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.

must have

branch of the family, deeming Ryan foolish and

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to a woman with a child from a previous

I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I'll be leaving soon, Beatrice

say that,"

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

up at once and

down beside Beatrice and sighed

trouble to you and Mom. I'm

now."

"It's

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."

muttered, "Caden was

you mean?" Beatrice

out, picked you up, and carried you away. If it

tightened her grip on the blanket

just didn't want you dying there. Bad

"I see."

the Caden she

night

and resting for a while, Beatrice got up and packed a

Monica on her

be in tears

out of the mansion, the maids averted their

the portico, gazing at the

finally

her bag tighter and quickened her steps. The Baldwin's mansion was a sprawling garden-style mansion in the best part of Chicago. To avoid interference,

routes, and very

a fast pace, it would take

the streetlights, a car horn

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she moved

car pulled up

get

rolled down, revealing a

Caden's

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moment, her gaze flicking to the back seat. A hand

on a knee-a gesture of

Caden.

involved with him again. She shook her head. "Thanks, but

her bag

of the car and

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

knew Caden

ruthless reputation in Chicago preceded him, and she had experienced it firsthand in her

him,

body, leaving

too hard for this second chance

and moved toward

her into the

the scent of alcohol lingering in the

against the seat, eyes half-closed. Most of his face