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Seeing that Yunice was still focused on searching, Freya sighed dramatically.

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“Us women… it’s always the same. Some have people who protect them like precious flowers. Others just get trampled.”

iIf /ia iwoman /imakes ia /iimistake/ii, /iishe’s /iinailed /iito /iithe /iipir /iiof /iishame/ii, /iidragged /iithrough /iipublic /iidisgrace/ii, /iiandalmost /iiloses /iiher /iilife/i. iBut /iiwhen /iia /iiman /iimakes /iia /imistake, iall /iihe /iihas /iito do /iiis /iie /iihome /iafter ifooling /iiaround /iiout /iithere/i, iand /iisuddenly /iihe’s /iipraised /iifor /ii“/iiturning /iiover /iia /iinew /iileaf/ii. /i

iLove /iiis /iimade /iiby /iitwo /iipeople/ii, /iibut /iit’s ialways /iithe /iiwoman /iwho igets /iithe /iime/ii. /i

iMen /iiremain /iiboys /iiforever/i, too isimple/ii–/iiminded /iito /iischeme/ii–/iiording /iito /iithem/i, it’s ialways /iithe /iiwoman /iwho iseduces /ifirst… iHow /iiconvenient/ii, /iiall /iithe /iiexcuses /iithey’ve /iiinvented /iito /iihide /ithe truth.

With a snap, Freya lit a cigarette and exhaled a thin cloud of smoke with icy indifference.

Yunice watched her and thought, A iwoman /iias /iibeautiful /iias /iiFreya /iimust /iihave /iiendured /iiher /iishare /iiof /iinder/ibi. /i/b

She even felt a little ashamed of herself.

iWhen /iI bihad /i/bifirst /iiseen /iiFreya /iiin /iithat /iibunny /iicostume/ii, /iiI /iihad /iijudged /iiher/ii, /ibitoo/i/bi. /i

biBut /i/bnow, iafter /iispending /iitime /iiwith /iiher/ii, /iiFreya /ibiwas /i/biactually /iithe /iione I /iifelt /ibimost /i/bifortable /iwith.

Freya looked at the door.

“Take your time to look around. I won’t stay here.”

“Okay,” Yunice replied quietly.

Freya walked out but stopped at the door just bas /bshe passed Wyatt.

“She’s in the sewers looking for her wedding ring,” she said coolly. “Poor girl.”

Then she left.

Moments bter/b, Yunice finally found the ring buried in the mud.

When she pulled bherself /bup from the sewerb, /bthe first thing she saw was a pair of fine leather shoes.

She could even isee /iher disheveled reflection in the polished surface.

iI /imust ihave /ismelled iterrible/ii. /i

Wyatt stood nonchntly above her, towering blike /bba /bmountain.

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I’m still angry. iHow /iicould /iiYunice /iihave /iended iup /iwith iPaul /iiunder /iso imuch /iprotection?

His eyes drifted to the p mark on her face, his thoughts growing darker.

What had she been doing in the i40 /iiminutes /isince ishe /iihad /iidisappeared/i?

Yunice opened her palm.

“I found the ring. I’ll return it as soon as it’s cleaned.”

Seeing no reaction, Yunice quietly returned to her hotel room and took a shower.

Then she went to the front desk to pick up a jewelry cleaning solution.

The receptionist called to her, “Mrs. Cooper, Mr. Cooper has already left. He has arranged a car for you. You may leave whenever you’re ready.”

Yunice paused.

“Okay,” she replied tly.

After cleaning the ring, the car Wyatt had arranged took them straight to the hospital where Gill was being treated.

Gill had her head wrapped in gauze and was rubbing ithe /iback of her scalp, wincing from the pain.

When Yunice walked in, she was shocked.

“Ms. Yunice, you.. you came alone?”

iOf /icourse, I biassumed /i/bithat /iYunice was worried about me and hade to check on me.

But it was her wedding day; she should be heading home ito /iParilion iHall /iwith Wyatti. /i

Yunice set the tonic supplements on the table and carefully examined the injury.

“He had something to do and left firstb./b”

“How could he? What’s so urgent that he’d leave you alone on your wedding day?” Gill raised her head in protest, only to flinch again bas /bthe movement tugged at her wound.

Realizing it was only ba /bsuperficial injury, Yunice let out a sigh of relief.

“It’s not his fault. It’s mine.”

Anyone would be furious iif /isomething like this happened during their wedding Wyatt had already shown impressive restrainti. /i

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Gill’s eyes turned red.

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“I thought life was finally getting easier… and now this, right after the wedding.”

She held her head and cursed.

“Damn Paul Powell!”

Yunice looked up.

“Did you see who hit you?”

Gill shook her head.

“The bastard came from behind. And I’ve got eyes in the back of my head.”

She didn’t notice the flicker in Yunice’s expression.

I knew who ihad /ihit iher/ii. /i

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iEarlier/ii, /iduring the iwedding/ii, /iiKingsley /iihad /iicontacted /iime /iiand /iisaid /iihe /iihad /iia /iigift /iito /iideliver/i. iThat’s /iwhy iI /iileft /iithe /iiroom/i, ionly /ito irun /iiinto /iiPaul /iiPowell/i.

iWhen /iiKingsley /iididn’t /iifind /iime /iiwaiting/i, ihe /iifeared /iisomething /iihad /iigone /iiwrong /iiand /iiwent /iilooking /iifor /iime/i. iOn /iithe /iiway/ii… /iihe’d /iiknocked /iiGill /iiunconscious/i.

Yunice didn’t exin any of this. She didn’t want to reveal Kingsley’s involvement.

iEverything /iitoday /iiwas /iimy /iiown /iifault/ii, /iand iI /iifelt /iiguilty /iitowards /iiGill /iiand /iiWyatt/i.

After leaving the hospital, Yunice began to track down Paul’s whereabouts.

But Paul, coward that he was, had already fled. Fearing Wyatt’s retaliation, he’d fled abroad that very day. Even his own family couldn’t contact him anymore.

The ironic twist is, before Yunice could find him, a request from the Powell family found her first.

The call was from Taylor.

But she wasn’t calling for Yunice.

She was calling for Dr. Rylie, the other identity of Yunice—owner of Virtue Hall.

“Dr. Rylie, can youe to the Powell residence? I have a patient who really needs your help,” Taylor said politely.