Chapter 184

“Even if her values are all screwed up, it’s still my fault. I raised her wrong. Gabriel, I’m begging you—just give my daughter a bit of hope! I don’t ask for much, just say something kind in front of her, anything, give her a reason to keep going. If she hears even a sliver of encouragement, she won’t keep wanting to die...” Mr. Hughes choked on his words, tears running down his face.

“If I say anything nice to her, that would be betraying my wife. That’s enough. Lance, see him out,” Gabriel said without even turning around, too cold to care anymore.

Even Lance, standing beside him, was moved by Mr. Hughes’s desperation and love for his daughter.

That level of ruthlessness from Gabriel was something else—it honestly made Lance admire him a little. The guy was like the poster boy for putting his wife first.

No wonder everyone’s so curious how Mrs. Wallace managed to get Gabriel this whipped.

But he couldn’t forget either—when Mrs. Wallace got tough, she