When Love Turns to Ashes

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The lobby was spacious, but the air around Caden felt frozen, suffocating everyone present.

He remained silent.

But everyone knew he was furious.

He took out a cigarette and lit it between his fingers.

A cloud of white smoke veiled his face. Through the hazy mist, he stared at Beatrice with an inscrutable expression.

"Get out."

Immediately, Xander also waved his hand in displeasure.

Monica helped Beatrice to her feet.

Beatrice pulled her hand away and stood tall in the center of the lobby, her voice steady and resolute."Since my presence here is such an inconvenience, I'll move out right away. Sir, thank you for all these years of care."

If she was leaving, she would leave with dignity and decisiveness.

She would no longer tiptoe through life, living in fear as she had in her previous life.

With those words, Beatrice turned and walked away.

The eyes following her back were sharp and filled with menace.

The moment she stepped out, the nausea and dizziness from doses of birth control surged over her.

She hadn't walked far before she collapsed.

When Beatrice became conscious, Monica was sitting by her bedside, her eyes slightly red

Seeing her awake, Monica delivered a light slap to her cheek-not hard, more like a tickle.

"Are you trying to scare me to death? How could you take those pills so carelessly?"

"Mom, it's useless. If I don't take them, I'll never be able to leave that place," Beatrice said weakly

"You're a poor kid! I told you before to socialize with rich young men. you could have lived a stable life," Monica advised.

"Like you?"

What kind of stable life was that?

Monica wanted to say something but stopped herself.

If you had married vell,

Just then, the door opened, and Ryan walked in with some food.

"Beatrice, you are awake. Here is

meal. your

It will settle your stomach." Beatrice was about to thank him when she noticed a cut on Ryan's ear, as if something sharp had struck him.

have been

their branch

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marriage to a woman with a child from a previous

causing you trouble. I'll be leaving

that,"

patted her shoulder."The doctor said you still need medication. Go fetch some water,

got up at once

beside Beatrice and sighed softly."Do you really have to

and Mom. I'm

now."

"It's

out there on your own. There will be plenty of expenses. The password is your birthday. Be careful, and call me or your mom if you need anything." "Thank you, Ryan," Beatrice said, full of

her, then suddenly muttered, "Caden was

you mean?"

Caden rushed out, picked you up, and carried you away. If it hadn't

her grip

he just didn't want

"I see."

like the Caden she knew. Beatrice gave a bitter

last night felt like a

her medication and resting for a while,

avoided Monica on her

be in

averted their eyes, as though

stood under the portico, gazing

day was finally coming to

The Baldwin's mansion was a sprawling garden-style mansion in the best part of Chicago. To avoid interference, the family had long since bought up the entire piece of land.

bus routes,

at a fast pace, it would take Beatrice twenty minutes to reach the nearest

walked under the streetlights, a car horn

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moved to the

car pulled

please get in the

window rolled down, revealing a familiar

was Caden's assistant,

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the back seat. A hand adorned

on a knee-a gesture of

Caden.

to get involved with him again. She shook her head. "Thanks, but no. Safe

adjusted her bag

Keith swiftly got out of the car and blocked her

Caden said walking away with your luggage like this would be bad for everyone. If you refuse, I'll have to use my own methods." Beatrice tightened her grip on her bag and glanced at the darkened car window.

she knew Caden

she had experienced it

him,

her body, leaving her cold and

hard for this second chance at

and moved toward the

guided her

she caught the scent

the seat, eyes half-closed. Most of