The hospital ward echoed with Mia's piercing screams.

Having jetted to North America and back without rest, Fitch could only feel the throb of a headache setting in.

"Go home," Sharon urged him gently. "I'll stay here with Mia."

Without a word, Fitch turned on his heel and left.

At sight of his leaving, Mia burst into tears. "You might as well not be my real brother. You're so cold to your own family. I'm done

with you, done with being a Haskins!"

Sharon's grip tightened on Mia's wrist. "What nonsense are you spouting? You know exactly what kind of man your brother is. You

can say anything, Mia, but don't you dare speak to him that way."

Fitch had long been the appointed heir to the Haskins fortune; having to keep everyone else in line, he has shouldered more

burdens than they knew.

Sharon was acutely aware that it was not through any effort of their own but due to Fitch's favor in their father's eyes that her own

family has gained a comfortable position..

Without Fitch's protection, they would have certainly faced a harsher reality within the Haskins hierarchy.

Mia's good life was the result of her brother's battles within the family empire.

Mia whimpered softly, with her shoulders shaking.

speak kindly to your brother. His burden

a cigarette and gazed up at the overcast sky, feeling

she might not

of concern crossed his mind. He remembered Zoey. She had

silently, never seeking revenge.

had tainted every impression, so his mind had

he thought of how Zoey was now locked up. He

there would

If Zoey died.

If Zoey died,

untouchable Fitch Haskins.

his thoughts were callous, his hands betrayed him; he reached for his phone to

drove to the

with a bruise marring her cheek and strangulation marks on her neck. Her

suit, which accentuated his sharp features

like a fallen star, cast down from

she hadn't been, none of this

left, leaving her

the marks on her neck. It was obvious

he asked, "How's life on

appearance; she knew she wasn't the type to dazzle at first

looked up, a forced smile crept across her lips. Even now, she worried if her current state would

always so

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