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Matt escorted Rachel to the door before stepping out, carefully closing it behind him to ensure complete privacy from the outside world.
Rachel rose from her wheelchair and walked to the hospital bed, gazing at her grandfather’s frail form. Suppressing the ache in her chest, she called softly, “Grandpa, I’m here to see you.”
Her voice carried a barely perceptible tremor.
Donald’s eyes fluttered open, his clouded gaze brightening momentarily upon seeing her. He raised a weak hand, beckoning her closer.
Rachel hurried forward, grasping his skeletal fingers.
“How are you feeling, Grandpa?”
Donald managed only a soft hum, his eyes never leaving her face, as if holding a thousand unspoken words.
Seeing his struggle to speak, Rachel’s eyes welled up. She settled gently on the bedside, tucking his blanket with her free hand. “Don’t worry about anything, Grandpa. Just focus on getting better. Everything at home
is fine.”
She knew that what troubled him most during his illness was the family chaos-especially her situation.
Donald’s lips moved slightly, a faint wheeze escaping his throat before he managed to whisper, “Rachel… you’ve suffered so much…”
His weak voice struck straight to her heart. Her nose stung as tears threatened to spill, and she shook her head desperately. “No, Grandpa, I’m not suffering. Please don’t say that.”
Donald’s clouded eyes filled with tenderness. Gathering what seemed like all his remaining strength, he gripped Rachel’s hand tighter, speaking in broken fragments: “Grandpa… knows everything… all these years… you’ve been treated… unfairly…”
Each word hammered against Rachel’s heart. Years of family coldness and misunderstanding flooded back, but seeing his weakness, she could only hold back her tears, choking out comfort: “That’s all in the past, Grandpa. Don’t bring it up anymore, Get well soon-our whole family is waiting for you to come home.”
Rachel broke down crying.
Donald’s trembling hand reached up to wipe her tears. “Don’t cry, sweetheart… From now on, whatever you want to do, go ahead and do it. Grandpa will always support you.”
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Rachel hadn’t expected these to be his words.
He knew. He knew everything.
He knew she resented Sophie, and the whole Leroix family even more. He also knew she wanted revenge against them.
But Grandpa said nothing about that-only told her to follow her heart.
After talking quietly for fifteen minutes, Rachel prepared to leave, waiting until he fell asleep before feeling
comfortable enough to go.
Outside, Jaxon and Sophie still stood in the same spot, shooting hostile glances at Matt in the corner.
Matt remained motionless like a statue, seemingly oblivious to their stares.
When Jaxon saw Rachel emerge looking dazed, with traces of recent tears, his heart suddenly tightened.
He couldn’t understand why Rachel’s emotional state affected him so much-seeing her distressed created ar inexplicable heaviness in his chest.
Sophie noticed Jaxon’s distraction and clenched her teeth, deliberately raising her voice: “Grandpa, you need
to get better quickly! Our whole family is counting on you to keep everything together!”
Her loud voice snapped Rachel back to reality, and she glared at Sophie.
Sophie shrank back as if frightened.
Their commotion caught Jaxon’s attention. Seeing Sophie cower, he moved to shield her protectively.
Their intimate gesture was a sharp stab to Rachel’s eyes.
Just then, Sophie’s phone chimed with a notification.
A message from Yvonne appeared on screen.
Sophie glanced at it quickly before darkening the screen-even Jaxon, standing closest to her, couldn’t make
out the content,
Yvonne was calling her out to discuss “the grandfather situation!” Back at the club, Sophie had been ready to take drastic action, and Yvonne had eagerly agreed to help. Sophie hadn’t expected her to move so quickly-wanting to act today.
Sophie bit her lip, torn between this “important matter” and staying with Jaxon.
“Jaxon, something came up at the studio. I need to go handle it.”
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“Sure.” Jaxon nodded.
She smiled softly, reluctantly releasing his arm. “I’m sorry, Jaxon. I really wanted us to visit Grandpa together today, but he won’t even see us…”
Her voice was full of grievance, enough to make even Rachel feel sorry for her.
Rachel finally understood why Sophie was so appealing. She was an excellent actress.
“It’s fine. We shouldn’t disturb him too much anyway. We’ll come back in a few days.”
After more tender exchanges, Sophie finally left reluctantly.
Once Sophie completely disappeared from view, Jaxon finally gave Rachel his full attention, though his gaze
held no ulterior motives.
“Rachel, we need to talk.”
Rachel felt there was nothing to discuss and was about to have Matt escort him away, but Jaxon insisted.
“Fine.” She stopped Matt, signaling him not to follow.
They walked alone for a long time, Rachel keeping her head down, following behind him at a measured distance, saying nothing.
Jaxon suddenly felt irritated and stopped abruptly. Rachel, unprepared for his sudden halt, bumped straight
into his back.
Rubbing her sore nose, Rachel looked at him strangely.
Jaxon took a deep breath, turned around with obvious annoyance, and looked down at her. “Don’t you have
anything to say to me?”
Rachel stared at him blankly.
He was the one who wanted to talk, so why was he expecting her to start?
Seeing her continued silence, Jaxon grew even more frustrated.
They stood in this standoff for about three minutes before Jaxon gave in first.
He wanted to discuss their relationship but didn’t know where to begin. Rachel’s distant expression always made him want to pry her mouth open.
Hadn’t she been the most talkative before? Why was she acting like a mute now?
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Finally, he sighed and moved to embrace her. “Rachel…”
But just as he opened his arms, she stepped back, leaving him grasping at air.
“Keep your hands to yourself, Jaxon.”
Rachel frowned at him, completely puzzled by his intentions.
First embracing Sophie, now trying to embrace her? Was he insane?
However, neither of them realized that someone upstairs was recording their every move.
Meanwhile, Nicolas was in the middle of a board meeting when his phone suddenly buzzed with a video,
followed by a message:
[Boss, your girl’s about to elope with your race car driver nephew!]
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