Seducing My Ex’s Father In Law novel Chapter 752

Selene nodded, her eyes thoughtful.

“She is.”

“What happened to her if you don’t mind me asking?”

“Honestly, we aren’t sure,” Selene said as she started towards the corridor. I followed after her. “It happened shortly after Lila’s birth. She used to be so vocal… her voice was the most soothing thing I had ever heard. But then she just stopped…”

“And you never figured out why?” I didn’t mean for my tone to sound accusatory, and I wished I could swallow it back down. Selene didn’t seem to take any offence over it, though.

She just shook her head, a sad expression on her face.

“We tried all we could… eventually, it learned to live with the new normal,” she explained. “Come on… let me show you around further so we can give the men some time to talk further.”

I glanced over my shoulder at the closed dining hall door. Biting my lip, I nodded and followed Selene further away.

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Gavin’s POV

The dining hall was empty without the others, but it didn’t feel any lighter. If anything, the silence pressed harder now that I was alone with Zachary Backwell. The man hadn’t moved from his seat at the head of the table, posture straight, hands folded neatly before him as though the entire evening had been nothing more than a prelude.

I suppose it was.

“Your father would have stormed out by now,” Zachary said at last, his voice calm, almost conversational. “He never had much patience for theatre.”

I knew he was right; my father was too serious at times, and if he found his time was being wasted, he would have been gone. I tend to give people the benefit of the doubt before I make my judgments. He always said that would be one downfall one day, and it made me wonder at this moment if he was right.

“Then it’s a good thing you didn’t invite him to dinner.”

This earned a slight chuckle from Zachary.

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