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Chapter 104 No More Tricks to Play

Charmaine stood in stunned silence.

What on earth is happening? Did he wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

“Didn’t you say you were having dinner out tonight? It’s so early; you’re done eating already?”

Emyr’s expression darkened further. “I lost my appetite.”

Charmaine awkwardly scratched her nose, unsure of how to respond. “I see.”

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She couldn’t help but wonder what had made Emyr so upset. He practically radiated anger the second he walked through the door.

His icy stare shifted from Charmaine to Milo, still standing stiffly in the room. “Mr. Milo, what brings you here?”

That tone … It sounded exactly like the one she’d used with Milo moments ago.

Which one of us is influencing the other?

Milo straightened up and walked forward. “I was just looking for my sister. Do you take an interest in my family matters as well?”

“I don’t recall your sister living here at the Cross residence,” Emyr retorted with a mocking smile.

“What …”

were about to escalate,

his fists, his frustration evident. He wanted to snap back, but the words

away, his voice low and simmering with anger. “Are you really going to stay by

this place is fine,” Charmaine

much… If there’s anything

he shot a glare at Emyr

there, a mixture of anger and confusion swirling

like

are more toxic than

the Nelsons‘ house, Milo couldn’t stop replaying Charmaine’s painful recounting of her past. The cold expression she wore as she

heart felt

to grow up in

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had kept all of Charmaine’s childhood possessions.

be

his thoughts as he opened the

he flicked the light on, he found Leah sitting in his favorite chair, her face streaked with tears, her makeup

“Milo …”

voice was barely audible, a faint

felt like everything inside him had been in turmoil for ages.

her haste caused her to lose balance. She fell hard onto

He turned to see Leah, bruised on her forehead,

me!”

Leah was terrified.

Milo punching Daniel for Charmaine at school, and before she could confront him, a servant had whispered that

seemed to crumble around her.

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