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As if a dictator, Roger had decided to drag Tina back to salvage the situation without asking for her opinion.In his mind, Tina had done all these just to officially marry Henry anyway.After Henry and the family had gone five years without acknowledging Tina and her daughter, she must definitely be upset that they had chosen to go public with Linda and Rory instead and deliberately exposed Rory as a bastard just before the ceremony.That way, Roger and the elders would never allow Linda and Rory to be taken in as family, and at the same time, important guests and the media would still be waiting for the reveal of Henry's fiancee and daughter.It was certainly a well-calculated move from Tina, predicting that Roger's reaction would be to stop Linda, a woman with a shady history, from bringing a bastard into their family.After all, the more important their status, the more they valued their pride.And since people would always inevitably talk, god knew that the Barnes family wou
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Linda sobbed, "What happened five years ago between you and Tina drove us apart, and that lost us five years… I've waited for you for this for so long. If you get engaged with Tina instead, what would happen to me and Rory? You promised that you'd only marry me…"In the end, Henry was her trump card.She not only had Henry's love, but he also owed her a life debt and due recompense.Any other woman could enslave a man with just one, but she had all three.As for Tina, what did she have?Even her daughter—her only bargaining chip—was now six feet under. What did she have?!Hence, as Linda leaned into Henry's arms, she leveled a look of provocation at Tina.She was dead sure that Henry would fight Roger for her sake, and Tina would lose!To her shock, not only did Henry not do that, but he also pulled her away and strode toward Tina nearby, taking her wrist."Henry…"Linda's eyes widened in disbelief.Just as Roger wished, Henry obviously intended to announce his engagement wi
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Henry's heart seemed to soar.But as he was about to interlock fingers with Tina, Tina seized the moment to withdraw her hand.As Henry and Tina appeared before everyone, Roger watched them and glanced nearby at his confidante, who quietly left.At the same time, Roger made way for Henry and Tina, shooting Tina a meaningful look as she passed him.It was as if he was giving her grief for letting her win so easily.Tina pretended not to notice as she strode past him, walking on stage.Everyone immediately turned to watch her and Henry, not noticing that nearby, Linda and Rory were being muffled and dragged unceremoniously outside."How dare you treat me like this?!" Linda snarled through her teeth threateningly. "Henry will punish you when he hears of this!"However, these were Roger's men, and they only listened to his orders, so Linda's threat only got her even rougher treatment.Their clothes were filthy by the time they were dragged to the gates, and they were shoved uncere
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The reason that Tina did not shake off Henry's grasp early and cooperatively appeared before the cameras as Roger had demanded was not to officially tie the knot with Henry.She used to look forward to this moment when Henry would acknowledge her and Sophie to everyone, and they would be together for the rest of their lives.But now, she was completely reluctant.She did not care for, let alone want what Linda had plotted and gone the extra mile for.She only spoke to the press because she wanted a legitimate status for her daughter, because that was what Sophie deserved, not Rory!And having said what she wanted, Tina turned and left without looking at Henry or Roger's reaction, not caring at all how they would clean up this mess.It was their own business.Roger had neglected her and Sophie for five years, and he now expected her to cooperate to bail them out?Dream on!There was no way Henry could grab Tina in front of so many cameras either, and he could only watch as she
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John's outstretched hand was left hovering in the air as his rationality returned, and he withdrew his palm. Tina, whose eyes were fixed outside the window, never noticed as she took her phone from her bag, pausing when she saw the caller.She composed herself for a moment before answering, "Good morning, Mrs. Archer.""Good morning Ms. Smith. When are you dropping by to get Sophie's cup?"Mrs. Archer was the owner of a pottery studio, where Sophie had made a porcelain cup back when she was alive. "Right now," Tina replied and hung up.Before she asked, John nodded and asked, "Where to? I'll take you there."Not shying away this time, Tina gave him the address of the pottery studio, which John relayed to the chauffeur, who took a turn at a junction ahead toward the address.When they arrived, John stayed with Tina as they headed into the studio, and Mrs. Archer welcomed them enthusiastically when she saw them. "Welcome, Ms. Smith!"She glanced behind Tina and asked as she wa
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Caring as ever, John noticed Tina's grief and spoke for her. "Thank you. We still have other matters to attend to, so we will be going now."With that, he led Tina out of the pottery studio.Mrs. Archer finally noticed that something was strange about Tina too but did not dwell on it or show concern.There was plenty of work to do, and she headed into one of the backrooms.On the other hand, Tina's emotions finally overwhelmed her, and her tears came flooding out.She clutched the cup, crying so hard that she could break.The thought that Henry knew from the start that Rory was not even his child but treasured her anyway…As for her Sophie… The more she loved Henry, the more Tina felt pain for her.As she broke down and sobbed in silence, John did not hesitate this time, gently holding the back of her head to gather her in his arms while patting her back lightly.He asked nothing, only offering silent comfort.She had been hurting for too long, and John's assurance left her
