“Nicole! How did you get here?”

“It’s not safe here, Dad. Let’s talk inside.”

After returning to his bedroom, Stephen deliberately dimmed the light before asking his daughter to sit on an inconspicuous spot. He then sat on his bed, and the two started whispering to each other.

“How are you doing, Dad?”

“I’m fine. I may be imprisoned here, but Levant treats me decently. Probably because he still remembers that I was the one who raised him.”

Nicole turned her attention to Stephen’s fingers when she suddenly recalled something.

“Dad… Your fingers…”

“What about them?”

Stephen lifted his hands to show them to his daughter, who was surprised to see that they were perfectly fine.

Nicole realized that it was not really Stephen’s finger that Levant used to threaten her before.

relieved to discover that Levant was not

doing well, Dad. Don’t worry, you’ll be out of here

feeling relieved, Stephen was distressed to hear

are you really marrying

Nicole nodded in response.

really giving up

just hated Evan enough, she would be able to let him go, but her nightmares and worries showed her otherwise. She accepted the

carefully. I have all I need here, and the environment’s pretty good too. It makes for a pretty decent retirement

That’s why I don’t want you to go through the same thing because of me. Otherwise, I won’t be happy even if I return to the estate, and I’d rather stay here. Do you

admit that I love Evan, but as much as I love him, I still have my principles,

did not want to be trapped in the masochistic struggle. Nicole wanted to get as far away from Evan as possible, so getting married to Levant seemed like a good

of her, so there was no way

sure I’ll be happy if we get married,” assured Nicole with

his face,

the window, Evan felt as if his heart had been

everything to him, and he was not about to let her marry someone else. I won’t

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