Chapter 652

However, Caroline really didn’t want to divorce Kirk. It had taken so much for them to get to this point.

Plus, after meeting Marietta, Caroline was slowly trying to welcome the role of mother. Now, everything was progressing to a good place.

“Carrie, can you really not fulfill this last wish of mine?”

Jude raised his weathered hand and grasped Caroline’s hand.

“Carrie, this is my only wish. If you don’t fulfill it, I can’t leave with my mind at ease. Only by handing Eddy to you can I feel at ease. Let me go in peace.”

Caroline looked speechlessly into Jude’s eyes, feeling hurt and torn. Jude’s pleading voice resounded in her ear “Grandpa, don’t don’t force me. Don’t force me. Ah!”

Caroline was screaming as she sprang up into a sitting position. She instinctively looked for Kirk’s familiar, warm hug. However, she found no one there.

As she sniffed, Caroline’s rationality slowly came back to her. With that, she realized that she was still in Morrison Manor, not in her own home.

“Caroline, what is it?” Eddy’s sudden, anxious voice came from outside the door.

“If you don’t say anything, I’ll kick the door down! 3, 2, 1…”

As he said this, the door crashed open.

Caroline looked at the stumbling and limping Eddy and nearly burst into laughter.

“What are you doing?” With all this going on, Caroline had forgotten the nightmare she had just had.

Eddy noticed the wretched state he was in and supported himself on the couch’s armrest. “I heard you scream. I thought someone had barged in here.”

Caroline said, “Morrison Manor has the best security system in all of Easton. How could anyone get in here?”

Still, Eddy asked, worried, “Are you really alright?”

Caroline regarded Eddy. When it came down to it, he had been the one who incited her nightmare.

“I’m fine,” she said, going against her desires.

“You should go outside. I’m a married woman. It won’t be good for us if news gets out that I was in a room alone with you, an unmarried man.”

Eddy could see that Caroline was drawing a clear boundary between them. With that, he recalled the call Caroline had received earlier today. His heart began to ache.

When he spoke again, his words were combative. “You’re so cold to me. I’ve never seen you act so frigid with anyone else.”

Caroline had even blocked his phone number.

Right now, Caroline didn’t know what Eddy was on about. He was speaking so sarcastically.

“Isn’t it expected that I treat you coldly? Don’t forget, you once tried to take my kidney.” Caroline paused, then said bluntly, “If it hadn’t been for Grandpa, do you think we would still be in touch?”

Eddy’s temper was rising. “You keep talking about Grandpa, so let me ask you something.

Grandpa’s last wish was for us to be together. Would you marry me for his sake, then?”

Before her, reality blurred with her dream, and Caroline could clearly see Jude’s gaze again. In her ear, she heard Jude’s voice, which was full of guilt and pleasing.

“Carrie, don’t you want me to leave in peace?”

Seeing Caroline turn paler, Eddy no longer felt the joy of revenge he had before. On the contrary, his heart started to hurt. “I …”

“I’m tired. I need to rest. Can you go outside?” Caroline said weakly, raising her head.

The fatigue and pain that filled Caroline’s eyes made Eddy shudder violently.