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Lydia, Why Were You At The Poolside?

Author: Self-love
last update Last Updated: 2025-10-01 19:03:25
Despite the storm of questions running through Harlow’s head, he didn’t voice them yet.

His instincts screamed at him that something was wrong...terribly wrong, but this wasn’t the time.

Emily’s little body still lay weak on the bed, the faint rise and fall of her chest fragile, but she was okay.

When she wakes up, Harlow tells himself. When she wakes up, then we’ll know.

Gloria, her face pale but her composure slowly returning, finally turned toward the Beaumont family.

Her voice was firm with the authority she used whenever she wanted to end chaos. “Emma and Daniel, Lydia… I think it’s best if you go home for tonight. The dinner has already been disrupted enough. Our family needs to be alone.”

Her tone was polite but decisive, clear enough that she wanted them gone.

But Mrs. Beaumont let out a dramatic gasp, pressing her manicured hand to her chest. “Go home? How could you say such a thing at a time like this? Our hearts are with little Emily. We can not possibly leave wh
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