Chapter 206 A faint scoff escaped his lips.

“So, this is what you’ve reduced yourself to? Burning the candle at both ends, treating yourself like some machine.

Do you really think slogging away like this is what success looks like?”

Her jaw tightened.

“It’s none of your business.”

“Oh, it’s my business, all right,” Kristopher retorted, his voice laced with irritation.

“That shady club incident, the chaos outside the bar the other night… Since you left, every mess you’ve landed in has needed my intervention.

Grow up, Carrie.

Life isn’t a game of empty bravado.”

His words sliced through her like shards of ice, and for a moment, she froze.

Then, like a dam bursting, her anger spilled out.

eyes burned as she turned

dare bring up last night!” she

have any idea how terrified I was? They drugged me, and dragged me into that car like I was nothing! I fought to hit them with a beer bottle,

broke, tears

were you?” she

the person who saved me wasn’t

to escape

should have just gone through

hung in

observed her-truly saw her-perhaps for the

carefully constructed emotional fortress

had always remained detached, who struggled to empathize

loosened his

shoulder, reminiscent of how

your acting, your

I won’t interfere.”

her moment of freedom,

don’t want to

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