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    “Right here, Dani got this huge scar during that time. It’s less noticeable now, but do you think if she hated you back then?”


    Caiden’s entire body shook with the force of his emotions. Gazing at Katrina, he no longer recognized the tenderhearted woman he once thought he knew. In her ce stood a monster—aplete monster!


    Katrina didn’t even look at Caiden, who was shaking all over, unable to stop himself.


    She simply grabbed her phone and walked outside to answer another call.


    Caiden stayed where he was, his body tense and still, unable to move a single inch.


    Even Joyce felt uneasy by Katrina’s outburst. She wasn’t sure how to react.


    The tension in the air was thick and ufortable.


    Wanting to avoid getting caught up in it, she hugged her doll close and quickly headed upstairs, getting away from the mess.


    Caiden sat still, his eyes glued to the floor as he watched Joyce’s bunny slippers disappear up the stairs. A few momentster, the loud sound of her bedroom door locking echoed throughout the house.


    He blinked, his eyes slowly opening again, and then startedughing—a sad, emptyugh that kept getting louder.


    The sound started to annoy Katrina. She walked back, shut the balcony door, and didn’t say anything to stop the noise. But Caiden wasn’t justughing. He was crying, too. Tears ran down his face, mixing with his sad, desperateughs. He could picture it so clearly—the future he was headed towards, growing old and being left behind.


    Katrina wouldn’t look after him, and Joyce wouldn’t think twice about leaving him. He’d end up like his father, dying alone and forgotten, filthy and surrounded by bugs.


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    Ever since Alexander discovered that Cedric was the boy from Dani’s childhood—the one who held a special ce in her most cherished memories—he couldn’t shake his unease.


    Dani held those memories close to her heart. If she found out that Cedric was the same boy, would all the love she had for him back then turn to Cedric?


    Would she end up falling for Cedric?


    Would they even get married?


    Cedric seemed to care for Dani in a way Alexander never did. If he had shown her even half of the kindness Cedric did, maybe they would never have gotten divorced.


    The more Alexander thought about it, the tighter the knot of anxiety grew inside him.


    Pushing everything else out of his mind, he went to Dani’s office, unable to focus on anything else. When he got there, Dani was fully focused on carving a piece of jade.


    What had begun as a rough, uneven block had already be a finely detailed sculpture of a man—someone who looked a bit like Cedric.


    As soon as Alexander saw the jade sculpture, the tension in his mind broke.


    “Dani, are you in love with Cedric now?”


    Dani hadn’t expected him to show up, but she didn’t even nce up. Her hands continued their careful work, her focus never wavering.


    “Stay in yourne. We’re divorced,” she replied coolly.


    “Yes, we are. But you’re the one who insisted on it!”


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