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,

an unspoken conclusion to their troubled

gracefully, without

onto the couch, his mind

in thought, and stayed in that

of defeat, he understood the

didn’t allow himself to

shower, and pulled himself out of

Christmas gifts and returned to

she immediately knew he had

to press him further and discreetly

of distress, it was important

mentioned,

about you

help with

her a call

without really paying

a warning, “Work is

involved with her

to

Don’t bring trouble back.”

reclined in his chair, his

moved closer, her tone

“Caden, are you asleep?”

looked up,

“No, what is it?”

was speaking to

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