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.

Just then, a boy jumped on stage, took

scene. He became my savior, like a prince from fairy

entering my heart.”

looked at Claire, her voice tinged with self–mockery, “He was

had guessed as much, so her expression

never imagined I’d be talking

Is this fate

a sardonic smile, finally speaking, “Whether

your story isn’t enough for me to return the Tears of the Rose to you.”

picked up the wine bottle, refilled her glass, and

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with a crisp sound, she continued,

and I mistook his friendliness for love. But when I saw Winona Summers coming to find him at school, I realized his affection was just friendship, and all his tenderness was reserved

woman, Winona

suddenly brimmed with intense hatred, a destructive force that seemed capable of

Her

Joseph Felix, but Joseph Summers. His friends said

woman, how could I not see the

adopted son of the Summers, actually fell in love

Summers!”

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

marry him with the

just as I spoke

declaring to Master

marry one

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