Chapter 1769

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“Don’t talk like that, Evie. It’s Quentin’s loss.”

“If he had feelings for you, I would have had the two of you engaged in a heartbeat.”

“But right now, romance is the last thing on his mind. He’s entirely focused on his leg.”

“I just don’t want you to waste your youth waiting around for him.”

Yvette repeatedly emphasized that she didn’t want to hold Evie back, and it was her genuine sentiment.

In her eyes, Evie might have been a bit calculating, but her lifelong crush on her son was real.

What Yvette didn’t realize was that Evie’s “love” was entirely fabricated.

The only things Evie loved were herself and the Young family’s bank accounts.

Yvette had always been incredibly generous, feeding Evie’s bottomless vanity. That was the only reason she wanted to marry Quentin-to swallow the Young fortune whole.

But now, this billionaire grandmother had crashed the party, and she clearly wasn’t an easy mark.

Whether Evie could ever get her hands on the money was suddenly a massive unknown.

Something that had seemed so easily within reach was now slipping through her fingers. How could she not be furious?

She wanted to dig her heels in and stay, but she knew that lingering where she wasn’t wanted would only breed more resentment.

Inside the hospital room, Queenie had laid everything bare to her grandson.

She even brought out the treasured old photographs she had safeguarded for decades.

They featured her, her late husband, and Julian as a baby.

“Quentin, you look so much like Julian. Seeing you is like looking at my own son.”

“Look, this is your father when he was a little boy.”

“You should compare it to your own childhood photos.”

Queenie had carried these pictures with her everywhere, praying for the day they would help her recognize her family.

She was right. Although Quentin had never seen photos of his father as a child, he knew exactly what he himself looked like back then.

He also vividly remembered his father telling him how identical they looked as kids.

Julian used to joke that if his mother were still alive, she’d recognize her grandson in a heartbeat.

Quentin had always thought it was just a passing joke.

But as it turned out, his grandmother was alive. It was his father who hadn’t made it…

Quentin’s eyes grew red. “Grandma, my dad missed you so much.”

“He used to say his biggest regret in life was that our family could never be whole.”

“My grandfather died in battle without a trace, and when you went missing, my dad ended up in foster care.”

Once his adoptive parents had a biological child, their true colors showed.

Why would they care about the well-being of an adopted kid?

“If my dad hadn’t gone to the military leaders for help, his life in that house would have been a nightmare, let alone having the chance to ge

married and have re.”

Quentin was stating facts. When his adoptive family realized they

couldn’t control him anymore, they tried to forge Julian to marrych

adoptive mother’s niece.

Thankfully, Julian decisively married into the Young family, permanently escaping their parasitic grip.

“Your father was a brave man, and your mother is a wonderful woman.”

Queenie nodded deeply, completely validating her grandson’s words.

She planned to take Quentin out for lunch later that afternoon.

Although his leg was in bad shape, there was absolutely no reason he couldn’t leave the room in a wheelchair.

Her two bodyguards could easily handle getting him and the chair into the car.

Yvette had no intention of bringing Evie along, as it was painfully obvious her mother-in-law despised the girl.

To avoid an agonizingly awkward lunch, leaving Evie behind was the smartest

move.

Evie, for her part, planned to wander the city for two days before officially retreating to Montara.

Naturally, she fully intended to spend those two days hovering around the hospital to maintain her presence.

More importantly, she needed to

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