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Looking at the back protecting her, Ophelia felt warmth spread in her heart. In the past, she was used to handling everything by herself, and now she realized how comforting it was to have someone to lean on.

No wonder in her past life, Emily always liked hiding behind her family. This feeling was different from when Kenneth

stood in front of her.

Ophelia didn't notice she was lost in thought, with her mind entirely filled with Kenneth, as if there was room for nothing

else.

Feeling the stares around him, Harris shot an angry look at his daughter for making trouble, utterly embarrassed. The side that originally had a valid argument suddenly seemed to lose in

"Kids having a little squabble, why get angry, Finlay?" Harris made a sudden change in his attitude, yet still held his superiority. "We'll compensate for her clothes. There's no need to damage our goodwill for such a trivial matter."

"This is not a trivial matter." Finlay glanced at Ophelia's stained clothes, his usually kind face now showing some coldness. "Elia, how do you want to resolve this?"

The wine was spilled, and the clothes' money was asked for. She wasn't the one embarrassed.

Ophelia said. "Just have you two apologize to me in public."

Harris' face looked grim, but since the issue was now public, he couldn't rely on his position to intimidate others. But he had already noted the resentment against the Carnegie family in his heart.

He thought that there was nothing so great about the Carnegie family, which was just a family of upstarts. For someone not even related by blood, they dared to disrespect him like this. They could confront each other in the business world later. Harris said coldly, "Cecilia, apologize to Ms. Carnegie"

Hearing Harris' word, Cecilia's face darkened, as if her mouth was glued shut.

stepped forward. Seeing Harris asking his daughter to apologize, he quickly urged his own disappointing daughter to apologize too. "Sienna, apologize quickly, or wait till we get home and see how I deal with you." Sienna gritted her teeth, clutching the hem of her dress. Her status

all eyes turned to Cecilia. And Cecilia looked at her father pleadingly,

helping that she reluctantly spat out the words, "I'm sorry"

Ophelia didn't say anything

business world already recognized Ophelia's status at Carnegie family, and now even those

quickly blew over, and the cruise ship continued its smooth journey on the sea. Ophelia was led by a crew member to a lounge in one of the cabins, where she

change out of her wet clothes, when

turning her head, she looked around the room with her

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the door, "Ella, can I come

'Am I just

the door and saw Phoebe standing there holding a

a spare gown. We're about the same size, so it should fit you." Phoebe offered the gown with both hands. Ophelia didn't take

this outfit; it's almost dry anyway.

might be uncomfortable; we'll reach the shore in a bit. The wind is strong outside, don't catch a cold." Phoebe said with concern, like a

worn this dress before. Alright Elia, you go put it on! Don't catch a cold, or Kenny will worry." Phoebe laughed as she handed her the dress and closed the

vanished. She placed the dress aside, not intending to

earlier, she first went to the bathroom to wash her hands, and the hand wash had a nice scent, so she didn't notice anything unusual. By the time she

even though she tried to stop breathing, she couldn't shake off the dizziness. It felt like she

open the lounge door, but she just couldn't manage

it Phoebe behind this thing? 1 shouldn't have let my

but the numbers on it were becoming

no matter how hard she tried,

of buttons randomly, and saddenly her

a few rings, a voice came through the phone. "Hello? Elia, what's up? Hello?

looked at the screen showing a call duration of 11 seconds, paused for a

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