Kendall's Sacrifice

Chapter 51

Jackson's mood lifted because Kelly was still caring about him. "Yeah, don't worry about it. Nobody can see me naked. Nobody but you."

"I'm going in now, Jackson. I'll call you later." She hung up before he could say anything. Can't let Mom hear that. She then took her car keys and went inside hurriedly.

"Miss Kelly, welcome home." The maid was coming downstairs, holding a glass of milk.

"Is Mom upstairs? She didn't drink her milk?"

The servant answered, "The madam is upset for some reason. She wouldn't drink this."

"Do you know why she's upset? Is this about Kendall?" Kelly wanted to know why Charlotte wanted her to come home all of a sudden.

The maid shook her head. She had no idea either.

Since she could not get any answers, she said, "You should get some rest. Give me the milk."

The maid gave Kelly the milk. Charlotte had a mild case of insomnia, and she would have a glass of milk every night to help her sleep. Kelly held the glass of milk and came to Charlotte's room, then knocked on the door. "Mom? It's me, Kelly."

"What is it?"

"Mom, you wanted me to come home, remember?"

A moment of silence later, Charlotte said, "It's alright now."

Kelly clenched the glass tightly. And I thought something urgent came up. I came all the way back right after she told me to, and now she says it's alright? "You haven't had your milk yet, Mom. You should drink up." Kelly was upset, but she hid it well. She kept the patient daughter act going and said, "You need a glass of milk to sleep better."

"I don't want to. I'm really upset, Kelly. Go away and don't disturb me."

"You can tell me what's troubling you, Mom."

Charlotte said nothing. A few minutes later, Kelly called out to her again, but Charlotte ignored her. In the end, she turned around and went back downstairs.

Adam came back in a hurry a moment later.

"Dad." Kelly stood up, still holding her phone. She just texted Jackson and knew that he had changed into new clothes, cleaned his wounds, and gotten his injections. She felt better knowing that.

"Where's your mother, Kelly?"

"She's in her room. I knocked on her door, but she wouldn't come out. She didn't even drink her milk. Did you cheat on her or something, Dad?"

Adam smiled sheepishly. "No. I'll see your mother now." He went upstairs quickly. This material belongs to NôvelDrama.Org.

Kelly thought that her father must have cheated on Charlotte. Does Dad have a mistress out there somewhere? Did he sire another kid? She was curious and worried. Kendall's already taking a cut from the inheritance. If another kid comes into the equation, they won't give much to me.

Her curiosity egged her on, and she went upstairs quietly. Kelly came to her parents' room and listened to the conversation within. She could hear sounds of arguments, and her mother seemed to be crying. Kelly could not hear the content no matter how much she tried though, so she went back to her room.

Adam sat beside his wife, holding a packet of tissues. He kept pulling tissues out to wipe Charlotte's tears away. The man whispered, "I didn't mean to hide this from you, honey. Dylan said I can't tell you about it."

"You guys kept this a secret from me? Kendall, my poor girl. She's not going to have any sex life now." The fact that her only daughter was married to a crippled, impotent, and evil man like Dylan crushed her heart. "She just came back to us for a year. We haven't even made it up to her yet, and now she's married to… to him. It's all your fault, Adam. If you refused the Colemans' request, Kendall wouldn't have gone to see Dylan. None of this would have happened then!" Charlotte yelled at Adam as she cried her heart out.

Adam held her shoulders. "Yes, yes, yes. It's all my fault. Now calm down. Kendall isn't a pushover. She must have married Dylan willingly." A pause later, he said, "Don't you realize she has been a bit different ever since that time?"

Charlotte stopped crying for a moment. "What are you talking about? She's our daughter."

"I'm not saying anything. I'm just saying that she's an opinionated woman. We don't know her that well even though it has been a year. She must have her reasons for doing this. Don't get too upset, honey. As long as she did it willingly, all we can do is pray for her and wish for her happiness. Dylan has a chance to heal, and once he does, maybe his impotence will heal too."

Charlotte shoved him away. "I know you're happy this marriage happened. You got yourself a powerful ally out of it, but think for our daughter, will you? The Colemans are powerful, while Kendall grew up in a village. She's not the scheming type. How on earth can she even find a footing in a family that's so precarious?" If the women in that family attacked her, it'd be fatal.

"Dylan's there. As long as he's there, nobody will do anything to Kendall."

Charlotte glared at him. "If Dylan's not crippled and impotent, he'd be a great man to marry, but…"

"Alright, stop glaring at me. You can ask Kendall why she did it when she comes home. I bet you she agreed to it. You didn't tell Kelly, right? Dylan doesn't want anyone to know, so we have to keep this a secret too."

Charlotte felt her heart getting torn to pieces again. It's not enough that my daughter married an evil man, but he wants to keep the marriage a secret too! When Kendall comes back, I'll grill her for answers. If Dylan forced her into this, I'll make him free her even if it kills me.

…

It was three in the morning, and Dylan was woken up again by that luscious dream. This time, he was sweating too. He stared at the ceiling. In that dream, he was having sex with a woman, but he had no

idea who she was. The mystery was frustrating him. A long while later, he wanted to get up, but then he realized someone was holding him. Kendall. Wow, she still won't let me go even when she's asleep? How shameless. Frustrated, he pulled her hand away and tried to kick her out of the bed, but raising his leg was difficult enough, so he gave up. He glared at her for a long while before he slowly sat up.

Just when he was about to get off the bed, Kendall suddenly called out to him, "Dylan…" He turned around.