Chapter 1061: Chapter 1061

When Ryan’s hand met Carrie's slender back, he realized sweat had

seeped through the fabric of her clothes.

His heart dropped, and his breath hitched.

Ryan had pushed her too far. He should not have let her dwell in the painful past or be stuck at getting even.

He did not want the love of his life to be burdened with anything because he would handle it all for her.

“D-Did your sister pick on you?”

Gregory’s sudden question made Carrie shiver to the core.

With her head hung low, Carrie gripped her skirt without saying a word.

“Is that true? Has Bethany been abusing you? Tell me. I'll take care

it.”

“Mr. Salvador, you know Carrie. She doesn’t have your other

daughter's knack for saying the right things. Sometimes, Carrie can be too kind to have a fallout with her family. She would rather

live cautiously and tolerate the insult than destroy the peace at home.”

Unable to hold his tongue, Ryan opened his mouth, his eyes chilly.”

Let bygones be bygones. It’s not worth getting upset about things that happened so long ago. They are both your children

anyway.”

Ryan made no mention of Bethany, but he was talking about her for

sure.

Gregory grimaced, his hands on his lap clenching.

Ryan helped Carrie up and slipped his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him in an assertive manner.

“Since the past is in the past, there’s no point dwelling on it. But |

can’t say the same thing for the future. Now that Carrie and | are together, | will sort everything out for her. If anyone so much as

hurts her, | will make that person pay, and it won’t matter to me who that person’s father is.”

Once Ryan left with Carrie, the air in the room remained suffocating. Gregory could cut the tension with a knife.

“So Ryan is aware that Bethany has been bullying Carrie?”

Gregory looked at Paul in a daze, finding it difficult to fathom what had happened. “I just overheard a maid talking about it. Even

the domestic help knows, but | don’t? | am the father, and yet | know

nothing.”

Paul sighed and replied, “Don’t beat yourself up, Chairm You have your family and corporation to run. Understanda

or two might slip your attention.”

In other words, Paul acknowledged Gregory’s shortfall as a fathe

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With his elbows on the table, Gergory hugged his head. “Il am

ashamed to be a father to Carrie. | didn’t know she was unhappy a

home.”

“But it’s all in the past now, Chairman Salvador. Ms. Carrie has Mr.

Hoffman by her side. You can rest knowing he will take care of her

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Paul added earnestly, “Ms. Carrie is

all grown up. She’s not a child

anymore. You can't just ephes at)

to stay kway crn socializing

or being in touch with the real world.

It will do nothing to help her. Haven't

you realized? Ms. Carrie is bubblier

and smiles more now that she’s with

Mr. Hoffman.”

Gregory gave a nod.

Even he had not seen Carrie smile so

brightly ina qnatinedt Wwasoleal™

that QyYn'gave her the world.

“| really spoiled Bethany. Carrie is her sister. How could she do such a thing?”

Gregory's heart broke as the sweet

and innoce timegeptBethany inher

yoUriger days entered his mind.

“You are the company you keep, Chairman Salvador.” That was all Paul had to say.

Gregory tensed his jawline, his eyes unreadable.