Chapter 761
Chapter 761:
“When he visited Miss Bennett the second time, he only wanted to explain. By then, however, Miss Bennett was already p>
The words caught in his throat, and he left them unfinished. He remembered all too clearly what took place that day. Millie collapsed the instant Brandon appeared before her.
“She’s already what?” Giffard snapped, his breathing heavy as his glare cut into Eugene.
No answer came from Eugene, who could only cast a helpless glance at Brandon. Not a word left Brandon’s mouth, his silence unbroken.
A harsh, bitter laugh escaped Giffard. “I never get why Millie ever cared for you.” His eyes were bloodshot, rage barely contained. “You were the one who insisted on a divorce. You paraded Vivian around while Millie suffered for months. She finally found the strength to move on, but you couldn’t stand it. When she and Myron were happy, you tore her away. You said Vivian was the only woman you loved—so what is this now? Say it p>
His furious shout rattled the safe in his hand.
“I regret it,” Brandon said at last, his tone ragged. “I couldn’t stand to watch her with Myron. I thought that having a child might change things.” His eyes shut tight in anguish. “Everything was my fault p>
“A child?” Giffard’s laugh rang hollow, disbelief etched across his face. “Brandon, you’re still clinging to that idea p>
A sharp, mocking laugh broke from Giffard as the vision of Millie, bloodied and lying in the emergency room, surged through his mind. The memory of her clinging to life on the operating table, doctors handing him the critical notice, still burned in him.
Back then, he had sent a nurse to get Brandon’s signature on the form so they could proceed with the surgery—since Brandon was still Millie’s husband—but she failed to return quickly enough. When time was running out and Giffard stepped out to find out why, Alexia told him she had tried to call Brandon numerous times—only to be ignored.
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At that very moment, Brandon had been with Vivian.
It was Brandon’s shove that caused Millie to miscarry. And while Millie fought for her life, Brandon stayed at Vivian’s side, blind to Millie’s suffering.
Anger spilling over, Giffard snapped, “Do you even realize that p>
Brandon lifted his head, waiting for the rest. Yet when Giffard saw him like that, the thought of keeping him in the dark suddenly felt more satisfying. To watch Brandon unaware that the child he so desperately wanted had long been destroyed by his own hand was a cruel punishment in itself. Letting him search endlessly for an answer he would never uncover gave Giffard grim pleasure.
“What are you trying to tell me?” Brandon’s voice carried unease, his heartbeat thundering with dread.
Something inside him warned he was about to uncover a truth too terrible to face. But Giffard bit back the words, fixing Brandon with a look so twisted it was as though he were staring at filth.
“Am I missing something?” Brandon asked, anxiety thick in his voice.
The safe rattled in Giffard’s tightening grip. So much had been kept from Brandon, and he had no idea. That safe in Giffard’s hand alone contained a secret vast enough to shatter him.