Chapter 514

Chapter 514:

As he changed his shoes and clutched the bread he had purchased, he paused when he noticed Zola sitting on the sofa. He turned, intending to head straight upstairs.

“Stop!” Zola stood up and blocked his path. “Why did you keep it from me that Bryan and Eileen have a daughter? What’s going on in your head? Helping a bunch of outsiders hide a secret from me!”

Every time Zola and Milford argued over these petty issues, Milford couldn’t bring himself to engage. He was eager to head upstairs, but suddenly a sharp pain shot through his shoulder.

Zola had hurled a glass of water at him, striking his shoulder before the glass shattered on the floor. The sharp crack of the breaking glass was particularly jarring. Standing at the top of the stairs, Milford turned around and glared at Zola. “Have you lost your mind?”

“Don’t you realize that I’m no

watched in silence as Zola’s anger

wealth are gone—all because of Eileen and Bryan! If you hadn’t kept the fact that they already had a child from me, things might not have turned out this way!” She was seething with frustration. “You are all obstacles in my way, and so are our parents! It would be better if you

the world itself had conspired against her, Zola broke down in tears, clutching her hair in despair and collapsing to the floor in a dramatic

“What are you talking

on Zola’s shoulders

of strength, her voice steady despite her trembling hands. “I don’t know what you’re talking about. Just

could process her words, Zola sprang up, grabbed her bag from the entrance, and bolted out the door. Milford stumbled back, hitting the wall as Zola pushed him. In the process, he stepped on a shard of glass that had pierced his shoe, sending a sharp pain through

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