to go back to our old life and live peacefully.

Their loyalty had already shifted towards Luna...

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