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.

glance, mechanically pushing herself forward, step

balcony, his gaze lingering on her diminishing figure until she was long out

off, Violet silently

Goodbye, Imperial Palace.

Goodbye, Lucius.

Goodbye!

her experiences there as nothing more

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returned to the start, where Agatha and Lucius

fleeting dream.

the city, Violet didn’t head straight to her family home. Instead, she made a detour to the Blue Cross organization to donate the check

place to go

she stood at the

her

to her previously rented

Tess Powers, her surprised roommate and friend, greeted

I thought

her job to travel, hadn’t informed Tess

it’s like this…”

“Who’s here?

young man in beach shorts appeared, casually draping his arm around Tess’s shoulders, eyeing Violet curiously.

explained, “I assumed you’d gone home

Tess’s boyfriend had taken

masking her feelings with

Tess.”

and happiness visible on her

alone in the expansive world with no

on confronting you, but it’s because of you that my voice is

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