Aveline glanced in the direction of the warehouse. Hilda was still banging on the door. She didn't seem worried about getting caught anymore, thinking she had Aveline cornered and was now acting with reckless confidence. Aveline hesitated for a moment, then walked over and opened the warehouse door.

Hilda's face was full of irritation. "Why haven't you sent me away yet? Aveline, do you not want to know who your real parents are anymore?"

Aveline's expression remained cold as she looked at her. "If you don't want to tell me, I can find out myself. I don't need you anymore. I might as well call them to take you away now."

At this, Hilda's eyes widened. "You... you can't do this, Aveline! I've raised you all these years. You can't be so ungrateful!"

Aveline let out a mocking laugh. "You did take me in, but any debt I owed you was canceled out when you kept trying to sell me off. And now you want to lecture me about gratitude? Where do you get the nerve?" "You"

Hilda was struck speechless, panic setting in.

What should she do now? Was she really going to be taken back?

If she went back, she'd be as good as dead!

Hilda's face went pale with fear, her eyes shifting frantically. "Fine! If you don't want to know, I won't say a word! I'll leave right now, like I was never even here!"

With that, she shoved Aveline aside and made to leave, but a tall figure blocked her path.

Seeing this, Hilda took a step back, wariness in her voice. "You... what do you want?"

was clouded with an icy expression, his eyes cold as they bore into her. "So, this

need to do anything more than stand there; the sheer force of his presence made Hilda's knees go weak. As

If I didn't listen to Mr. Portal, he wouldn't let me keep running it. I had no other

icy. "Whether you had a choice or not is none of my

took out his

Braden walked in, his face

her away, and make sure she gets special attention," Lucas

Mr. Tudor,"

arm. He didn't seem to use much force, but Hilda immediately

moved closer to

at her delicate, indifferent

low

just got

payback."

silence, walking past him without so much as

are you really that heartless? Don't you even feel a tiny bit grateful for

she replied,

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