Chapter: 545

“Where did you find this photo?” Ariana inquired, her gaze fixed firmly on Helen.

She couldn’t help but feel a surge of anger, knowing that Helen had gone as far as. hiring a private detective to tail her and pry into her private life. Regardless of her normally composed temperament, she felt a volcano of emotions ready to erupt.

“It’s of no importance where | found this photo. Just tell me if Theodore saw it or not,” Helen retorted, her confidence evident as she waved the photo in front of Ariana.

“What does it matter now? It’s all in the past. He doesn’t care,” Ariana replied, her voice tinged with frustration. She distinctly remembered telling Theodore that he didn’t have to worry about her past with Jasper after he’d caught a glimpse of the picture through a crack in a book.

Helen’s smile took on a mysterious quality. “Oh, really? Have you ever considered that perhaps what Theodore values differs from what you believe? If you don’t trust me, you can go to his study and find out for yourself.”. ©

couldn’t be trusted, yet she couldn’t resist

Anderson house were off-limits without permission: Marley’s bedroom and Theodore’s

glow of warm yellow light, Ariana’s face was bathed in

thoughts were a jumbled mess, and her brain felt like a rusty machine, churning out

words and Theodore’s past continued to consume

it was a trap waiting for her, she

study door, Ariana stepped

by the memory of Theodore scolding her the first time

books and collections; instead, she followed a peculiar intuition that drew her closer to the desk.

bated breath, Ariana approached the desk, her steps heavy, fixating

as a sunflower. Dressed in white, she playfully contorted her face for the camera. A sweet and innocent grin adomed her youthful countenance, possibly in her early teens. Had she been a few years older, she would

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