She was a beautiful girl with delicate features. Her lips were red and plump, and as he stared at close range, he wanted to kiss her and taste whether her lips were as soft as he imagined.
However, it was just a thought. He did not dare act on it.
She built tall walls around her heart. He had not even climbed half of it yet, so he could not be too impulsive lest she kicked him in the face and he fell back to square one.
“Has my uncle arrived?”
Camryn broke the silent but the ambiguous atmosphere remained between them.
“I’m not sure. Let’s go in first.”
Callum held out his hand to her. “Shall I lead you in?”
“No, thanks.”
Camryn had a white cane and could walk in by herself.
Callum did not force her and accompanied her to walk inside slowly.
“Mr. York, Camryn, you’re here.”
Mr. Newman was waiting in the lobby on the first floor and immediately greeted them when he saw them enter.
He glanced at his stepdaughter twice before looking at Callum.
“Sorry to keep you waiting, Mr. Newman.”
“No, I just arrived too.”
Mr. Newman invited Callum to follow him into the private room he had booked.
Along the way, he saw how patient and considerate Callum was to Camryn. Mr. Newman felt incredibly displeased.
How did his blind niece attract the attention of the Yorks‘ second young master?
This girl…
She was just like his younger brother. They both held a certain affinity.
Although Mr. Newman was the older one, their parents loved his younger brother more. Everyone else fancied his younger brother too. Regardless of when, his brother was always the focus of the crowd.
His late brother was mild–tempered, very intelligent, and had great respect for him. He never wanted to compete for the family fortune, but their parents still wanted to give everything to their younger son. Even the woman he loved the most became his sister–in–law!
Mr. Newman and his wife were already in love, but both their parents turned a blind eye to it. Instead, they let his brother marry the woman he loved the most.
He could not accept it!
“Camryn, why were you with Mr. Callum?” Mr. Newman asked.
Camryn said faintly, “I went to the hospital to visit Liberty and bumped into Mr. Callurn, who was kind enough to send me home. He received your call while we were on the way.”
Mr. Newman was silent before asking with concern, “How is Ms. Hunt?”
“Her life is no longer in danger.”
Camryn said, “I went to apologize to her on Mom’s behalf.”
“Camryn, it might not be your mother who was behind it. Don’t say that your mother did it until she’s convicted,” Mr. Newman said crossly.
“The police wouldn’t take Mom away unless they had evidence. No one involved that day managed to run away. Even if you just came back, you should have heard about it too. I believe the police wouldn’t falsely accuse Mom.”
In fact, Camryn did not know why the police arrested her mother.
They took her away swiftly.
Well, the truth would come to light sooner or later.
Her mother always thought she was powerful with her underworld forces, but she did not know. that evil would never prevail.
In the end, she got caught.
Of course, Camryn was not sympathetic or worried about her mother at all, let alone think of ways. to save her mother. She only felt that it was her mother’s own fault.
Mr. Newman choked.
He had nothing to say.
After a long time, he hurriedly handed the menu to Callum and let him order.
“I don’t need the menu.”
As one of the Yorks, he knew all about the delicious specialties of his own hotel like the back of his hand.
Since it was Mr. Newman’s treat, Callum did not hold back and ordered many signature dishes from the hotel. Unfortunately, he could not order wine. If he could, he would order a few bottles of good wine and blow a hole into Mr. Newman’s wallet.
After ordering the dishes, Callum said, “You can go straight to the point, Mr. Newman. I don’t like to beat around the bush, let alone play guessing games.”
“You’re a very straightforward man, Mr. Callum. I like that about you.”
Mr. Newman smiled and said, “In that case, I’ll go straight to the point. Mr. Callum, you saved Camryn before and saw her exposed body. I’ve also asked you to take responsibility for her.”
“Uncle, my body wasn’t exposed!”
Camryn immediately corrected her uncle’s statement.
Even if he wanted to give her to Callum, he could not use such an excuse. He was humiliating her in front of Callum.
Callum and Mr. Newman looked at her.
There was a smile in Callum’s eyes as he said meaningfully, “The dress you wore that night was very beautiful.”
Camryn, who had always had a calm expression, blushed at his words.
Then, Callum said to Mr. Newman, “I saved your niece out of the kindness of my heart, but your reliance on me is chilling my heart. For instance, I helped an old man cross the road, but then people started telling me to take care of that man for the rest of his life–it’s putting me off from wanting to be a good person.
“If I see something like that happen in the future, should I save the girl or not? If I save a few more girls and their parents ask me to bear the responsibility of them, won’t I end up having to marry multiple wives? Polygamy isn’t allowed in our country.”
Mr. Newman looked at his niece and said, “Mr. Callum, my niece is different from others. She can’t see. If you don’t take responsibility for seeing her exposed, she’ll never be able to get married.”
“Uncle!”
Camryn said solemnly, “I won’t marry, and I don’t need Mr. Callum to be responsible for me. I didn’t suffer any losses. I wasn’t taken advantage of by that man that night, so there’s no need for Mr. Callum to take responsibility.”
Mr. Newman was not her real father, but he was her elder.
He was also her stepfather.
Mr. Newman making such a request to Callum made Camryn feel so humiliated that she wanted to bury herself in the ground.
“Camryn, I promised your dad that I would raise you into an adult and find a good husband for you. I didn’t take care of you and caused you to lose your sight. I’m already feeling guilty about it. If I don’t help you find a suitable husband, I won’t have the face to see your father when I die.”
Mr. Newman was actually doing this to ruin Camryn’s image in Callum’s eyes. He wanted Callum and the York family to look down on Camryn,
If he knew that Old Mrs. York had decided to make his niece her second granddaughter–in–law, he would probably have spit blood.
“Mr. Callum, look…”
Callum looked at Camryn and said, “You mean to say that if I don’t marry Ms. Camryn, she’d be single for the rest of her life. How can I bear to let that happen to her? Ms. Newman…”
“Mr. Callum!”
Camryn interrupted Callum’s words with a tense face.
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