Chapter 275

Dorian let out a sardonic laugh. "What do you mean? Haven't you realized that ever since that incident two years ago, the family has essentially been done for?"

Alistair was silent for a moment, though the discomfort on his face was palpable.

"I just didn't expect her to pull something like this today," Dorian said, his voice low and steady.

Alistair took off his glasses and rubbed his temples.

"Even though I know you hate her right now, don't forget, we're all in this together. Sink or swim."

"And what about you?" Dorian asked coolly. "Weren't you digging into the way she bullied Miranda back in school?"

Alistair's gaze dropped, shadowed with regret.

Dorian's hatred for Arabella stemmed from more than just what happened to Miranda. But for Alistair, the turmoil and guilt he felt had twisted into an intense loathing for Arabella.

Miranda had never returned to the Hawke family, maybe they wouldn't have ended

return, and those three years they spent together were real. That timid, fragile sister who had always tried to get closer to them only to

clear Arabella had been the mastermind behind many

out to them. And

at them felt like a knife slicing through their hearts, exposing the raw

no matter what,

eyes. "Even if we had a do-over, we would probably do the same thing. The state of the family now-maybe it's

stared flatly out

know is that she

he meant. He didn't say anything further. He

if the family goes under completely, it'll be bad for all of us," Alistair

gaze out

predicament was a

had been showing cracks for months

a chance to intervene,

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