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After the chant scuttle finally ended, it was tondan who managed to pull Juliana away
Swette’s face was twisted in pat, with tears hemming in her eyes as she looked at Adrian. “Adrian, L.
Meanwhile, Adcian’s face was thunters. He mated at jordan, who was still restraining Juliana. “Get her out of bere
jordan held fast as Juliana tried to pull away. He was genuinely surprised by the surprising power the possessed.
“Ms. Bennett, let’s just go,” Jordan inged diplomatically.
Juliana replied, “Mypune Ineed my purse
She’d used it to hit Adman, and it now lay beside him. Adrian, who was still turning, quickly grabbed it and healed it at her
Jedan caught it and quickly pressed it into Juliana’s hands, “Here, there you go–you’ve got your purse back.”
What an absolute mess. The chaos finally ended with Jordan nanaging to get juliana into a cac
porlan intended to drive Juliana home, but she wasn’t about to let Adrian’s assistant escort her anywhere. She simply drove off by herself.
Adrian’s head was still ringing from the blows, and it took him several moments to collect himself. When he finally came to his senses and sew Yvette with her disheveled hair and swollen legs, his anger toward Juliana intensified.
He scooped Yvette into his arms. “Let me get you to the hospital.”
Yvette nodded tearfully, locking utterly pitiful. He then called for jordan to bring the car.
However, Jordan merely looked at the empty parking spot before saying, “Ms. Bennett just took the car.”
Jordan had intended to drive Juliama amid the chaos, but she’d simply taken the car herself. Adrian’s already darkmood worsened.
Seeing Adrian’s expression grow colder, Jordan quicldy offered, “I’ll go get another car from the garage.”
The keys were all in the office–he’d have to retrieve them first,
Meanwhile, as Juliana waited at a red light, her phone began to vibrate. She glanced at the screen; it was a call from her biological mother, Sylvia,
“Come home tonight. I have something to discuss with you,” she said.
Juliana unscrewed a bottle of water and took a sip. “I’m too busy. No tin
She knew exactly what they wanted to discuss, and she had no interest in hearing it.
Siva, imitated by the refusal, snapped at her. “What could you possibly be busy with? It’s not like you’re doing much to help Adrian with his work.”
Sylvia’s feelings toward her biological daughter were complicated. It was a mixture of love and frustration
Juliana questioned, “So you brought Yvette back to take care of him instead?”
The line went silent for a moment. Juliana knew perfectly well why Sylvia was calling. Two years ago, she and Yvette had parted on terrible terms.
II Yvette hade‘ left back then, she’d probably be serving time in prison right now. Now that she was back, both Adrian and the Larson family were undoubtedly
worried Juliana would cause trouble.
Realizing Juliana already knew about Yvette’s return, Sylvia dropped the pretense, Her tone oltened slightly as she said, “That incident was so long ago. You need to stop bolding onto it,”
It seemed like the weather had turned cold. Wind swept through the half–open car window, chilling pellana’s neck. The cold seemed to reach straight to her heart
Nonetheless, the pushed aside that bour–deep chill in an instant.
“Madam Lloyd, I nearly died in that car accident. It’s only been three years. Have you forgotten what condition I was in when you first found me
When twy’d Inuugiat juliana back, she’d spent two full months in the hospital. Yvette had orchestrated that can accident, worried that Juliana’s retum to the Larun family would strip lier of everything
That car accident was meant to kill her, to parent her from returning to the Lanson family y alive. A
And now her own mother was telling her to let it go?
Sylvia cord, “Slu really didn’t do it. You need to stop viewing her with such malic
Juliana tossed the empty water bottle from her car into a roadside trash can. She rolled her eyes befuse speaking into the phone.
“You all believe her when she says I’m being malicious! Since you trust her so much, why do you even need me anyway? since you case for her so deeply, why did you even bother to look for your biological daughter in the first place?”
“usana! Can you please be rational? Why do you always blow up and act
reasonably whenever we discuss this? Will this never end?”
Sylvia was thoroughly enged. The two of them were at each other’s thats every time Yvette came up, neither giving an inch. It infuriated Sylvia
Alter another round of beating pallama for being national, sylvia got to the point. “Forget it, you’ve always targeted her before anyway, but this time is different She’s sick She’s seriously ill
Juliana chuided disdainfully e’s sick, so my wedding to Adrian has to be postponed, and Adrian has to constantly accompany bet
Though she didn’t care about Adilan anymore, these people’s twisted values still made her want to take a few jabs, Sylvia grew even more agitated. “She and Adrian grew up together. She’s emotionally dependent on him.
“Don’t worry, Adrian will definitely marry you in the end. can we just focus on Yvette’s illness for now?”
It was a flat they wanted to eat ette like precious cargo, but how could they demand Juliana to step aside too? Were they even her family?
When jalan stayed silent, Sylvia pressed, “Are you even listening?”
Letending to what, exactly? Their twisted attempt
manipulating her into going along with their warped values?
juliana let out a dismissive snort. “There’s nothing to agree to. Do whatever you want, just leave me out of it.” She hung op immediately, and she blocked the number past as quickly
