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Chapter 152

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 couldn't compare to Cecilia, so she had to bow her head first. I'm sorry, Ms.

to Cecilia. And Cecilia looked at her father pleadingly, biting her lip

wasn't until she saw her father had no intention of helping that she reluctantly spat out the words, "I'm sorry" Her lips were bitten so hard they

their apologies, Ophelia

recognized Ophelia's status at Carnegie family, 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 was offered a

her wet clothes, when she sharply felt a sense of being watched

on the buttons; rather than turning her head, she looked around the room

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door, "Ella, can I come

'Am I just

open the door and saw Phoebe standing there holding

that the dress they'd prepared for you here might not fit, so I brought 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 it, merely glanced at it with her eyes lowered It

I'm fine with this outfit; it's almost

is strong outside, don't catch a cold." Phoebe said with concern, like a big sister, as if they

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 dress aside,

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

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

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

herself, Is it Phoebe behind this thing? 1 shouldn't have let my guard

out her phone, but the numbers

no matter how hard she tried, she

couple of buttons randomly, and saddenly her

through the phone. "Hello? Elia, what's up? Hello? Hello... Elia, did

phone away from her ear, looked at the screen showing a call duration of 11 seconds, paused for a moment, and then called

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