Chapter 355
Chapter 355:
Ryan slowly lifted his head. His eyes were red, confusion flickering beneath the surface. He didn’t respond.
Watching him like this only made Shirley angrier. She scoffed, “Listen to me, Ryan. You did this to yourself. Kailey made her decision. Stay out of her life from now on. She had to listen to you when she was young, but don’t forget one thing—she doesn’t carry the Owen name p>
Shirley knew her son well. He had always been the type to turn inward. No matter how much she scolded him, he would keep everything locked inside and say nothing. What had already happened couldn’t be reversed. There was no turning back now. On top of that, the Blake family wasn’t someone the Owens could afford to provoke. In the end, he had cornered himself with his own decisions.
The more Shirley thought about it, the angrier she became. She straightened her back and shot him a sharp look. “You didn’t even plan on coming back, did you? If all you’re going to do is stand there brooding, then leave. Don’t drag the atmosphere in this house down with you p>
Anyone with a pair of eyes could see how Kailey felt. Yet Ryan had insisted on complicating everything over nothing, and now things had reached this point. Kailey was married to another man, yet he still acted as if none of it were real. Did he honestly believe she’d stay in the same place forever, waiting for him?
Even as his mother, Shirley felt helpless. She wanted to fix it, but she didn’t know how. Shaking her head, she turned and went upstairs.
The living room sank into dim light, shadows gathering in every corner. Ryan stood there without moving, his eyes fixed on a single point.
He couldn’t accept how quickly Kailey seemed to have given her heart to someone else. Memories crowded his mind. Back then, she had clearly been ready to give up everything for him. It was he who had always reminded her that he was her uncle. It was he who had pushed her away, time and time again.
If he had responded to her feelings, how would people have judged her? She was too young to understand the weight of it all—but he wasn’t. He couldn’t sacrifice her reputation, or the family’s name, just to satisfy his own emotions.
Perhaps what she once felt wasn’t love at all. Maybe it was just habit, something built from growing up side by side.
Then why did every heartbeat hurt now that he knew she had married someone else?
𝗖𝗁і𝗻еѕ𝖾 𝗇𝗈𝘷𝘦𝗹𝘴 𝗍𝗋𝖺nѕ𝘭𝗮t𝗲𝖽 o𝗻
Ryan drew in a sharp breath and pressed his palm against his chest. The ache spread through him like frozen water cracking under pressure—sharp, deep, and unyielding.
The sharp ring of a phone cut straight through the quiet.
Ryan dragged a hand across his face before taking it out. When Olivia’s name appeared on the screen, tension crept into his eyes. He didn’t answer right away. After several seconds, he finally picked up.
“Hello.” His voice sounded rough.