Chapter 59:

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The rain was pouring down, hitting the ground with every drop. A sudden clap of thunder made Georgia shriek, her hands instinctively clutching at Shelia.

The disgusting smell of dog poop still clung to her, and Shelia's expression twisted in disgust. With a push, Shelia pushed Georgia away.

Caden laughed softly. “Why are you screaming, Georgia? Alicia is the one in trouble. “That thunder sounds like nature is giving her a warning.”

Alicia gave her a cold look. The rain was only getting worse, and Shelia, fed up pushed, Georgia aside and hurried inside to wash up.

Another rumble of thunder echoed overhead. For a moment, Caden's face darkened as he looked at Alice. For some unknown reason, she had stepped into the pond, her hands moving frantically as if searching for something.

The heavy rain clouded the view, making it difficult to see what he was doing. Caden walked over, frowning. “What exactly are you looking for?”

Alicia lifted the hem of her skirt as she continued to feel her way through the water. She muttered, “I think I dropped my phone in here.”

Caden looked down, skeptical. Seeing his hesitation, Alicia urged, “Don't just stand there. Help me find him.”

Caden wasn't fooled. “Is this another one of your tricks? Like the one you played on the maid?”

Alice snorted in response. “Believe what you want.”

He continued his search, moving a few steps to the side. Suddenly, he let out a loud cry. “Ah! “I found it!”

to make out what he was holding, but it looked like

sticking to her cheeks. She looked at him and

how soaked and dejected she looked, Caden reluctantly held out

to her other hand. Without warning, she placed something in her palm. Caden froze. At first, he didn't know what it was, but the

was a toad.

disgust. With a sharp jerk she threw it aside and her whole body shook with

aversion to all things impure, was repulsed beyond measure. The mere thought of touching the toad would torment him for days. His expression darkened even further, a storm brewing

she might have gone too far, Alice stopped laughing and tried to climb out of the pond. In her haste, she lost her footing in the slippery mud and fell back into the water, hitting her knee on a sharp stone. A sharp pain shot through her leg, and her vision

balance, but her injured knee refused to support her weight. Her hand shook as

“I can’t stand women who pretend to be innocent.” He paused, his eyes narrowed. “Whatever you learned

stare at him, speechless. Without saying anything else,

between fury and pain, felt as if the sky itself was about to strike her. Seeing Caden

downpour forced him to reconsider. Soaked to the bone, he had no choice but to change. It had

her son Joshua's clothes. She smiled and said, "You

sleeves, replied with icy indifference, “I’m not one

"Don't bother."

words were colder than the falling

never liked his stepmother, and Shelia despaired of him in returning, although she tried not to show it. But in the end, there was no choice. Caden was far more talented than her son Joshua. And now, with the inheritance at stake, Shelia knew

back her anger and headed

lately, and was even able to walk a little, slowly regaining

kept her back to him,

Jerald frowned. “What's wrong?”

her head. “It's

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