Chapter 1537

"Don't beg me. If begging worked, I'd have begged Ben not to leave a long time ago," Winnie said as she wiped away the tears at the corner of her eyes.

"Here's the deal. I called to make one thing clear. Everything you owe me, I'm going to take back, bit by bit, through Charlie. He's your son, and they say the sins of the mother fall on the child." With that biting remark, Winnie hung up without hesitation. Clutching her phone, her chest ached with a deep, lingering pain.

The masked man approached, standing by her side. "Winnie, what's the point of all this? You're clearly full of hate for Jamie, but instead of taking it out on her, you're here looking after her kid. I don't get you sometimes.

"If it were me," he continued, "I'd grab this opportunity and make her suffer. Why are you holding back?"

Winnie shook her head. "Charlie calls me his aunt, and besides, it's not right to blame a child for the mistakes of adults."

She might despise Jamie, but Winnie couldn't bring herself to abandon her principles.

The masked man's gaze turned sharp as he pressed further. "Sure, the kid's innocent. But what about your child? The one you lost? Shouldn't that matter more than someone else's kid?"

snapped, turning to leave. "This is my choice, and I don't need your

walk away, the masked man's eyes

*

Jamie was drowning in worry for Charlie. Her anxiety had reached

room, the door opened, and an unfamiliar

with a smile, "I made you some nourishing soup. It's

Her mind

She stepped closer, blocking Jamie's way. Her smile remained, but her tone carried an undercurrent of insistence. "Miss Lewis, this soup is really for your

Jamie wasn't having it.

for anything. Yet here she was, insisting Jamie drink the soup she had made and guilt-tripping her for refusing, as if saying no would make her some kind of ungrateful

straight," Jamie said, her voice, firm. "You're an adult. You're free to spend your time however you like, including making soup. But I'm also

could come in and dictate her life.

smile stayed

"You make a valid point, Miss

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