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Chapter 143 Burning Scar

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“You know how our principal operates. If our parents don’t show up for the parent–teacher meeting, he’ll make a public announcement the next day. I remember Charmaine being called out like that for three whole years.

As he spoke, something else came to mind.

“Oh, and she’s really pretty, so she attracted a lot of attention at school. She was close to the school hunk. Daniel, and plenty of girls who had a crush on him gave her a hard time behind her back. Every time something happened, their parents would storm into the office, but no one ever showed up for Charmaine. I passed by the office a few times and saw our homeroom teacher berating her, jabbing her forehead like she was worthless… Tsk, back then, I thought maybe her family favored boys over girls. But now that I think about it, those parents who raised the wrong daughter are downright heartless. If Charmaine’s been treated like this for so long, they must be to blame too.”

Milo listened, and every word felt like a burning scar searing into his heart.

Bennett and Sophie are monsters!

His eyes darkened to the extreme.

They had known all along that Charmaine wasn’t their daughter and that Leah was their biological child.

Leah had been living a wonderful life with the Nelsons, pampered by the whole family–Bennett surely knew that too.

Yet, despite knowing they’d taken the wrong daughter, they never treated Charmaine like a human being.

All these years, Leah had never suffered even the slightest grievance, but Charmaine… her experience had been entirely different.

If they had just protected Charmaine a little, and shown her even a shred of kindness, she wouldn’t have been caught up in endless rumors. She wouldn’t have been misunderstood as a bad person, nor seen as selfish, greedy, and constantly vying for Leah’s place.

like an

never needed to fight for anything–everything should have been hers from the start.

Milo recalled all the things Charmaine had been through with the Nelsons, how she had left so decisively. The pain in his

and disgusted

to

recognizing each other as an engaged couple. Emyr could rightfully stand

had squandered even the identity he once had.

on, man. Even if you

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of her thoughts, still

it over, she scooted closer to Emyr. Feeling it wasn’t enough, she slid

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the corner of his eye. Charmaine immediately spoke up. “Mr. Emyr, just now you told Milo I was your fiancée. What did you

so startled he nearly

deeper–he couldn’t wait to make things official and

felt a little uneasy.

she was shocked when he said those words

the elevator, as if he

if Emyr meant

bother

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