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

on their branch of the family, deeming Ryan

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marriage to a woman with a child from a previous

I'm sorry for causing you trouble.

say that," Monica

shoulder."The doctor said you still need medication. Go fetch

got up at once and

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

will only bring trouble to you and Mom. I'm

now."

"It's

be plenty of expenses. The password is your

"Caden was acting strangely today. Really out

you mean?" Beatrice

called for help after you fainted, Caden rushed out, picked you up, and carried you away. If it hadn't been for

tightened her grip on the blanket in

want you dying there. Bad for

"I see."

the Caden she knew.

of last night

taking her medication and resting for a while, Beatrice got up and

Monica on

she'd be

out of the mansion, the maids averted their eyes, as though contact with her would bring

stood under the portico,

day was finally

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

no bus routes, and very few

fast pace, it would take Beatrice twenty minutes

a car horn sounded behind

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she moved

the car pulled up

please get

down, revealing a

Caden's assistant,

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

tapped on a knee-a

Caden.

to get involved with him again. She

her bag and

her, Keith swiftly got out of the car and blocked her

your luggage like this would be bad for everyone. If you refuse, I'll have to use my own methods." Beatrice tightened

she knew Caden

and she had experienced it firsthand in her previous

challenged him, the outcome was

from her body, leaving her cold and

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

moved toward

guided her

she caught the scent of alcohol lingering in

glanced at Caden. His tall frame leaned against the seat, eyes half-closed. Most of