Chapter 1725:

Dolores met her gaze with startling indifference. If she had truly grasped the consequences, she wouldn’t have gone through with it in the first place.

Leon was going crazy. “The Ruiz Group’s reputation is in ruins. Your brother’s latest project is now on the verge of collapse. And you?” His glare bore into her. “Your own name is in the dirt.”

“So?” Dolores shrugged. “If Lowell’s handling it, then let him. What’s the big deal?”

Leon’s eyes darkened with something colder than anger—disgust. “The big deal, Dolores, is that the entire elite circle now knows exactly what kind of woman you are. Your reputation is in shreds. Forget about Shaun—no respectable man will ever want you now.”

At the mention of marriage, Dolores’s composure finally cracked. She had spent years sculpting herself into the perfect wife material, poised to marry into a family much more esteemed than hers.

Confidence had always been her armor—she believed she could secure a prize husband. And she nearly had. Shaun wasn’t her only prospect; other distinguished men had considered her a match.

just Shaun—all of them. Gone.

of marrying into a family of equal standing to

of her downfall slammed into

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let out a weary sigh. “The doctor said you took too many aphrodisiacs. You were so… consumed by the effects that

over,” she whispered, a hollow emptiness creeping into her tone. “My

but rage overpowered sympathy. His voice thundered through the room. “Disgraceful! You’ve shamed our family! Look at your brother—he doesn’t need us to

to soothe her. “It’s alright, Dolores. Even if marriage doesn’t

struck her. “I will get married! I’ll go on dates, I’ll find a husband! I refuse to waste away at home like some unwanted

Leon slapped her hard across the face. “Marry? Who would marry you now? If you were

her burning cheek, tears streaming down her face. “That’s the second time you’ve hit me…

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