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Megan’s eyes turned red. She held Yolanda’s hand and said, “Yolanda, I just don’t think should be like this.

you

“You don’t know how jealous I was of you back in school. You were so dazzling then, proud like a little princess.”

Yolanda lowered her eyes. The truth was, she had never been proud.

People thought she shined because she was the daughter of the Grant family. But everyone in the circle knew she had been adopted for a marriage alliance. Before the age of ten, she had lived in an orphanage.

For the past two years, Charles had given her 60 thousand dollars every month, but she always sent half of it back to the orphanage.

She never forgot how she had gotten where she was, so she pushed herself to do everything perfectly. In school, she studied hard, determined to take first place in every exam.

But she hadn’t expected that what wasn’t truly hers could never be forced. No matter how hard she tried, Charles still didn’t care about her.

So she no longer wasted her efforts hoping for Charles’s love.

Yolanda felt a bit tired. Just as she was about to say she needed to rest, her phone rang. It was Charles.

He usually only called when it was about business.

As soon as she answered, his voice came through. “Let’s have dinner at the Sinclair manor later. You’re not home?”

“No. I’m at the hospital,” Yolanda said.

“Your fever hasn’t gone down yet?” Charles asked.

“It’s gone,” Yolanda said. “I’m here visiting a colleague. Come pick me up.”

Yolanda lowered her gaze, grabbed the new clothes Megan had bought, and headed to the restroom to change.

Megan tried to stop her. “Are you crazy? You just had your stomach pumped, and now you’re going to dinner with him?”

Yolanda’s face was pale as she sighed. “It’s about the Sinclair family, I can’t put it off.”

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least for now, none of this

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freshened up, and sprayed some minty breath spray, making sure there was no trace

the contract with Zack tomorrow morning. Once it’s signed,

felt so bad for Yolanda that she almost cried, but she knew business came first. She sighed, “Yolanda, when you push

time to say more. She looked toward Ian, who stood quietly in the corner, worried that today’s events might affect him. She comforted him, “Ian, don’t feel pressured. Just focus on your acting. This is only the

would get more

his

couldn’t help but sigh inwardly at his withdrawn nature. She smiled a little, and as soon as she went downstairs, she saw Charles’s car waiting outside. His

the door for her respectfully,

the seat next to Charles. Papers rested on his knees, but his eyes were fixed out the car window,

watching him from up there. The look carried a faint trace of mockery, and it

looked at

couldn’t be bothered to notice her, but today her face was pale, and when the car braked hard, she almost

reached out, steadying her by the shoulder.

froze, eyes shut, trying to calm the burning in her

this colleague of yours a man?” Charles pressed. He didn’t think the person watching

told Yolanda to go try other men, if she really did,

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to see

didn’t ask anything

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could tell she was sick. But Charles just

back against the seat. She heard Charles

her bad

Charles was staring in shock. He had probably never been

her voice. “I’m fine.

oddly impressed by that brief flash

temper.

laugh, watching the scenery slide past the window. “Yolanda, you looked so alive just now I couldn’t help

lively women. After all, the woman he loved most

So did Sophie.

her eyes and simply

suddenly pried her mouth open and shoved in two

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