Burning Passion: Love Never Die

Blair knew what he meant.

“Okay. Bye, Grandpa Keith,” she replied with a smile. Even though he couldn’t see it, he could hear it in her voice.

She was now covered in a sheen of sweat when she hung up. What made her bold enough to deal with a general on the phone?

That question didn’t linger long in her mind, though. After a nice shower, she put on her nightgown and opened a book. Yet she couldn’t concentrate. Her mind kept drifting, imagining visiting Keith with

Wesley. But not long after she sunk into her reverie, her phone rang again. Speak of the devil. She wondered what it could be about. Wesley almost never called her.

She picked up her phone to answer it.

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“Hello?”

“Did you call my grandpa?” he asked.

Blair blinked.

“How did you know?”

“What did you two talk about?”

“Nothing. He asked me to visit him when I can. What did Niles do?” She couldn’t figure out what could piss Keith so much that he had to beat his grandson.

She knew how harsh that could get. The Leonard family and the Jenkins family were well-known for their punishments. Hartwell had been a good boy when he was Little. And now he was a successful man.

But even he had been punished by his father like this.

“Worried about him?” Wesley’s tone got colder.

“Yes,” Blair replied with a nod.

Should I call him? Did you call him?”

“I wonder how your brother’s doing.”

Wesley’s brows knitted.

“No. He deserved it.” He felt Niles had crossed the line when he lied to their grandfather.

“What? I heard him screaming in pain over the phone when I called your grandpa. Don’t you care about him at all? He’s your brother.”

“He was asking for it. So he screamed. He’s always been loud, anyway

If he could still scream, it means he didn’t get hit hard enough.” Text property © Nôvel(D)ra/ma.Org.

Sometimes, Wesley thought that Niles should become an actor instead of a doctor. He’d be a superstar.

Blair knew Niles. He could be melodramatic sometimes. Still, she said,