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 family,

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marriage to a woman with a

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

that,"

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

got up at

sighed softly."Do you really have to

and Mom. I'm old

now."

"It's

pillow."Don't refuse it. You're a young woman 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

looked at her, then suddenly muttered, "Caden was acting strangely today. Really out of

do you mean?" Beatrice asked,

picked you up, and carried you away. If it hadn't been for

her grip on the

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

"I see."

the Caden she knew. Beatrice gave

of last night felt like a

for a while,

Monica on her

she'd be in

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

under the portico, gazing at the darkening

finally coming to

mansion in the best part of Chicago. To avoid interference, the family had long since bought up the entire piece

bus routes, and

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

under the streetlights, a car horn sounded behind

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she moved to

car pulled up

get

down, revealing a familiar

Caden's

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the

tapped on a knee-a gesture

Caden.

involved with him again. She shook her

adjusted her bag

got out of the

is 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 to use my own

she knew Caden

and she had

challenged him,

body, leaving

worked too hard for this second chance at life.

and moved toward

guided her into

the scent of

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