When Love Turns to Ashes

Chapter 253 Being Kept By a Mysterious Man?

Beatrice returned to the yard and dozed off against the sofa for a while..

Close to lunchtime, Monica called her and asked her to go for a meal.

Hung up the phone.

Beatrice got up and straightened her clothes.

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Then she applied the unused red lipstick onto her somewhat pale face in front of the mirror, adding a touch of charm.

Walking out of the yard, not far away,

she saw Ryan hurriedly walking towards the artificial mountain.

She was about to call out to him, but she noticed that there was another person following behind him.

Angie.

From the previous conversation between the two, Beatrice had a feeling that these two individuals seemed to know each other.

She approached the rockery quietly and happened to see Angie reaching out and grabbing Ryan’s arm.

She sarcastically said, “Back then, you broke up with me for a woman like this?”

Ryan furrowed his brows and glanced at her, still maintaining

“Angie, you misunderstood. I broke up with you first, and then I met Monica.”

I heard that Beatrice covered her mouth.

Ryan and Angie were actually together!

Beatrice looked at the two of them and suddenly had a strange illusion.

Ryan’s figure surprisingly resembled Angie’s mysterious ex–husband from her past life.

The Baldwin family had good genes.

Except for Caden, who stood out from the rest.

the composure he should have.

The Baldwin family had almost no ugly people.

Even though Ryan was in middle age, he still had

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face that didn’t reveal his actual age, looking dignified and refined.

No wonder Angie still remembers it until now.

If Beatrice remembers correctly, in her previous life, when Angie and her mysterious husband got married, Ryan and Monica had alread passed away unexpectedly.

As soon as she thought about this matter, Beatrice’s heart tightened.

Because they both got into trouble, it also had something to do with her.

So in this lifetime, she would be so nervous about the two of them.

Just as I was thinking, I heard Angie’s cold snort from ahead.

“Men always liked to find excuses for their infidelity.”

“But seeing you SO relieved

because she was not valued in the Baldwin

family, made me happy.”

“If you hadn’t separated from me back then, after Bruce’s death, with your abilities, wouldn’t the Baldwin family be under your control? Why pretend to be ignorant and clueless here?”

Ryan immediately frowned. and warned, “Angie, I will overlook your nonsense because you are

With that, he let go of Angie’s hand and turned around to leave.

a

guest.”

“Did I say something wrong? We were about to get married back then, but you suddenly broke up and turned to a woman who carries a gas can. This is clearly embarrassing for me! Do you know how others are mocking me behind my back?”

also your agreement. Monica doesn’t know about all this, after

“Ryan!”

help but raise her voice, but

her face showing a complex and unwilling expression.

took a detour to catch

“Ryan.”

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for dinner? Together,” Ryan smiled

got straight to the point, saying,

Aeru

smile faded, and he quickly explained, “Angie and I really had nothing going on. We dated when we were young, but later realized it wasn’t working out, SO we broke up. It’s

there was something I wanted to ask

looked at

breathed a sigh of relief and said, “What do you want to ask

the secret Monica had hidden in her

after giving birth to me,

did you say? You said I… used to have a child?”

a crimson glow in his eyes and trembling

saying all this because I hope you can

supported him, tightly gripping his arm.

breath and then reconsidered, feeling that

suddenly tell

know in a moment. Let’s go,

put her worries to

future, Ryan, based on this matter,

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Restaurant.

entered, the bustling atmosphere around me seemed to have been paused.

gaze

immediately

The crowd’s

from their phones and

mirrored exactly what Xander

already said that she was this kind

Monica rushed over, clutching

with extreme

were

“Beatrice,

fake?

gaze and

possibly you

have been

someone’s

sugar

baby?”

shocking headline.

the stepdaughter of the Baldwin family, was kept by

took the initiative to

man was only seen from behind, it was not difficult to discern the intimacy between

kiss.

her gaze and slowly approached, lifting her

his pupils as

look at the man

few steps away, there seemed to be a thousand ravines and valleys separating the two of them.

eyes and smiled.

This was the gift I

was something she had put a lot of thought into.

to go viral as long as the Baldwin

and casually said, “It’s true.”

there were whispers in

could she have the audacity to admit it?”

she came to the Baldwin family dressed in that flashy outfit, I knew her intentions. At such a young age, she didn’t focus on

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studies.”

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she is, a member of the Baldwin family? She’s making us look

the oppressive atmosphere around

“Who was it!”

up and his questioning voice

He couldn’t

possibly pass

did not answer

up