Chapter 67


    Toby entered the living room with his hands behind his back.


    Talia held her reading sses in one hand as she continued to water the flowers sitting next to the


    window with her watering pot in another hand.


    There was an aged drawer in the living room. The surface was painted red and hadrge peony flower


    patterns on it. Each leaf painted on the drawer looked incredibly real.


    Toby opened the drawer.


    There was a stack of newspapers sitting on the left inside the drawer. He had a habit of collecting old


    newspapers.


    Above the newspaper was a thick photo album.


    Upon pulling out the album and flipping through a few pages of it, he finally found the picture in his


    memory.


    There were four people in the picture. One was Toby himself when he was younger. The other three


    were women around the age of twenty.


    In the photo, Allie stood in the middle. She was wearing a pair of red, long pants that were trendy back


    then. The expression on her face wasn''t as joyous as the other two women.


    To the left of Allie was Talia when she was younger.


    To the right was a young ire Walsh, Allie''s best friend. She was wearing a white dress and had two


    delicate ck braids.


    Even though the picture was taken twenty-eight years ago, Toby was certain he hadn''t gotten so old to


    have misremembered her face.


    After staring at the picture for a while, he suddenly felt like he was overthinking it. Cayden''s secretary is


    probably just a child from an ordinary family.


    He was so focused that he didn''t notice his wife was walking into the room after she finished watering


    her nts.


    When Talia saw that picture, she frowned. She pointed at ire and said, “You think staring at her


    pictures in secret will relieve you of the pain of longing?”


    “Don''t say nonsense like that!” Toby put away the photo in anger and shoved the old photo album back


    into the drawer.


    “I caught you looking, yet you dared to deny it? Don''t say that I didn''t remind you, Toby Musk, that she''s


    the wife of the state government''s secretary! You really were ridiculous, you know? She didn''t like you


    at all! You were a thirty-seven-year-old man who had the gall to have a crush on a woman twenty years


    younger than you!” Talia sounded super jealous.


    She got angry when she thought about the woman her husband used to like when he was younger.


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    Toby didn''t argue with her and instead left the living room.


    There was no point in him arguing stuff about that at his age.


    ire was Allie''s best friend, and they grew up together. Toby was Allie''s older brother, and he had


    very much loved ire from the beginning. Even though his love had never been reciprocated, he


    didn''t feel jealous or regretful that he couldn''t end up with her.


    After all, ire had married an excellent soldier, who went on to be the state government''s


    secretary, and lived a happy life.


    Toby simply felt sorry for his sister because her life was a lot more difficultpared to the other girls


    she grew up with.


    Cayden sent Avery to Primo Hospital.


    Once she got out of the vehicle, she closed the door and turned back to face him. “Drive safe.”


    He silently watched her slender figure enter the hospital before looking away and making a call. “Tell


    the director of Primo Hospital to take good care of a cancer patient with thest name of Rumpley.”


    Avery entered the hospital uneasily.


    When she was eighteen, her father contracted liver cancer. However, when she learned about it,


    Leonardo had already been admitted to the hospital to receive treatment. She hadn''t handled anything


    about her father''s admission.


    Primo Hospital was huge. It took her a long while of walking before she entered the building. It was an


    old building that was left over from a previous war. The outer wall looked very tough.


    When Avery went to talk to a nurse, the nurse asked, “Hello, is your father''sst name Rumpley?”


    She was taken aback slightly and nodded. “Yes.”


    “Please follow me.” The nurse''s attitude was polite as she guided Avery.


    Avery followed behind cautiously. I bet Cayden is the one behind this.


    Nina also came to the hospital. When she met Avery, she asked, “Is Mr. Rumpley not here yet?”


    Avery shook her head.


    Leonardo told her that he would definitelye and that he didn''t need her to pick him up.


    She knew it was because he was afraid a fight would happen between her and Henrietta.


    “Don''t get too sad. It breaks my heart to see you like this. Sometimes, you can''t avoid things that are


    destined to happen to someone.” Nina had no idea how tofort her friend.


    Five years ago, Avery was tortured by her father''s liver cancer. His current lung cancer was just adding


    fuel to a fire that was already burning brightly.


    However, such a blow was not enough to break Avery down.


    Through her experience, Avery had learned how to endure that fire and survive.


    A little after ten in the morning, Leonardo called. “I can onlye to the hospital at one in the


    afternoon, Ery. Maybe you can go back to yourpany and work first?”


    Avery was worried her father wouldn''te, so she said, “I''ll wait for you at the hospital. If you don''t


    come, I won''t leave.”


    “I''ll definitely be there once I take care of my matters,” Leonardo replied.


    Nina overheard the conversation and spoke to Avery once the call ended. “Let''s get something to eat


    and drink first. The air inside the hospital is awful.”


    “All right.” Avery went downstairs with her.


    The elevator was cramped with people, so the two women were forced to take the stairs.


    When they turned a corner at the third floor''s staircase, Avery saw two people standing in front of the


    window. One was Mna, who was frowning, and another one was Isabe, who appeared anxious.


    “Mom? Why are you here?” Nina was shocked.


    When Mna saw Avery, she immediately went to the gynecology department.


    Isabe red at her annoying daughter and Avery before grabbing Mna''s arm. She begged, “You


    can''t abort the child, Mna. That''s Zayne''s child! Please...”


    When Nina heard that, the look in her eyes turned vicious. She said to Avery, “Wait for me in front.”


    Avery nodded. After she broke up with Zayne, the Richters'' matters had nothing to do with her


    anymore.


    She didn''t want to get involved, so she went to the front to wait for Nina.


    Mna spoke to Isabe with teary eyes. “It''s not that I don''t want to give birth to this child, Mrs. Richter.


    It''s just that Zayne doesn''t want to acknowledge this baby as his child! He thought that if he admits it,


    he''ll be upsetting someone.”


    It was apparent that the “someone” was referring to Avery.


    Avery felt as though she was getting shot out of nowhere.


    Just as Mna uttered thest word, she looked in Avery''s direction, putting on a pitiful look.


    Isabe instantly understood what Mna meant and readjusted her expression. “My son is a big idiot,


    Mna. He was tricked by that woman''s innocent appearance, so he''s also pretty pitiful too. Both of you


    are good-natured, pitiful children! There''s nothing you need to worry about because I''m on your side.


    My son said he''d be upsetting someone if he acknowledged this baby as his child, right? Well, despite


    the fact that that woman''s a shameless woman who cheated on my son many times, she''s still living a


    good life! You''re not the shameless one; she is!”


    Avery heard that because Isabe was being really loud.


    Many people in the hospital, who were waiting in a line for their turn to ride the elevator, poked their


    heads out to see what was going on.


    Nina stared at her foolish mother and the maniptive Mna before she gave Mna a hard p on


    the left cheek.