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Chapter 1660
Utterly stunned, Mandy's hand halted mid-air, the sting of impact pulsing through her palm. She had landed a hard slap onJonah's face instead.
Julien gazed at Jonah, who had unhesitatingly shielded him, his heart pounding so hard that it was about to explode. "Jonah, I..."“Aunt Mandy, please do not hit Julien. He's not to be blamed. It's all my fault."
A deathly silence descended on the corridor after Jonah addressed Mandy. His calmness in the face of unyielding pressure feltthe more pitiful. "Julien has suffered through beatings for me and the Taylor family. | do not ever want to put him through anythinglike that. | will protect him to the best of my ability.”
Jonah's declaration caught everyone by surprise. Meanwhile, Julien's head hung low. Though Jonah's gesture touched him, hefound himself weighed down by guilt and self-blame.
Since childhood, Edgar and Mandy had instilled in him the belief that he was the hope of the Lovelace family, thus impressingupon him the expectation to become a responsible and independent man.
Contrary to expectations, Julien had become a troublemaker, incapable of bringing any value to the family. He lamented, feelinglike he didn't deserve to be called a man.
"Jonah, you said Julien was beaten. What does that mean?" Alyssa's chest tightened.
"Julien has been in a bad place ever since he left the Lovelace family," Jonah recalled the frightening red marks on Julien's faircomplexion. He clenched his fist to suppress his anger. "When Julien heard about Dad's relapse, he rushed over to treat Daddespite suffering from injuries.”
Mandy grew nervous. "Did the Lovelaces. punish him by the family rule?"
"Jonah, stop it." Julien tugged at Jonah's sleeve and shook his head defeatedly. He said in a barely audible voice, "Just drop it.It's all in the past. You don't have to explain on my behalf."
From the sounds of it, Julien had suffered beatings from the Lovelace family. Feeling cold from head to toe, Mandy stumbledbackward. As an ex-Lovelace who left the family, she was privy to their scary and inhumane family rules applied to punishdissenters.
Now that Jonah and Julien's relationship had been exposed, Mandy genuinely worried that the Lovelaces would beat Julien todeath.
Without warning, the doors to the treatment room flung open. Winston was wheeled out by Neil, still looking feeble from thesevere relapse. Still, he sat upright, refusing to reveal his vulnerability in front of his children.
"Dad!" Winston's children appeared worried and scared. Judging from the timing of Winston's appearance, he must have learnedabout Jonah and Julien.novelbin
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"Dad." Feeling nervous, Jonah instinctively grabbed Julien by the arm and pulled him to the back, a move that shocked Alyssa.Jonah's behavior was no different than Jasper's protective stance. He loved Julien the same way Jasper loved her.There was nothing wrong with being gay. It did not affect anyone's life in any way.
So what if the relationship subjectedthe Taylor family to mockery ancondemnatiqn
Julien stood frozen behind Jonah,too afraid to look straight at Winston.He looked oddly diminished dnd |small ddSpite’being tall, good-looking,and accomplished. Overwhelmedwith shame, he wanted to dig a holeand hide in it. The content is onNovelDrama.Org! Read the latestchapter there!