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Trapped in the iron cage of the man’s arms. Ste had nowhere to run.

“Abraham this is… she tried to protest.

Abraham looked down at her. “What?”

“I’m not a child anymore, she said again, trying to sound firm.

“So?” His voice cooled a few degrees. That means I’m not allowed to hold you anymore?”

The shift in his tone made her heart jolt painfully,

Abraham drove her straight to the Oriental International Tower.

Before she got out, he reminded her that his driver would pick her upter in the evening. She should eat a proper dinner jonce she got bhome/bb. /b

Ste hesitated. “I was going to have

dinner with Tess_”

Then the driver will take you to the restaurant,” he replied.

But she did bnot /bwant that. She band /bTessa were nning to bhave /bbroth, and from the look on Abraham’s face, that was clearly off–limits.

Fine, Ste muttered, her voice small and clearly disappointed. No broth… What a tragedy.

bAbraham /bnced at her, the corners of his mouth curving binto /ba faint smile. Then bhe /bsignaled Abel to drive off.

Left behind, Ste stood at the entrance, her face still flushed bpink /b

Kimmy had just returned from lunch when she saw her boss standing there bwith /ba flushed face, blooking /bdazed. She bcrept /bcloser to get a better look

Ste stariled, quickly stepping back. “What are you doing?”

Kimmy chuckled, “Boss.. your face is so red. Are you bin /blove or something?

Bark when Ste was engaged to Ethan, everyone at the studio felt sorry for her. It was

was an open

open secret that Ethan bhad /bfeelings

for Lilian.

Everyone thought Ste deserved better. Marrying Ethan would have been a lifetime of misery. But as it turned out, she bhad /bnever even nned to bmarry /bhim.

“Love? Don’t be ridiculous,” Ste snapped, flustered.

That bwas /bher brother. The man who raised her…

Kimmy shrugged. “You’re single now. Falling in love isn’t some crime.”

Ste was speechless. She had a point, but Ste did not want to go bthere/b.

Ashadow flickered in her beyes/bb, /btoo fast for Kimmy to understand.

The afternoon at the studio was chaos.

Ste barely had time to breathe, juggling multiple calls from major clients. By the time it was bclose /bto the end of the workday, her phone started blowing up again. This time with calls that had nothing to do with bwork /b

The first one bwas /bfrom Fihan

b10:07 /bAM

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“I’m going to rip his head off” Ethan bwas /bfuming.

+8 Pearts

The bruises from theirst encounter at Kingston Heights had not even faded, and now his wrist bwas /bbroken too. If he didn’t get revenge, how could he hold his head up?

Hearing his rage. Ste chuckled coldly. “You’re so capable, why not go find out yourself? Why ask mel

“Ste Dawson!” he exploded.

If Jason had been able to find out who that man

man was, trould I be here barking at her?

“Lunatic.” She hung up on him and, unsurprisingly, added his number to her cklist.

Not long after, bSusan /bcalled, “What’s going on with that studio of yours? bHow /bmuch have you been hiding from me?!”

“Hiding Ste sneered “Why would I bother hiding anything from you?”

She never hid it because. frankly, bshe /bowed the Reed family no exnations

Susan was livid. “What do you mean ‘why‘? I’m your mother!“.

“Oh, please. Isn’t it enough that you’ve got those two wastes, bJonathan /band Lilian, calling you Mom? Don’t drag bme /binto it.” Ste scoffed.

The implication was clear. Anyone who called her “Mom was doomed to be useless.

Susan had always known this daughter of hers had a sharp tongue, but today’s venom nearly made her cough up blood.

Especially over the bpast /bfew days, every conversation with Ste made it painfully obvious she was cutting ties for good.

It all made sense now. So this was why Ste had be so defiant. She must have bmade /ba fortunest yearb. /b

Fuming, Susan almost shouted, “I’ming bto /bsee you. Right now!”

bStelia/b, in no doubt, rejected, “Shouldn’t you be busy looking after your sickly darling. Lilian? I’ve got no time for you.”

She was too busy bmaking /bmoney y to waste time on someone like Susan.

Ste hung up again.

She was starting to regret not having two separate phones. One for work, one personal. If she bhad/b, she would not have to worry about picking up unfamiliar numbers, just in case they were clients.

But of course, up until now, none of the Reed family or Ethan ever called her first. And now!

They were calling her more in a few days bthan /bthey had in the past yearbined.

It was exhaustingb! /b