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Chapter 825
The corners of Genevieve's lips lifted into a smile.
She casually plucked the petals of the flowers, one by one. After a while, all that was left of the bouquet of
bellflowers were barren stems and lonely leaves. The ground beneath her was carpeted with velvety petals.
“You clearly know he's not dead. In fact, you know exactly where he is! Why did you keep insisting that you didn't
know anything?”
“Mrs—Ms. Rachford, I really didn't know where Mr. Faulkner was before this,” Steven said earnestly. “He only
contacted me yesterday morning and requested that I collect the gifts that he had prepared.”
Looking straight at Genevieve, Steven added slowly and sincerely, “If I'm not telling the truth, I swear I—”
“Okay, okay, I believe you,” Genevieve quickly interrupted Steven before he could swear any oaths.
Glancing at the bag in Steven's hand, the woman stated coldly, “Next time, when he asks you to bring me breakfast
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtor flowers or anything at all, just throw them all away. I can afford to buy myself a hundred airplanes. Do you think I
need or want these silly little gifts from him? Now, go get rid of whatever's in your hands!”
With those final petulant words, Genevieve turned and huffed her way upstairs.
To the undiscerning eyes, the two little rascals seemed to be playing with a puzzle. However, in truth, they were
straining their ears to eavesdrop on the adults' conversation.
“Mommy sounds so angry. She's even angrier than she was that time when I annoyed her.” Amanda leaned over to
her brother and whispered in his ear, “What do you think Daddy has done? Are we never going to eat breakfast
from Daddy ever again?”
Lucian tapped his chin thoughtfully for a moment. Then, he murmured quietly into Amanda's ear. Her eyes lit up as
she nodded vigorously.
Genevieve threw herself onto the bed as soon as she reached her bedroom. She inhaled the woody, masculine
smell still lingering on the pillow. Thoughts of Armand and everything that had happened in the past two days
flooded her mind.
She walked over to the closet, pulled out fresh pillowcases, and changed out the ones that still smelt like Armand.
After she switched the pillowcases, it suddenly dawned on Genevieve that Swallow Garden was Armand's residence.
Shadows of his presence lurked in every corner. What's the point of even changing the pillowcase? What I need is a
new home, a new man!
“Mommy!” Amanda knocked on her bedroom door and sauntered in with her chubby hands behind her back.
“Mommy, aren't you curious why I wasn't upset that day when Daddy didn't show up for my birthday?”
“Of course I'm curious.” Genevieve knew how much Amanda wanted to see Armand. “Would you like to tell me
why?”
“Okay!” She tugged Genevieve onto the couch and revealed the light blue envelope that she had been hiding
behind her. “The answer is in this letter.”
Genevieve pulled out two pieces of paper from within the envelope and began to read.
Follow on Novᴇl-Onlinᴇ.cᴏmThe letter stated: Hello Amanda, this is Daddy. I am so sorry that I was not with you when you and your brother
were born. I am so sorry that I did not help your Mommy and ease her burdens when you were both young. I
missed you and your brother's first four birthdays, and I promised to spend your fifth birthday with you this year,
but I broke this promise. I am sorry that you and your brother, and Mommy, worried about me all this while. I think I
may be the worst daddy in the world! I was not there to watch you grow up, neither am I a good husband. I did not
take good care of Mommy, but I love all of you so much. The three of you have taught me the meaning of
responsibility and duty. All of you are my everything! Don't forget that you are my favorite little princess! Sadly, I
will have to be away from you for a long while. I'm so sorry. It is all my fault! When I return, you can punish me,
okay? I owe you a hundred favors! If Mommy is furious and does not want to wait for me, it's all right. I will respect
her decision. I hope that you and your brother will be well, and please take good care of your mommy for me.
After that, Genevieve read the letter that Armand had written to their son. The contents of the two letters were
similar. She now understood why her son had suddenly run into her room last night and said what he had said.
Earlier, Genevieve had made up her mind that she would move back to Regality Gardens and remove Armand from
her life.
However, reading the letter had given her second thoughts.
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