Love Burned, She Rose Unscathed novel Chapter 753

Stealing?

Corley chuckled, “Well, you’d have to be able to steal it first.”

Teague smirked, “How would you know if you haven’t tried?”

“What? Are you planning on stealing my aunt? Ha! First, you’d have to get past Grandma and Grandpa.”

Teague shrugged it off and turned his scrutinizing gaze to his son, “So, which girl dumped you, huh? Spill the beans.”

Corley just gave him a look.

“A minute ago you couldn’t stop talking, and now you’re silent all of a sudden?”

“…Even if I told you, you wouldn’t know her.”

Teague let it slide and raised his glass, “Come on, it’s not often we get to hang out like this. Cheers.”

Clink—

Their glasses met, and they both swallowed their thoughts along with the whiskey.

The moon was high, and the night was deepening.

Corley had had quite a bit to drink, his eyes glazed with the haze of alcohol.

Teague, on the other hand, seemed unaffected despite the amount he drank. His hand was steady as he poured more, his face showing no sign of inebriation.

Two strikingly handsome men, drowning their sorrows in expensive bourbon, naturally drew the curious glances of passersby.

Corley suddenly set his glass down, “Dad, tell me, how do you get a woman to come to you, to fall for you?”

Before Teague could respond, Corley waved him off, “Never mind, asking you is pointless. You haven’t figured it out yourself.”

Teague just sighed. His son sure knew how to hit where it hurt.

It was 1 a.m. when they finally left the bar.

Corley was thoroughly drunk, but Teague was sober enough to take the responsibility of getting his son back to the hotel.

“Hic! Dad, why are you here?” Corley suddenly snapped awake as they entered the room, standing up straight.

Teague, drenched in sweat from supporting him, just sighed, thinking to himself that if his son had woken up just one minute earlier, he’d have been convinced it was on purpose.

Corley looked around, letting out a long “Ohhh,” “Dad, did you bring me to a hotel for a room?”

“…”

“I’m telling you, I’m done with that scene, I’m living clean now, don’t try to drag me down.”

It had been over two decades since fate brought them back together, yet it also had them miss the best years of each other’s lives.

Life had been kind, allowing him to find the one he yearned for, but then what?

Suddenly, he felt lost.

Teague moved to the floor-to-ceiling window, the night casting a shadow over his solitary figure.

A touch of melancholy.

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The next day, Corley and Teague headed to the villa to bid farewell to the grandparents.

They heard Kathleen had already left Pinehollow the day before.

It was curious how this family went their separate ways, couples not traveling together, father and son on different paths, mother and son with nothing much to say.

The grandparents knew the details but chose not to discuss it further.

Having finally located their daughter, and with Norris persuading them, Neely and Geneva decided to stay a while longer.

Mainly to spend more time with their daughter.