Outside the ward, Richard Shaw glanced at the half-open door, listening to the soft, gentle voices inside. He spoke calmly, "She's awake. Let's leave. If Delphine Carter sees us, she'll just get worked up and angry—it's not good for her health."
The man leaned against the stark white wall, silent, his handsome face shrouded in an aura of cold detachment that warned strangers away.
Arthur White stepped forward and said quietly, "Mr. Leclair, the baby has been sent to the Howard Family. The matriarch has asked you to come over."
Ignatius Leclair responded with indifference, rose, and made his way to the Howard Family. As he passed by the ward, the woman's soft, frail voice floated out: "Once I'm feeling better, I'll take the eldest child and leave."
The man's deep phoenix eyes flickered with a hint of an inscrutable emotion before he left expressionlessly.
