483.Chapter 483
Caleb hadn’t been to the Duke’s estate in a long time and, for some reason, felt a strange sense of nostalgia. After leaving the main hall, he began to wander around the estate alone. As he walked, he couldn’t help but think of Eliza from the wedding day.
So, Caleb headed toward the courtyard where Eliza used to live. However, before he could reach it, someone blocked bis way. It was Anthony who had been sent away by Gabriel earlier.
Caleb stopped in his tracks and looked at Anthony, who was sitting in a wheelchair a few feet ahead. His gaze briefly swept over Anthony’s paralyzed lower body.
“Anthony, what are you doing here? Didn’t Gabriel tell you to go to the kitchen with Matthew?” Caleb said.
“You shouldn’t have married her,” Anthony said.
Caleb was taken aback and awkwardly began to speak, but before he could finish, Anthony blurted out this statement. Caleb’s words died in his throat as he stared at Anthony.
Anthony sat quietly in his wheelchair, his handsome face looking increasingly pale. Combined with his cold expression, he looked like frost in the dead of winter, dazzlingly cold.
Anthony turned his head and looked at Caleb, repeating coldly, “Caleb, you shouldn’t have married Sophie.”
Caleb immediately let out a cold laugh. “If I shouldn’t have married her, then who should have?”
He continued, “Anthony, for Gabriel’s sake, I don’t want to argue with you about this. I also don’t want to say anything too harsh, since we are family now. I don’t want to cause any more conflict that might upset you and make you collapse again. If something really happened to you, I’d feel guilty.”
Anthony’s face turned even colder at Caleb’s words. “Is it for my father’s sake, or are you afraid that my father will break your other leg as well?”
Anthony’s provocative words, along with his gaze, swept over Caleb’s lame leg.
Caleb laughed in anger. “My leg is none of your concern, Anthony. If you have the time to worry about other people’s legs and other people’s women, you should worry about yourself. After all, I only lost a leg, but you, Anthony, have lost half of yourself.”
Provocative words were easy to throw around. Besides, Caleb was the winner now. He had married Sophie, and there was still hope for his leg to recover. Anthony, being a cripple, naturally couldn’t compare.
Bang. Anthony was indeed provoked by Caleb’s words and punched the armrest of his wheelchair in anger. “Caleb, what? If you want to break another leg, I can help you with that right now.”
As soon as Anthony finished speaking, several guards armed with clubs immediately appeared around Caleb, surrounding
him.
Seeing that Anthony had brought reinforcements, Caleb was also furious. “Anthony, try touching me. Aren’t you afraid that the fragile relationship between the Duke’s estate and the Marquis’s estate, which has just barely improved, will be completely ruined by you?”
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