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 of the

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marriage to a woman with a child from a previous

I'm sorry for causing you trouble. I'll be

that,"

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

got up at once

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

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

now."

"It's

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

her, then suddenly muttered, "Caden

mean?" Beatrice asked,

out, picked you up, and carried you away. If it hadn't been for Xander, you'd still be lying in

grip on the blanket

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

"I see."

sounded like the Caden she knew. Beatrice

events of last night felt like a

for a

Monica on her

knowing she'd be in

of the mansion, the maids averted their eyes, as though

stood under the portico, gazing

finally coming

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. They built

routes, and very few

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

streetlights, a car

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she moved to the

pulled

Lindsey, please get in the

window rolled down,

was Caden's assistant,

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

on a knee-a gesture

Caden.

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

bag

of the

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

knew Caden

she had experienced

challenged him, the outcome

from her body,

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

and moved toward

guided her into

the scent of alcohol lingering in

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