Chapter 0263

"Enough!" Everything Nicholas said made me sick to my stomach. "Stop trying to make yourself the victim!"

His questioning stung even more than when he agreed to let Jasmine replace me. I hung up the phone, my hand shaking uncontrollably. At that moment, all my hopes for the future were shattered.

I had gone out of my way to doll myself up for the camera that day, ' . I looked in the mirror, I felt like such a clown.

when

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I couldn't help but think about what my mother had said before. Maybe she was right. Maybe I was too hardheaded. Maybe I shouldn't always try to do everything myself. I needed to learn to bend a little.

In actuality, most of these marriages were based on convenience rather than love. The wives used their husbands' money to do their own things and chose to look the other way when it came to their husbands' affairs. Could true love genuinely not exist in the world of the rich? Was I doomed to become one of them?

My vision blurred, and all I could see was Nicholas's face staring back at me in the mirror. He smiled at me and asked why I hadn't gone home yet...

I hurled my phone at the mirror, and it shattered into a million pieces. At last, the voices in my head went silent.

when they were down. I was kicked out of the TV station for

but I had no choice. I hope

took off before I could even say a word, clearly afraid someone might

me out, so I took the "travel expense" and went to a café near the TV station, ordering

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the café door chime. Pete walked in and scanned the room. When his eyes landed on me, his

I fought back the urge to cry and waved at him. His smile was just like it had been when we were kids. I realized then that he had smiled at me

a bit guilty as if I owed him something, so I offered to place the order. I forced a smile and waved the banknotes in

him. I never had to walk on eggshells or attempt to please him. At that moment, I

enough to support me? I don't eat a lot, you

narrowed

"Who did this?"

up in my eyes, so I hastily dropped my head and lied to him. "It was

my hand, and walked away. The next thing I knew, he was back with a first-aid kit.. Without a

I can't leave you here on your

the antiseptic made me wince, so he brought my hand to

sun hit the side of

who was usually so

incredibly gentle, He snapped his

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