Recognition dawned as she locked eyes with Millie, fear and a swirl of emotions dancing across her features.

“Do not draw near. The realms of my misery are vast enough. Permit me my escape.”

Millie remained resolute, her voice a blend of gentleness and unwavering resolve. “Please, reveal what brought about this disfigurement.”

A persistent intuition told Millie that there was a puppeteer orchestrating Fiona’s fate. Could it be that her mission’s failure resulted in her unseen puppet master punishing her with this disfigurement? In the realm of a woman’s life, marring her face proved to be a devastating blow.

Fiona murmured, “It was an inadvertent scalding, an accident.”

She existed as an insignificant entity, powerless against the might of the Rayne family. ALL she could do was internalize her struggles.

you bear subject you

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concealed truths. “Desist from this interrogation. My past missteps have rendered me defenseless, unable to defy

The sight seemed to underscore the weight of Fiona’s downfall, her former arrogance now utterly

queries Lingering, Millie pivoted, ready to

Beneath the scars and shadows, gratitude

extend a gesture of aid? I have no

gifts Leon had bestowed upon her, a consequence of her vying for Lois’ partner. This action

the cash within. “Thank you.

eyes welled with reddened emotions. Silent as the night, Millie departed without uttering

Leon’s outstretched hand played in her

within her that his gesture stemmed from a belief that she held a place within his heart. His act of kindness concealed a lingering

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