Chapter 157: He was Joseph Felix
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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
from that disgraceful scene. He
deeply entering my
voice tinged with
much, so her expression remained unchanged,
let out a soft laugh. “I never imagined I’d
fate
curled into a sardonic smile, finally speaking, “Whether it’s karma depends on what you
your story isn’t enough for me to return the Tears of the Rose to you.”
bottle, refilled her glass, and drained it
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she continued, “That’s when I
love. But when I saw Winona Summers coming to find
Winona Summers!”
hatred, a destructive force that seemed capable
in its dark embrace. Her face
Joseph Felix, but Joseph
I not see the love
Felix, an adopted son of the Summers, actually fell in love with his supposed
Summers!”
clenched tightly, veins bulging in anger. “I couldn’t accept it,
planning to marry him with the
just as I spoke of marrying Joseph Summers with a lavish dowry.
Summers‘ hand, declaring to Master Summers that in this life, he would
marry one
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