After Divorce, My General Husband Chasing Me Back

Chapter 318 Felt Like a Gift

When Claire heard that voice, the first thought that flashed through her mind was that she must be hearing things.

But as she blinked her eyes open and shut, she saw the men around her actually stepping back, abandoning their assault. Then, that familiar face appeared before her.

Tears instantly blurred her vision, but even at that moment, Claire struggled to believe what she was seeing.

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She thought, "Maybe I'm just hallucinating because I'm about to die.

Isn't it said that when people are near death, they see the one person they long to see the most?"

Claire fixed her gaze on Elizabeth, and for a brief moment, she felt a surge of relief that the face before her wasn't Frederick's.

Yes, if there was anyone in this world he truly cared about, it was Elizabeth.

From the moment the truth about the switched identities had come to light, everyone had pointed fingers at her, hurling insults and blaming her for being Effie's daughter. Yet, through it all, Elizabeth had remained steadfast, treating her with kindness. 0000000

tiness Claire had cried in Elizabeth's arms,

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With a gentle hand on her head, Elizabeth had replied softly, "All I know is that you are the granddaughter 1 raised."

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hope during Claire's darkest moments, illuminating

out in

of those thugs, Frederick, Harrison, and even her adoptive parents-those who claimed to love her-had

her blood, ready to condemn

in Claire, even when the evidence seemed stacked

her

away.

had fought fiercely for her, but ultimately, she had collapsed from the strain, unable to

later, when Claire emerged from prison, she learned just how much Elizabeth had sacrificed

moment Claire was incarcerated, Elizabeth had protested relentlessly, refusing to eat, and on several occasions, she had ended up in the hospital from severe hunger, her stomach bleeding from the strain. It was

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free, but the price had been steep-Elizabeth had been diagnosed with stomach

one person Claire couldn't bear to lose in this world, it

felt that the greatest blessing

facing the

now, it seemed as if she could take that step

warm face, Claire felt that, for a fleeting

"Clai... Clai..."

voice, so familiar and longed for, reached her ears, and

voice one last time before she

truth, from the day of the engagement banquet, when so much had begun to unravel, Claire had already made a silent decision: the further she was from