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Henry was too furious to care to hold back, pulling Tina and sending her spinning into his arms.Caught by surprise, the cup flew out of her grasp.When she reached out in reflex, Henry thought she was resisting him and pulled her back toward him as soon as she moved.The cup brushed past her fingertips and feet over six feet away.The see-through box was too thin to protect it at all.Clang!The cup shattered audibly as it landed.John's immediate reaction was to try to catch it for Tina—she must care a lot about her daughter's creation, but he missed too.As he rushed up and quickly started to pick up the pieces, a furious Tina stomped viciously on Henry's foot, as he was still holding her waist with a vice-like grip.It hurt Henry, but he did not let go.As such, she struck him with her handbag. "Let go of me!"She used all her strength and hit him in the face and eyes, leaving him gasping in pain and easing his grip.Tina seized the moment to free herself and hurried to
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Henry's face dropped at those words, and he strode up to Mrs. Archer. "What did you just say?!"His menacing presence scared the woman, sending her stumbling backward.Tina suddenly shoved Henry off, glaring at him with pure rage—who did he think he was fooling by making that face?! "What did she say, you ask?!" Tina snapped. "She said that Sophie spent over two months making that as your birthday present! You heard her right!"And you broke it with your bare hands! As Sophie's father, you trampled all over the love Sophie had for you! She really ran out of luck when she was born as your daughter, so that you could hurt her time and time again!"Henry froze—the cup was not a token of John and Tina's romance, but Sophie's birthday gift to him?And he had broken it himself!Rory had never once remembered his birthday, and he never blamed her—in his mind, children were too young to remember their parents' birthday.And yet Sophie did. Henry was left imagining her tiny frame, spen
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Rory asked, "Daddy? Is that my birthday present?"At the same time, she knew very well that if Henry saw what that straw doll really was, he would be absolutely furious.That was why he must not let him see at any cost.However, Henry was still glowering as he threw the gift aside, taking a step forward and glaring at her menacingly. "Show it to me!""Daddy…"More tears gushed from Rory's eyes, as if Henry terrified her.And yet, she gingerly reached out, tugging on the hem of Henry's shirt, chirping sweetly, "Daddy, you're scaring me. Don't look at me like that."At that moment, she was once again the Rory that Henry was so familiar with.Mature and obedient.Kind and innocent.Guileless and harmless.But Henry could not forget about the Rory he saw just now.And seeing that she kept trying to manipulate him, he lost all patience and pushed her aside, while reaching for the blanket with his other hand."Daddy! Don't look!"Rory cried as she lunged over in a panic to stop
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As Henry opened the door, he was left staring in shock as Rory knelt before her own bed, her young, dainty face contorted with sinister malice that did not suit her age.Just seeing that left Henry wondering if this was still the sweet, disciplined Rory whom he knew? He just could not connect that other Rory with the one he was looking at now.As she held a tiny straw doll in one hand and a long needle in the other, cursing Sophie's name while stabbing the needle repeatedly into the straw doll, it was clear that the straw doll was meant to represent Sophie.A fire flared inside Henry's mind—Sophie's death had always been an agony to him, and he owed her plenty and wanted nothing less than to give her a better afterlife.More than that, he yearned for the day that Tina forgave him, and then they could have another child.With that, Sophie could reincarnate and become their daughter once more, so he would have a chance to make amends.When he yearned for those things so much, how
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After Henry found out that Tina was the real Orange, watching the footage of Sophie only made him regret even more.He really wanted to go back to seven years ago and beat his past self up violently.Even as he looked tearfully at Sophie—the child of her and Orange's love, so cute and pretty on the screen—he thought she should have grown up pampered as the happiest princess.And yet, he had scorned her even before she was born and treated her with utter insignificance after she was born.Just thinking about how she looked at him, yearning for her fatherly affection, left his heart feeling like it was being stabbed a thousand times over."I'm so sorry, Sophie! Can you come back to me?" he asked, gently brushing his finger against her photo on the gravestone.However, there was no answer to his question, and he felt like he was stabbed again as he kept watching the video alone in the cold winter night.When the video was finished, his tears covered his face.The more Sophie loved
