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    “Why aren’t you both home resting instead of standing out here?” Jayden challenged. “Do you truly believe Shaun will receive you?”


    Leon pierced Jayden with an unreadable gaze. “This matter doesn’t involve you. Keep your distance.”


    Jayden’s response dripped with contempt. “I oversee all of Shaun’s affairs now. How could this not concern me?”


    Leon scoffed. “What a joke. You’re not Shaun’s parents; what makes you think you have the right to meddle in his affairs?”


    Lucille chimed in, “Shaun’s affairs don’t concern you, so you’d do well to leave and mind your own business.”


    “If there’s anything you’d like to discuss with Shaun,” Jayden said in a firm tone, “then you might as well tell me what it’s about. I’m the one to decide whether you get to see him or not.”


    Lucille and Leon exchanged a nce, clearly unconvinced by Jayden’s words.


    Just when they found themselves at an impasse, Shaun appeared. He stood in the doorway and shot the pair a cold nce. “You two sure are relentless. I’ve made it abundantly clear that I don’t want to see you, yet you just won’t leave, huh?”


    “I’m willing to stand here all day and all night for my daughter’s sake,” Lucille dered self-righteously. “Half an hour is nothing!”


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    Jayden raised an eyebrow. “Does that mean we should let you stand here for a whole day and night before we consider your request?”


    “Stay out of this!” Lucille snapped, waving her hands at him. “Just leave!”


    Shaun chuckled dryly. “Now, this is amusing. You say you’re doing this for Dolores? I’d love to know what could have happened to your precious daughter to warrant such persistence.”


    The mention of Dolores seemed to flip a switch within Lucille. She crumbled before their eyes, bursting into tears.


    Gone was the elegant and graceful woman, and in her ce stood amon fishwife. “Damn you, Shaun Kennedy! How dare you even utter Dolores’ name? She almost died because of you!”


    Jayden pocketed his hands and leaned back against the wall, acting like a spectator to a riveting drama. “What happened to Dolores?” he asked curiously. “Why are you saying these things? Did Shaun do something to her?”


    Shaun’s expression darkened considerably at that. Could Jayden just stop being nosy, for once? This matter was enough of a headache as it was!


    “He’s a monster!” Lucille wailed. “He hurt my daughter!”


    Jayden raised an eyebrow again. “How so?”


    When Lucille next opened her mouth, it wasn’t to talk, but to shriek. “That bastard defiled my daughter and abandoned her! My poor Dolores poured her heart out to him, and he treated her like trash.”


    Shaun breathed out a humorlessugh. Sometimes, all one could really do wasugh when faced with such absurdity.


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