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

looked down on their branch of the family, deeming Ryan foolish and

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a woman with a child from a previous

you trouble. I'll be

that," Monica

gently patted her shoulder."The doctor said you still

up at once and

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

bring trouble to you and Mom. I'm old enough to take

now."

"It's

be plenty of expenses. The password is your birthday. Be careful, and call me or your mom if you

"Caden was acting

mean?"

picked you up, and

grip on the blanket in

Caden said he just didn't want you dying there. Bad

"I see."

sounded like the Caden she knew. Beatrice

night felt like a

a while, Beatrice got

avoided Monica on

she'd be in

their eyes,

portico, gazing at the

day was finally

early to Chicago, and the evening wind was brisk and chilling. Beatrice gripped the strap of 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, the family had long since

subway, no bus routes, and very few

fast pace, it would take Beatrice

streetlights, a car horn

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moved

car pulled up alongside

please get in the

down, revealing

Caden's

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

a

Caden.

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

her bag and kept

of

for your own good. Mr. Caden said walking away with your luggage like this would be bad for everyone. If you refuse, I'll have

she knew

and she had experienced

she challenged him, the outcome was

drained from her body, leaving

for this second chance at life. She wouldn't risk

moved toward the

guided her

in, she caught the scent

tall frame leaned against the