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.

backward glance, mechanically pushing herself

Lucius watched from the balcony, his gaze lingering on her diminishing

the helicopter lifted off, Violet silently bid

Goodbye, Imperial Palace.

Goodbye, Lucius.

Goodbye!

to regard her experiences there as

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where Agatha and Lucius were mere

fleeting dream.

to her family home. Instead, she

place to

desire to enter Wickham’s residence as she stood at

her from this house.

she headed to her previously rented apartment.

Tess Powers, her surprised roommate and friend, greeted her. “Why have you

thought

left her job to

it’s like

“Who’s here?

Violet could elaborate on her situation, a male voice interrupted. A young man in beach

uncomfortable, explained, “I assumed you’d gone home

taken over

replied, masking her feelings with

Tess.”

of embarrassment and happiness visible on her

the expansive world

but it’s because of you that my voice is

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