Tyrone grunted but didn’t refuse Alicia’s request. He just didn’t want to ruin her good mood.
“You’re the best, honey,” Alicia teased, wrapping her arms around him with a playful grin.
Tyrone grunted again, but with a touch of pride. Without another word, he scooped her up in his arms and carried her straight to the bedroom.
“Don’t go to school tomorrow. Stay home and focus on resting,” Tyrone said firmly. He didn’t want Alicia going out at a time like this.
“That won’t do,” Alicia protested, holding tightly onto his neck. “The teachers and everyone at school have already been so understanding. Besides, I’m not that fragile.”
Tyrone could only relent. For all his stubbornness and forceful ways, when it came to Alicia, he was helpless.
That evening, Yvonne burst in, lively as ever.
She took one look at Tyrone—alive and well—and didn’t look the least bit surprised. After all, both Yvonne and Sean Quinn had seen enough in life not to get rattled by rumors or drama.
“Tyrone, you faked your death just to sneak out and be with your wife? Not bad. At least you’re man enough to own up to it.” Yvonne smirked, half-mocking, half-approving.
Sean Quinn, standing nearby, looked thoroughly unimpressed and gave a dismissive snort.
Tyrone ignored him completely, as if Sean Quinn was an utter stranger. The two of them stood there, radiating cold indifference, even more distant than strangers.
Easton, oblivious to the tension, munched happily on a cherry tart Winnie Ryan had baked and piped up excitedly, “Bro, you and Uncle Sean look so much alike!”
Everyone always said nephews take after their uncles. With both men sitting there, faces stony and mutually annoyed, the resemblance was almost comical.
An awkward silence settled over the room until Winnie nudged Easton under the table with her foot.
Could he be any more clueless?
Yvonne broke the ice with a laugh. “Well, they do say nephews look like their uncles.”
Tyrone still refused to acknowledge Sean Quinn, calmly picking the bones out of a piece of fish and placing the meat on Alicia’s plate.
They were both nervous, worried Tyrone and Sean Quinn might come to blows.
Alicia looked around at everyone. “The fact that we’re all sitting here together means we trust each other completely.”
Easton and Winnie nodded in agreement, mouths full.
“Right now, the Edwards family is our most likely suspect. We have to work together to expose their schemes and stop them from plotting against us from the shadows.”
It was time to fight back.
“It’s not the Edwards family.” Tyrone set down his knife and fork, fixing Sean Quinn with a cold stare. “The Edwards are just taking advantage of the chaos. They’re not the masterminds behind this. In fact, they might be pawns too.”
Alicia froze, staring at Tyrone in shock.
Not the Edwards family?

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