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Nathan spoke with confidence, “She can’t survive without me. Just wait, it won’t even take a week before she realizes how much she needs me and contacts me herself.”

The housekeeper shook her head and sighed. “You’re taking advantage of her love for you, Young Master. But not everyone will wait for you to come around.

Nathan slumped onto the couch, feeling weary. “This is the last time.”

**In a Foreign Land**

After stepping off the plane, Isabella didn’t leave the airport. Instead, she bought tickets for another city. She wandered through several locations before finally arriving in Milan, Italy.

Standing on the unfamiliar streets, surrounded by strangers with pale skin and curly hair, a deep sense of loneliness enveloped her.

With no money to her name; Isabella found a nearby restaurant where she washed dishes and did odd jobs for meager pay. For

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lodging, she spent nights sleeping on airport benches until her wages were paid.

Recovering from surgery and a miscarriage, she overworked herself, often to the point of exhaustion. Her wounds became repeatedly infected, and she nearly fainted several times while working. Concerned for her health, the restaurant owner eventually dismissed her under a polite pretense.

Jobless and penniless, Isabella spent her remaining wages in her search for a new job. To make matters worse, the place where she had been sleeping was taken over by a group of delinquents.

When she tried to retrieve her belongings, their predatory gazes made her flee in fear, abandoning her luggage.

Sitting on the roadside, she broke down in tears. But after crying, she wiped her tears and smiled bitterly.

Before Nathan found her four years ago, wasn’t she just a penniless beggar with nothing?

Determined to survive, Isabella started scavenging for food in trash bins, much like the other homeless people.

By chance, she found a valuable wallet in the garbage. A thief had stolen cash from a wealthy woman and discarded the wallet, which contained important documents.

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material, Isabella realized it must hold great sentimental value for its owner. Out of a kind heart, she returned

Chinese aristocrat, was initially suspicious of Isabella.

shrugged and calmly said, “I didn’t steal it, I swear. I was just

pause, she added, “I recognized the material–it’s from Master Jasmine’s first generation of luxury bags, one of only nine

was astonished. “Now I believe you must be a

bitterly. “You’re mistaken. I’m just a

grabbed her hand. “Miss, no matter what, you’ve returned my late husband’s gift to me, and I must repay you.

replied, “There’s no

puzzled. “But you

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need

admitted, “I need money, a lot of it. But more than that, I need love… and you can’t provide

give you a job. Would you like to work as a

lit up Isabella’s eyes. “What did you

to a factory as a

her. “Thank you. I’d

wife, ironing clothes for everyone in the Hill family. She couldn’t bear to see

skills and developed

a kind elderly woman, didn’t judge her tattered appearance. Instead, she gave Isabella special care, providing her with a small room to

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The employer grew increasingly fond of the resilient Chinese girl and began to inquire

did you come to Milan? You have no one here, you don’t speak the language, and life must be

through the fabric of time. She answered with a melancholic resolve, “I came here to wait for someone,

exhausting it was, she couldn’t

seem to have a natural gift for fashion design. Have you considered going back to school? With a degree in fashion design,

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