Chapter 157: He was Joseph Felix

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Chapter 357: He was Joseph Felix

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.

and humiliated. Just then, a boy jumped

around me, shielding me from that disgraceful scene. He became my savior, like a

entering my

voice tinged with self–mockery,

so her expression remained unchanged, silently

let out a soft laugh. “I never imagined I’d

fate

curled into a sardonic smile, finally speaking, “Whether it’s karma depends on

enough for me to return the Tears of the

the wine bottle, refilled her glass, and drained it in one gulp.

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down with a crisp sound, she continued, “That’s when I fell for Joseph Felix.

kind to me, and I mistook his friendliness for love. But when I saw Winona Summers coming to find him at school,

woman, Winona

hatred, a destructive force that seemed

embrace. Her face contorted into a snarl as

he wasn’t known as Joseph Felix, but Joseph

could I not

Felix, an adopted son of the Summers, actually fell in love with

Summers!”

clenched tightly, veins bulging in anger. “I couldn’t accept it, I couldn’t stand it.

planning to marry him with the influence and dowry of an Ashworth. I

But just as I spoke of marrying Joseph Summers

to Master

and marry one person

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