Chapter 167 A Year Later

“Loves me?” Calista couldn’t help but chuckle. Seeing the discomfort on Benedict’s face, she patted his shoulder and said. “Don’t force yourself if you can’t say it, Dad. I have to tell you that the Langley family already considers me an enemy. It’s time for you to face reality.”

The color drained from Benedict’s face. He brushed off Calista’s hand and opened his mouth before closing it again. He couldn’t utter a word in rebuttal.

“All right, I’m off to class now.” Calista glanced at the time and left with a smile.

As Benedict watched Calista’s retreating figure, he let out a long sigh. He wasn’t clueless. He just yearned. for the past harmony.

There and then, he thought perhaps it was a good decision for Quincy to go abroad.

The roar of a plane taking off filled the air as Quincy departed, carrying with her Yelena’s admonitions and her resentment toward Calista.

In school, Calista seemed to sense something, her gaze drifting toward the sky. A cold smirk suddenly appeared on her face. When she reincarnated, her only thought had been to end things swiftly, to eliminate the person she despised the most. At that moment, however, she had suddenly become. composed. Let’s play a cat–and–mouse game!

A year later, as soon as a figure appeared, the group of reporters at the school gate swarmed toward it.

“Hurry! Hurry! Calista has come out!”

Mainly because, over the past year, all the annoying individuals had vanished from her life, allowing her to fully immerse herself in her research. In addition, her dealings with the Fairchild family had kept her

you’re only nineteen. How did you manage to do it? Who helped and inspired you?”

world. With such an achievement under your belt, could you be the next head of the Stafford family?”

Focus?

away. It was clear they were some sort of bodyguards. However, upon seeing the car’s emblem, the reporters hesitated to go after her. After

to erase the photo.

Balance:

1 Coin

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1 Pearls

167 A Year Later

Quintus, who had been with her for a long time, could naturally guess a bit of what

Mr. Kallum is waiting for you at Havenrock Villa. Today is the big day of the medicine’s launch, and he wishes to celebrate this milestone with

to Havenrock Villa? Can’t

certainly couldn’t admit that Fairchild Manor was teeming with people and that Kallum had long desired

but the specific response is still uncertain, so it’s not appropriate to make a big deal out of something. He wants to celebrate with you privately

explanation, she didn’t probe any further. However, she did murmur to herself. “With his health in such a terrible state, why is he still running around?

and Calista had been trying to prolong Kallum’s life, the inevitable decline of Kallum’s health was unavoidable. K Virus was too aggressive, and Kallum, not being of her constitution, was essentially fighting for his life each day. The fact that he could still move around was nothing short of a

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