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Henry's visage was ice-cold. "Buried?! Does it hurt you to stop cursing your own daughter?!"Tina wobbled, her eyes red as she glanced at her daughter's photo on the nightstand, which happened to be staring straight at Henry.Ever since Sophie was born, she loved her father to bits, no matter how cold Henry was to her.At that moment, Tina thought she saw hope in her daughter's eyes—hope for him to accompany on her final journey before her next life.Tina took Henry's arm just then, turning toward him to speak once more for Sophie's sake. "I'm telling you the truth. Sophie is really—"Henry looked into her tearful gaze, seeing the genuine pain within.But those eyes only reminded him of the day of the design competition, when he had been deceived by those same eyes!"You're incorrigible!"Henry shoved her away so violently that he sent the pendant he always carried around flying straight at Tina's face.She turned in reflex but was struck on the temple anyway."Oof…"As Tina
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Linda feigned composure.Ever since she returned to the country, Henry would always give them a million each month, and more after Rory fell sick.As such, a million dollars was really nothing to Linda."You'd better not play any tricks!" Quentin shot Linda a warning glare and left as Henry came over, disappearing into a corner.Henry stared at the direction of which he left. "Trouble?""Nothing—just asking for directions," Linda replied calmly.Henry did not press the issue, and they left the hospital together.-Meanwhile, at Maple Park, Tina had slept for an entire day, waking up in the evening.She was famished as she went a day without eating. She got changed and ordered a large plate of pasta at the cafe opposite the apartment.Her body warmed up as she took small bites.As she paid up and headed back, the skies had darkened.Maple Park was ideally positioned, but the apartment itself was old and the streetlights were poorly maintained. Then, as Tina passed through
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The bellboy nodded at once. "Yes, Mr. Barnes!"Through it all, Linda said nothing as she leaned against Henry, but she turned to smile at Tina just before they went in.Tina was left clenching her knuckles, as one sentence from Henry denied her entry no matter what she might do.Still, she moved to wait for John by a pillar facing the doorway.With the pouring rain, the umbrella could not shield her entirely, and she was mostly soaked over the back.She was shaking from the cold, looking utterly miserable.Even so, she stood there, staring at the front entrance with determination.Later, Andy stepped out with an umbrella. "Ms. Smith, Mr. Barnes has asked me to take you home—""No," Tina refused coolly, ignoring him from then on, and continued to wait for John in silence.Unable to get Tina to leave, Andy called Henry. "Sir, she's not leaving…""Leave her be," Henry snapped coolly and hung up, so Andy left too.Meanwhile, the cold winds of the rainy night cut into Tina's bone
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As Tina quickly alighted, John followed, holding up an umbrella to keep her dry.Time passed, but it was soon past the agreed time, and Quentin had still yet to show up.Unable to wait, Tina called him—and just as she did, a phone rang in the alley behind her.She did not notice at first, but she realized something was unusual when her call reached voicemail a third time.John noticed it too, and they traded glances before heading into the alley together.Soon, they notice a man lying motionless in a pool of blood nearby.He continued to bleed, dyeing the ground at their feet red.Stunned, Tina stumbled backward, but John caught her with perfect timing.Tina gulped, her hands shaking as she called the number again, and a phone started ringing from the man's body.Tina turned pale, and she scrambled to Quentin's side, dropping to her knees to push him up and shrieking, "No, don't die! Get up! You haven't told me who it was!"This time, John could not catch her and had to hurry
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The leading surgeon sighed. "I'm sorry—we've done our best."Tina was left thunderstruck, her knees buckling, and she started to wobble.John caught her, holding her by the shoulder and quietly offering her support."Are you Ms. Smith?" the surgeon then asked."Yes…" Tina's voice was very soft, as if all her strength had left her.The truth was within reach… but the witness was dead!"He wants to see you."Tina looked up right then, pausing for a moment to make sure she heard him right, then scrambled inside the operating room.The nurses had left, and it was just her and Quentin.Rushing to his side, she asked urgently, "Please, sir. I've wired the one million you asked for. Tell me, who was it?"Quentin's gaze was unfocused, but he rasped with his dying breath nonetheless, "It's your rival… Linda Cook…"Tina's eyes widened at the name, as she felt a chill running up from her toes to the rest of her body.And clearly aware that he was on borrowed time, Quentin panted to
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Tina had just gotten on a cab when Whitney Barnes called her."There's a luncheon today. Come help out," she said and hung up right after.It was a command—Henry's aunt had always treated her like a servant in the family.Even though Madam Barnes declared that Tina was a daughter of the family after her stepmother passed away, the Barnes never acknowledged that.They therefore did not acknowledge Sophie either, since Henry did not acknowledge Sophie as well, even though Tina and Sophie lived with Henry under one roof for five years.Still, Tina was smirking as she heard Linda over the phone and told the cabbie, "Barnes Ranch."An hour later, the cab stopped outside the private lane leading to Barnes Ranch.The Barnes did not want to be bothered, so they bought every other piece of land around their ranch and denied entry to all public vehicles.After Tina alighted, she had to walk for thirty minutes to reach the main house.As soon as she entered, she saw everyone hovering aro
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Henry inhaled sharply, his gaze darkening as he watched Tina.Opposite them, Linda gritted her teeth so hard that they could break.That bitch!"Who told you to sit?!" Whitney snapped at her coldly nonetheless. "Look at the time—get cooking!""Yes, ma'am." Tina slowly got up, releasing Henry's hand but brushing her fingertip down his spine.Feeling the soft touch down his back, Henry stiffened as he inhaled sharply again."I'll help." Linda got up, lying through her teeth.Irene stopped her, however. "No, you don't have to—that's a servant's work, and you're going to be Mrs. Barnes soon. Right, Henry?""Yeah," Henry murmured distractedly, his eyes still on Tina.Tina paused for just a second at the doorway but soon continued forward.Then, