Chapter 37

It was Evelina’s mom, Elara.

Lizetta steadied her breath, slowly stood up, and called out.

“Mrs. Hawthorne.”

Elara gave her a nod, walked over, picked up a towel from the front row of seats, and handed it to Lizetta.

“Thanks.”

Lizetta took it, wiping the sweat and tears from her face, turning slightly to avoid showing Elara her disheveled state.

“Liz, I wanna have a chat with you.”

Elara spoke up, and Lizetta turned around, having a hunch why she was there. Lizetta nodded and replied, “I’ll just change some clothes and be right back.”

Elara nodded, “Go ahead.”

Lizetta took a quick shower, got changed, and came back to the venue. Elara was still in front of the stage. Lizetta walked over.

Elara didn’t turn around, staring at the stage and said, “You remember, right? You snagged your first dance competition gold medal on this stage when you were just five. You were so tiny but already rock–solid, blew everyone away. I was so proud.”

Back then, Lizetta was the little princess of the Hawthorne family, everyone said she was a chip off the old block but surpassed her parents; Elara had her successor, and Elara herself was excited to tears.

flesh and blood, she’d have been the

bond. She asked

soul, and Remington doesn’t love you./I hope you can

bag, “Here’s 500 gránd, enough to set you up for studying abroad.

handed to her, feeling

was to clear the

who ditched her, maybe the love she got too little, she

even wake from nightmares

abuse her and took her frustrations out on Lizetta with

up; she was a child without a

grudges for being abandoned back then, but now, to step on her for her own daughter, to

got pregnant before marriage. Rather than worrying about my future, maybe you should focus more

turned cold, her expression flitting with

takes two to tango. Eve getting pregnant means a guy wanted her to. Four years ago, the Hawthorne family and the Dashiell family discussed marriage, and Remington had agreed. If you hadn’t stepped in, Eve’s child would be born into their wedded

assumed Evelina and Remington were

from childhood; you stole her marriage four years ago. Now that Eve’s

but her heart didn’t soften; she stuffed

into Lizetta’s hand.

straight as it’s stepping aside,

to snap. “Ewan it Remington has

from me and my husband. I’m begging you

full of love for Evelina, plotting for her

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