Chapter 1752
Callum had returned!
The same Callum who had been deeply in love with Winona since their college days, and who had vanished without a trace while investigating her whereabouts. If Shane was just a fake rival, Callum was the real deal.
When Keaton received the news, he was still dead asleep in his bed. Tarquin called to break it to him. “Keaton, Callum is back p>
Keaton was still half-conscious, his eyes glued shut and his voice heavy with sleep. “Who p>
“Callum,” Tarquin repeated.
Keaton mumbled the name, his brain slowly booting up. “Callum p>
The next second, he bolted upright in bed, all traces of exhaustion vanishing. “Callum is back p>
“Yes p>
“When p>
“This afternoon,” Tarquin said. “He told me he tried calling you, but you didn’t answer p>
Keaton checked his call log and saw a missed call from an unknown number. “I slept right through it. I’ll call him back in a minute. Is he okay p>
“I haven’t seen him in person yet. I heard he’s missing two fingers, but otherwise, he’s fine p>
Keaton’s brow slammed into a furious frown. “Missing two fingers p>
“Yeah. Zane’s men cut them off p>
Keaton clenched his jaw, processing the brutality of it before finally exhaling. Losing two fingers won’t stop him from living his life. The most important thing is that he made it back alive! That crazy son of a bitch actually coming back out of nowhere had so many people looking for him and never found a single trace. I honestly thought Zane had killed him p>
“Escaping Zane with his life intact means he’s a lucky man,” Tarquin noted. Zane was known for his ruthless cruelty; surviving him was no small feat.
Keaton let out a long breath. “He is lucky. How did he manage to escape p>
“He didn’t give me the details. We’ll find out when we see him. We’re meeting at Jinpeach Restaurant for dinner at six-thirty. Are you coming p>
Keaton didn’t hesitate. “Of course I’m coming! My brother surviving a nightmare like that calls for a
celebration. We need to throw him a welcome back dinner, and I need to
hear exactly how he managed to slip through Zane’s fingers p>
“Alright p>
“I’ll hang up now and go wash up,” Keaton added.
Noticing that Keaton hadn’t yet connected the dots to Winona, Tarquin casually dropped a reminder. “Winona knows, too. When she heard Callum had lost two fingers, she broke down crying on the spot p>
Keaton frowned and sighed. “He went through hell because of her. She’s been worried sick about him all this time. Now that he’s back, she must be so overwhelmed and heartbroken for him, she p>
Suddenly, Keaton froze mid-sentence.
The realization hit him like a freight train as he remembered Callum’s feelings for Winona.
Callum had been in love with her since college. When Winona first started dating Zane, a devastated.
Callum had dragged Keaton and
their friends out to drink his sorrows away. Later, Callum abandoned the financial sector and moved abroad to enter the entertainment industry as a director—a life choice entirely driven by his heartbreak over Winona.
And when he found out Winona had vanished, Callum risked everything, utilizing every resource at his disposal to track her down, which ultimately led to him being tortured by Zane.
Callum’s love for Winona was real. It was profound, and it had spanned many years.
Furthermore, whether it was his family background, his flawless character, or his career-Callum was the perfect match for Winona!