Chapter 454
In his eyes, Camilla would always be the most important person.
She was his anchor. He would never do anything to make her unhappy.
Camilla gently stroked Jasper’s head. As he buried himself in her embrace, her racing heart finally began to settle.
“It’s okay, Jasper,” she said softly. “It was Mom’s fault this time. I promise I’ll always tell you where I’m going from now on. I won’t make you worry ever again, deal p>
Jasper nodded slightly. He gripped her fingers tight, his eyes darting toward Lance for a split second, but he didn’t say a word.
After Camilla sat down, Jeniffer greeted her politely.
However, since they weren’t particularly close, there wasn’t much conversation between them.
With Jasper right there, Carol kept her burning questions to herself. The meal was remarkably quiet.
Camilla felt incredibly guilty toward Carol. On New Year’s Eve, her drama had forced Carol to ditch the holiday and wait at the hospital.
And today, because she had been tricked, Carol had flown all the way to Valdoria.
Before Camilla even had the chance to thank her properly, Carol got a phone call and had to rush off.
As dinner wrapped up, Lance took Jasper to the restroom, leaving only Camilla and Jeniffer in the private room.
Camilla thought the silence would stretch on, but Jeniffer suddenly spoke up. “Camilla, are you still mad at Lance?
I don’t know what happened between you two, but I feel like if I don’t speak up for him, he never will.
Don’t let Lance’s nonchalant attitude fool you. He notices everything. If there’s something he wants to keep buried, he’ll take it to his grave.
I’m not trying to make excuses for him; I just think it’d be a tragedy if you guys missed out on each other over some misunderstanding. After all, he’s been in love with you for years.
When my uncle sent him off to the military camp, he was the youngest one there, but he always took the most dangerous missions. He even requested a transfer out of my dad’s unit just to stop my dad from interfering.
That year you started college? That was the very first time he actually earned a chance to come home and visit in years. Honestly, he fought tooth and nail for that leave.
He signed up for a peacekeeping mission abroad behind our backs just so he could get a single day off before deploying. And he spent that day going to see you.
He only took that mission because it meant he could get discharged faster and come back to you.
Camilla, you can doubt anyone and anything, but never doubt Lance’s heart. He really has loved you since you were kids p>
“When he left in such a rush back then… he was going on a mission?” Camilla asked.
Jeniffer nodded. “Lance isn’t the type to just bail. The only thing that could make him leave so abruptly was military orders. He got severely injured on that mission. He snuck out of the hospital before he was even fully healed, and when he finally came back, he looked like a ghost.
None of us knew why. It was right around the time he was supposed to be discharged. He had always wanted out early, but suddenly he didn’t care anymore. My grandpa couldn’t bear to see him like that, so he had my dad fast-track his discharge and sent him overseas.
Looking back, that must have been when he found out you were engaged to Barnard.
Camilla, no matter how much time has passed, his feelings have never wavered. Isn’t that enough to prove he’s serious p>
Jeniffer didn’t even need to go into such detail. The moment Camilla realized Lance had rushed off that night because of military orders, all the pieces clicked into place.
That night, she had been drugged by Barnard. Barnard had called Lean, but through a twist of fate, she ended up with Lance. Afterward, Lance was forced to leave, and she, assuming the man had been Barnard, agreed to marry him. And just like that, a cruel misunderstanding kept them apart for years.
Her mind was still a bit of a mess, but she knew she couldn’t blame Lance for any of it.
Knowing Barnard, if Lance hadn’t been there that night, he would have just handed her off to someone else until she got pregnant.
If anything, she should be thanking God that the man that night was Lance.
Camilla honestly knew nothing about the things Jeniffer was telling her. She realized just how little she actually knew about Lance. “Why was he sent to the military camp in the first place?” she asked.
The Charles Family had been in business for generations. There was absolutely no rule saying Lance had to serve.
He had always been raised as the heir, and he was the only heir. So why p>
At the mention of this, anger flashed across Jeniffer’s face. “Because of that awful Sarah!
I don’t know how she brainwashed my aunt and uncle, but she was constantly crying and throwing tantrums, claiming Lance was bullying her.
Eventually, my uncle sent Lance away to the old estate. But Grandpa felt it wasn’t fair—Lance was their actual flesh and blood, while Sarah was just a cuckoo in the nest. If anyone should be sent away, it should be her.
But my aunt couldn’t bear to part with Sarah, and seeing that Grandpa didn’t really want Lance at the estate either, she convinced my uncle to send him off to build character p>