Refusing To Be His Perfect Replica, I Choose The Arranged Marriag by BlueMoone

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Chapter 14

Elizabeth left when Aveline was only 8 years old. It happened on Anthony’s birthday. She returned home. full of joy, prepared to celebrate her father’s birthday, but instead found her parents with a divorce agreement.

In her desperation to stop her, Aveline fell down the stairs, losing her shoes and feeling nothing. She clung to Elizabeth’s legs, crying ceaselessly, “Mom, please don’t go!”

The elegant woman gently touched her tender cheek. “I’m sorry.”

“Mom, I ranked first in my class this time. You haven’t seen my report card yet; it needs a parent’s

signature.

“Mom, please don’t leave me. I promise to be good, not go to the amusement park anymore, not make your angry. I’ll behave. I’m begging you…”

She expressed her sorrow in a fluster, hoping the woman would stay. But Elizabeth merely told her that her marriage to her father wasn’t happy and that she had found real happiness now,

Aveline saw an unfamiliar uncle carrying the luggage into a car. They left together.

She chased after them barefoot for hundreds of meters until she fell heavily, her knees and the soles of her feet pierced. She watched the car disappear, forever out of reach.

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At the time, she didn’t understand, but as she grew up, she learned that her mother had had an affair, discovered by her father, which led to the divorce, leaving her homeless and penniless, including her.

After more than a decade without contact, Aveline had grown to hate her, considering never seeing her again in her life.

Fate, however, had a cruel twist; she now had to bow her head to her.

Her throat felt constricted as she stood still. Elizabeth, understanding her feelings, proactively led her to

sit beside her.

“I know you hate me, but back then, you were so young. Many things were not as you imagined, and I couldn’t explain.”

Elizabeth reached out to touch her face. “My daughter has grown up, dear. Mom is coming back to stay in

country for a long time now. I know your family is in trouble, but it’s okay; Mom will take good care

the

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of you.”

hatred seemed insignificant in the presence

well. He has a daughter who’s two years older than

you.

will be joining us

time for Dad’s sake. You know the Blackwood family is bankrupt. My dad’s heart condition

“Aveline is indeed desperate for money if she’s coming to my house for

been struck by lightning. She couldn’t believe her eyes when she saw the people who had

another cruel trick on her, as her mother had become Nora’s stepmother!

husband and her mother had become her relatives.

her mother for

-Alexander.

observing her anxious and fidgety

“Wuwuwu…”

extremely awkward atmosphere. It was only then that Aveline noticed the nanny pushing

first cry of the baby, Alexander had already picked up one

them.

her eyes. If

me and

like she

tortured.

soothe the child today, the crying wouldn’t stop.

patiently comforted. “Baby, be good,

it appear heartwarming. Watching this scene, an unexpected thought

up to Alexander and took one of the babies from him, to her surprise, he didn’t resist. Strangely, as soon as the child was in her

a year old, had distinct features, rosy checks, and a pink mouth that curled into

their soft, tiny hands reaching for the pom–pom on her hat, they

Alexander.

heart felt like it had been stabbed with a knife.

he had been very kind to her. During their honeymoon, he had whispered in her ear,

he wanted? She got

young.