Chapter 32 Forced Happiness

Carl's roaming hands paused at Violet's waist. His grip tightened in a wordless warning.

Violet understood him loud and clear.

He was demanding her absolute cooperation or risk facing the consequences of her defiance.

"Carl …" Helen was dumbfounded.

Carl was her childhood best friend. Yet, he had never even held her hand before, let alone kissed her.

Helen might hold the title of Carl's fiancée, but that had never really amounted to anything beyond their parents' joint wishes.

Now, Helen was forced to stand and watch as Carl kissed another woman in front of her.

His enjoyment was evident in the way his eyes fluttered shut, as if there was no one he loved more deeply than Violet.

Helen sniffed. She blinked before bursting into tears.

Violet shook her head exasperatedly.

If she cried as easily as Helen did, her tears could fill an entire ocean with all the bullying and exploitation Carl subjected her to daily.

"I am your fiancée!" Helen wailed. "Don't abandon me, Carl."

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