Chapter 426:

Tears streamed down Freda’s face, dripping onto the sofa. She could no longer hold them back.

Staring blankly at the damp cushions, pain welled up in her heart. She had known Theo wouldn’t care for her, yet she had humiliated herself by trying over and over again.

Freda felt ridiculous, like an actress in her own tragic play.

Glancing at her phone, she saw it was seven in the morning. Theo was surely awake, but he continued to shut her out.

Confronting this harsh reality, Freda set her phone aside and tried to steady herself. She wasn’t much of a drinker, yet last night she had overdone it. Perhaps all she needed was to lie down and rest.

However, rest brought no relief. Soon after laying down, nausea overwhelmed her despite her stomachache subsiding.

Unable to fight the urge to throw up, Freda stumbled up, hurried out of her room, and rushed to the restroom.

she retched, expelling everything she had

a million dollars. The irony of vomiting in such close proximity to something so valuable made her

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was the heiress of the Jimenez family after all. He had to have feelings for her, she reasoned desperately. The more she dwelled on it, the more it dawned on her how much she was diminishing herself for love, trapped in a

early morning, allowing her the freedom to cry unrestrained,

chill set in, she got up. She walked out of

rinsed her mouth at the sink, she

“It seems you’ve been through quite the ordeal over a man, just like another

her expression darkened. “I think you’re mistaken. You don’t know me,” she said, her voice laced with

she smiled slyly. “Theo Ward’s quite the scoundrel, isn’t he? Believes you’re not up to

are you? How do you know

that actress? Weren’t you just banned in

situation with Theo. Doesn’t it infuriate you? He’s overlooked you

closer, her voice dropping to a conspiratorial whisper. “If I were

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