Carol had no idea how to react, only remembering the office that day was a scene straight out of a soap opera.

She couldn't recall how many times she slapped Felix; it must have been a lot. And when he finally held her in his embrace, she

was still screaming obscenities at him.

She had never lost her composure like this. She was born a Miller, and never before had she been played for such a fool.

Felix, Listina, Nathan—they'd spun her around like a top.

She was such an idiot, she couldn't blListina for scolding her. She knew how resistant Felix had been at the beginning.

But she overestimated her own charm.

What a joke—a huge, pathetic joke.

She didn't remember how that day ended, now it all seemed like a blur. Only the media frenzy that followed was clear, detailing the

tragic car accident from years ago that claimed three lives on the spot.

One was Felix's father; the others were Listina's parents.

So that was it.

Felix had been out for vengeance for his fiancée all along.

He had never loved her. It was all a gto him, which is why he could walk away so easily.

He'd swiftly becthe president of the Miller Group, executing a ruthless corporate shake-up, and moved Listina into the

neighboring mansion that he'd bought for her—a mansion that stood in stark contrast to the Miller family estate that Carol had

up in and where Abner

placing Listina right next door.

like

seemed like a

it all—Felix actually

engagement, once filled with hope, now

Felix's cold

still waiting for your

blankly, not recognizing the

she'd keep hysterically fighting, but real

back to the Miller estate and had the housekeeper

never cback himself, probably retreating to

Carol, she'd fly off the handle, cursing

endless, torturous

grasping the full extent of her

to the estate for a month, she still couldn't bring herself to grovel in

the wedding date loomed closer, the pressure

the car seat, Carol bit her

wedding, and thus without Felix's pardon, Abner would remain behind

something.

Carol, nauseated at the

rang—it was

returned, and with Maja pregnant and in good spirits, she couldn't

hyet?" Maja's voice was soft and

Felix

"lam."

to lan, careful not to tease him too much in her condition, resting against his

gathering, as everyone trickled out, Maja's thoughts lingered

you need help, just tell me,

was leisurely fixing his clothes,

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