Chapter 0095

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“Violet, the choice is yours–to stay or to leave. Should you stay, you’ll be mine. If you leave, I’ll

ensure you’re compensated.”

Violet, caught in a whirlwind of thoughts, gazed back at him.

Deep down, the idea of being his wasn’t entirely unappealing; she had grown used to his

presence, his assertiveness, temper, sporadic tenderness, his entirety…

Yet he had vowed never to emotionally commit to a woman again, a declaration he repeated this morning for the third time.

Thus, she saw herself as no different from the other women in his past.

“I’ll leave.”

The response elicited a sharp, agonizing sensation in Lucius’s chest. An unfamiliar bitterness filled his mouth. Not even Agatha’s departure had struck him this hard.

“Violet Wickham…” he began. “If this is your decision, I respect it.”

His lack of insistence signaled to her that she was truly dispensable in his eyes.

A sudden, uncontrollable laughter erupted from Violet, contorting her face with its intensity.

Her response alarmed Lucius, who hastily left the room without realizing that her initial

laughter had quickly turned into sobs and that she was continuously crying.

The following day, Violet departed, carrying only her bag and a sizable check.

a backward glance, mechanically pushing herself forward, step by step.

his gaze lingering on her diminishing figure until she was long out of sight.

lifted off, Violet silently bid

Goodbye, Imperial Palace.

Goodbye, Lucius.

Goodbye!

regard her experiences there as nothing

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the start, where Agatha and Lucius were mere figments

fleeting dream.

straight to her family home. Instead, she

had no place

desire to enter Wickham’s residence as she stood at the door. Her father had declared

dead and expelled her

she headed to her previously rented

Powers, her surprised roommate and friend,

back? I thought you wouldn’t.”

her job to travel,

it’s like this…”

“Who’s here?

in beach shorts appeared, casually draping

“I assumed you’d gone home after quitting,

boyfriend had taken over

replied, masking her feelings with feigned nonchalance. “Congratulations.

Tess.”

and happiness visible on her

alone in the expansive world with no place to call her own.

it’s because of you that my voice is damaged,”

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