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.

without a backward glance, mechanically pushing herself forward,

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

helicopter lifted off, Violet

Goodbye, Imperial Palace.

Goodbye, Lucius.

Goodbye!

there as nothing

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start, where Agatha and Lucius were

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 she had

no place to go

to enter Wickham’s residence as she stood at

expelled her

against entering, she headed to her previously rented apartment.

surprised roommate and friend, greeted

I thought you wouldn’t.”

left her job to travel, hadn’t informed Tess

it’s like

“Who’s here?

man in beach shorts appeared, casually draping his

uncomfortable, explained, “I assumed you’d gone home after quitting, so…”

taken over her

fine,” Violet replied, masking her

Tess.”

a mix of embarrassment and happiness visible on her

feeling adrift and alone in the expansive world with

on confronting you, but it’s because of you

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