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33. Tangled Fates

Author: ADQ
last update Last Updated: 2025-03-17 20:00:25

JULIET'S POV

"How come your mom died? ... Didn't he grant you the money you requested, and you signed?" Olivia questioned, her voice low yet urgent,

"Yes, he did give her, but the story crashed on her," Mark finally broke his silence, and the atmosphere became more filled with tensions; my mind and heart ached when he spoke.

"My stepfather manipulated her, and she fell into his trap, the same trap that got my mom into a coma," he declared strongly, his deep voice was etched with the truth, and then he got his heart consumed by anger, and he smashed his hand on the plastic table so hard, tossing the paper cups up and down like the law of karma,

"Mr. George is your stepfather?... But how?" Olivia still hung in the dark house of my current situation.

"Mrs. Claire, Mr. George's wife, is Mark's biological mother," I explained, sharing a picture with her confused mind. She has just found out that I've fallen for the billionaire's stepson, and I don't know how to survive the jungle I found
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