Free Web NovelChapter 2590: Chapter 63: The Childhood Engagement
Abraham Redington and Aidan Lucas both had equally narrow, almond-shaped eyes that sparkled coldly.
However, compared to Mr. Lucas’s deep, ink-like eyes, Abraham’s blue eyes resembled icy coldness. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Abraham Redington never had the disposition to bow to Aidan Lucas. He understood his father’s fury, yet remained unmoved.
But as his icy blue gaze swept over Lily Redington’s incredulous and sorrowful eyes, he gradually calmed down.
Abraham slowly opened his mouth and said, "I’m sorry, mother. I apologize to you; I was too impulsive and shouldn’t have said those words earlier. However, my determination will not change."
Lily couldn’t hold back her tears upon hearing Abraham speak like this.
Ben Lucas was her son; how could she not understand that this look, this expression, was clearly resisting her arrangements and suggestions?
Could it be that she really didn’t understand her son at all?
Had she been wrong all along?
In reality, did Ben not want to stay in the country, not like Molly?
Abraham felt a twinge of pain in his heart seeing Lily’s tears.
In truth, how could he truly loathe the woman before him?
She was the mother who gave him life, who cared for him since he was small.
She had taken care of him and Lulu all by herself, once suffering from the man before her, yet she tenaciously gave him and his sister more love.
If he didn’t love her, he wouldn’t persist in bearing the surname Redington to this day.
He claimed it was to repay his grandparents and uncle, to ensure they had someone to care for them, that there would be successors.
But in reality, his uncle already had a pair of children of his own; the Reddington family was not without heirs.
At the end of the day, the reason for not changing the surname all these years was that he still had unresolved issues in his heart.
Always feeling the pain for his mother back then, taking care of him and Lulu alone, enduring those times.
Still, despite this, he had grown up and didn’t want to be dominated and controlled by anyone, not even by his most cherished family.
Abraham said, "I know you care about me and want to be good to me, but this way is not what I need now. Mother, I will not stay in the country, nor do I plan to take over Royal Palace for the time being. As for Molly..."
As the man reached this point, he turned his eyes to the girl seated one position away on his left. ƒreewebηoveℓ.com
From the start, Molly Wellington had hung her head low, never raising her eyes or speaking, as if she didn’t hear the dispute between Abraham and Lily.
When Abraham turned his gaze to her, Molly could feel it clearly.
However, she still didn’t lift her head, nor did she give any response.
This behavior, from an outsider’s perspective, mostly seemed like she was shy.
Abraham’s clear, magnetic voice paused here.
His dark brows slightly furrowed, his icy blue eyes dim and mysterious, concealing many conflicting emotions.
At that moment, Skye Brown, who had been silently observing, suddenly spoke up: "Abraham... regarding Molly, I think you misunderstood your mother."
This should have been a Lucas family matter, not for others to comment on.
However, setting aside the relationship between the Wellington and Lucas families, as Molly Wellington’s mother and Lily Redington’s closest friend, Skye Brown couldn’t just stand by.
Others might think Lily was carelessly pushing for a marriage, acting recklessly.
But Skye Brown knew that Lily wasn’t like that.
Raising her bright, almond-shaped eyes, Skye Brown spoke unabashedly, "When your mother and I arranged the childhood engagement between Ben Lucas and Molly Wellington, indeed, it was with the intent of strengthening the bond between our two families, continuing our families’ goodwill. But from the start, we agreed that if the two children liked each other, they would become engaged in the future. If they liked someone else and felt nothing for each other, then this engagement would be canceled."
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