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She paused, then looked up at Claire Donovan, raising her wine glass slightly, “Care for a drink?”
Claire shook her head, remaining silent and observant.
Mia Ashworth took a deep breath, raised her glass to her lips, and downed the entire content. She drank so hastily that the wine choked her, spilling out as she coughed violently, covering her mouth.
with her hand. Claire, slightly furrowing her brow, offered her a tissue.
Mia took the tissue, wiping her mouth awkwardly before finally ceasing her cough. She took another deep breath and looked up at Claire, ready to speak.
“Claire Donovan, I didn’t know your mother well, only Joseph Felix.”
Claire nodded but didn’t respond, simply listening.
Mia’s eyes revealed deep sorrow, her entire demeanor clouded with melancholy. “I was quite popular at
school, with many boys liking me. Yet, I didn’t fancy any of them.”
She smiled with a hint of pride but underlying loneliness. “During a school performance, some girls.
envious of my talent, secretly cut my dance dress. It wasn’t noticeable at first, but during my
performance, the cuts tore open, exposing me in front of everyone.”
“The entire school laughed at me. The girls mocked me, and the boys looked at me with ill intentions.
Just then, a boy jumped on stage, took off his shirt,
He
entering
voice tinged with self–mockery, “He was Joseph Felix.”
so her expression remained unchanged,
out a soft laugh. “I never imagined I’d be talking about those days with
Is this fate
curled into a sardonic smile, finally speaking, “Whether it’s karma depends on
enough for me
picked up the wine bottle, refilled her glass, and drained it in one gulp.
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with a crisp sound, she continued, “That’s when I
But when I saw Winona Summers coming to find
woman, Winona Summers!”
eyes suddenly brimmed with intense hatred,
its dark embrace. Her
as Joseph Felix, but
but as a woman, how could I
Summers, actually fell in love
Summers!”
veins bulging in anger. “I couldn’t accept it, I couldn’t stand
planning to marry him with the influence and dowry of an Ashworth. I
as I spoke of marrying Joseph Summers
came out holding Winona Summers‘ hand, declaring to Master Summers that in this life, he
and marry one
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