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Despite his reassuring response, I was still worried.

These past few days, Rufus didn't show any sign of favoritism toward Crystal, but I had noticed that whenever he looked at her, there was happiness in his eyes that he wasn't even aware of.

I remembered Crystal once said that if Rufus fell in love with her again, the black thorns on his back would grow again. And if that happened, there was no way to save him.

I hoped that nothing tragic would happen again. Crystal, more than anybody else, could not bear to go through that agonizing separation again.

I asked hesitantly, "You seem

Rufus said in a light voice, as if he was answering a question

this answer at all, so I raised

On second thought, Crystal really didn't take Rufus seriously enough. She would occasionally surprise me with her brazen behavior. Only Crystal had the courage to bring

He had spoiled her too much before, and

vented my frustrations

attention to her because she is Beryl's biological mother," Rufus said quite seriously with a straight face. If I didn't know better, I'd take his word for

case, choose a mate at the ball." After giving Rufus a quick glance, I continued to

for a long time before

I had a really bad feeling

this time, we caught wind of a kid playing outside. I looked out and saw Beryl playing with the servants in the garden. A bandage covered her adorable face, but that didn't stop her from smiling sweetly. After a few days of recovery, the wound on Beryl's head had healed.

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