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

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

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a woman with

sorry for causing you trouble. I'll be

that," Monica

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

at

down beside Beatrice and sighed softly."Do you really

bring trouble to you and Mom. I'm old

now."

"It's

plenty of expenses.

suddenly muttered, "Caden was acting strangely today. Really

you mean?"

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

grip on the

want you dying

"I see."

she

of last night felt

and resting for a while, Beatrice

avoided Monica on her

she'd be

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

portico,

was finally coming

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.

no bus routes, and

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

under the streetlights, a car horn sounded behind

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moved

car pulled up

please get

down, revealing a familiar

was Caden's

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flicking to the back seat. A hand adorned with a red

tapped on a knee-a

Caden.

with him again.

bag and

out of the car and blocked her

tone calm."Ms. Lindsey, please get in the car. This is for your own good. Mr. Caden said walking away with your luggage like this would be bad for everyone.

she knew

she had experienced

challenged him,

heat drained from her body, leaving

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

and moved toward the

her

in, she caught the scent of alcohol lingering in

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