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Rory was endlessly confident that she mattered most in her daddy's heart.However, Henry usually arrived very early on her birthdays. When he did not show up by eight, Rory called his number, but no one answered.Still, she was afraid to keep calling and instead texted him.[Daddy, when are you coming?]Once again, there was no answer—he did not pick up as she tried to call later too, and nor did he show up as noon arrived.Even as she felt disheartened, she peered at Linda with the corner of her eye.Linda had gone the extra mile to look pretty, as she had promised to persuade Henry so that they could celebrate her birthday together.She quickly tried to call Henry as there was no sign of him, and they continued to wait all the way to the evening.Meanwhile, Linda had already received the message that Henry had gone to Sophie's grave first thing in the morning and never left since.Furious, she steered her wheelchair and rammed into Rory, knocking her to the floor, all whil
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Linda told Rory that Sophie was Henry's real daughter.Because they were connected by blood, if they spent more time with each other and bonded, Rory would become unimportant because she was not really Henry's daughter.There was no way Rory would let Sophie take her daddy away, so she agreed to let Linda make her sick.Then, Linda waited until Henry was on the way to the amusement park before calling him, to make sure Henry would walk out on Sophie.After that, Linda told her that Sophie had stupidly waited for half a day at the amusement park and died.Sophie was really stupid—she knew that Henry did not love her, but she still thought she could steal Henry away from Rory on her birthday!However, because Sophie died, Henry never took her to the amusement park last year for her, even though he had promised to do it every year.Still, seeing that Henry was silent, she promptly played the mature daughter and said, "It's alright, Daddy—I was just asking. It's okay if you just spe
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Henry nodded. "Good."After Andy left and Yancy arrived, Rory already changed into fresh clothes, hugging Henry's arm as she sat beside him on the couch, leaning on him with an utterly clingy look.Yancy went over and examined her before concluding, "She's lucky you found her in time and didn't catch a cold. But you have to be more careful—she's still recovering and wouldn't survive an infection."And with those instructions, Yancy left.The rim of her eyes reddened, Rory knew she was in the wrong and apologized, "I'm sorry, Daddy. I should have behaved instead of making you worry. It won't happen again.""As long as you understand. Don't do something like that ever again," Henry rebuked her, but his tone was gentle.Rory nodded repeatedly and threw herself into his arms As Henry still had work to do, he was going to ask Andy to take her home, but she refused. "It's been two weeks, Daddy. I'll stay with you a little longer. I promise to stay in a corner and read my books withou
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Rory was crouching at a corner of the office building, her clothes soaked through and her tiny form curled up.She was trembling in the cold as she looked at Henry."Rory!" Henry's eyes widened and he hurried over, catching some of the rain as his bodyguard could not keep up with him.Still, Henry could not care less as he rushed to Rory's side, taking off his suit jacket and wrapping it around Rory, and then scooped her stiff little body up in his arms.As he did, he felt her hands too—they were as cold as ice, leaving his heart tightening.Her large eyes were filled with tears, and she was not behaving like before.After all, whenever Henry picked her up, she would always hug his neck, calling him 'Daddy' sweetly as she leaned her cheeks on his chest.In the winter rain, the chilling winds cut to the bone.Even though Henry had realized that something was wrong with Rory, he did not ask her immediately, but instead strode into the building with her in his arms and took the el
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"I need some rest, Rory," he said, his tone a little cool. "I'll drop by later to visit. Just go home and get some rest."It was meant as a warning to Linda as well, to discourage her from using Rory to bridge the distance between them ever again."Daddy…"However, it was the first time Henry was being that cold toward Rory. Before he could reach her, Andy stopped her, "Please, Rory—Mr. Barnes is really feeling ill and needs rest. If you really care, you should listen instead of bothering him further."Rory pursed her lips as she stood at the doorway, her tears welling up in her eyes as she leveled a doleful look at Henry.However, as Henry closed his eyes and she could not get anything from him, she left, looking back every other step.She was very much panicking—was Henry really angry at her this time?And if Henry did not love her, then Linda would not either.What could she do at that point?Nonetheless, she got downstairs and got into a car parked outside.And seeing h
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"It doesn't hurt. Really," John teased, seeing the grim look on Tina's face.Annoyed, Tina shot him a glare and pressed on the cotton bud.John gasped, "Oof…"Tina promptly withdrew her hand but still scoffed. "I thought you said it didn't hurt!""My bad!" John promptly apologized—he simply could not be harsh on her.Still, Tina became even gentler then as she worked meticulously.At the same time, Tina's phone kept jingling with text messages, all of which were from Henry, who kept apologizing.However, she only picked up her phone after disinfecting John's face and did not read a single text as she blocked Henry.John then led her to the main bedroom, where the sheets were already changed.He really was attentive as ever.Nonetheless, Tina was really spent. "Goodnight.""Goodnight," John replied and lit some scented candles to help her sleep, while Tina lay under her warm sheets.Outside, the rain was getting heavier.She thought she would stay wide awake after the night
