My Great Escape Led Me to You (Emily Blair) novel Chapter 1220

Andrew walked over, Dennis still in his arms. “Set another place at the table.”

All Amelia wanted right then was to disappear, to melt into some quiet corner where nobody could see her.

But Dennis spotted her right away and waved enthusiastically. “Aunt Amelia, come eat with us!”

Her face was still streaked from crying, and she didn’t want anyone to notice. She could feel Andrew’s gaze behind her, sharp and questioning, like he’d come back just to confront her.

She kept her head down as she walked over. “I’m not hungry. You guys go ahead.” Without waiting for a response, she hurried upstairs.

Andrew was finally home, and Dennis was too excited to care about anything else. He clung to his father and insisted Andrew feed him.

The Lane family had a strict rule about keeping quiet during meals, but Dennis was the only one who ever broke it. He ordered Andrew to serve him food, pointing at every dish he liked. He ate until his little stomach was round and full, then refused to leave Andrew’s side, piling food onto his dad’s plate with serious concentration.

Dinner finished, Andrew brought Dennis to the sofa.

Kevin followed them, looking Andrew over with a sharp, assessing stare. “What happened to your face?”

“I fell,” Andrew said, calm as ever.

Kevin’s brow drew tight. “You fell?”

It was pretty clear he didn’t buy it.

Andrew didn’t budge. “Yes.”

Kevin’s frown just got deeper. His voice dropped. “Why were you in the capital for so long? Why didn’t you come back?”

Andrew kept it short. “I had things to handle.”

Kevin shot him a look. “What could possibly be so urgent at the branch office?”

Andrew didn’t answer.

Kevin scoffed. “It wasn’t the company. It was about a woman, wasn’t it?”

He eyed Andrew, suspicion all over his face. “You’d risk dragging The Lane Group into a scandal for a woman. I can’t believe you’d go that far.”

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