Chapter 332:

Then, Alicia’s tone deepened.

“Caden, do you know why I hated you back then?”

She revealed a pain she had long concealed.

“My father never liked me.

Only the highest grades and achievements got his attention.

The year you outshone everyone, he slapped me in front of our entire family.” As she spoke, the memory felt as raw as if it were happening all over again.

She laughed amidst her tears.

“It hurt so much, Caden.

I was his child.

Why couldn’t he love me?”

After that, she returned to school and faced Caden’s cold indifference.

He resented her.

Just like her father, he seemed to dislike her for no apparent reason.

From that point on, the next twelve years of her life were marked by defiance.

Until her parents died, Alicia had never managed to outperform Caden.

call, silence

conclusion to

gracefully, without arguments or unresolved

settled onto the couch,

absentmindedly, lost in thought, and stayed

the sting of defeat, he understood the dangers

he didn’t allow himself to wallow in

took a shower, and

gifts and

saw him, she immediately knew

not to press him further and discreetly instructed

times of distress, it was

mentioned, “Yolanda

about

help with any

call

listened without

added a warning, “Work is just an

involved with her

lot to get rid of

Don’t bring trouble back.”

his chair, his

closer, her

“Caden, are you asleep?”

up, his voice

“No, what is it?”

speaking

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