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

on their branch of the family, deeming Ryan

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marriage to a woman with a child

trouble.

say that," Monica

said you still need medication. Go fetch

up at once and

sighed softly."Do you really have to go,

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

now."

"It's

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

muttered, "Caden

do you mean?" Beatrice asked,

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

her grip on the blanket

want you dying

"I see."

the Caden she knew. Beatrice

of last night felt like

resting for a while, Beatrice got up

avoided Monica

be in

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

portico,

day was finally coming to

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 bought up the entire

subway, no bus routes, and very few

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

under the streetlights, a car horn sounded

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moved to

pulled up

get in the

down,

Caden's

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the back seat. A hand

on a knee-a gesture of

Caden.

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

her bag

out of the car and

be bad for everyone. If you refuse, I'll have to use my own methods." Beatrice tightened her grip on her bag and

knew Caden was

she

challenged him,

her body, leaving her cold and

had worked too hard for this second chance at life.

and moved toward

her into

caught the scent of alcohol lingering

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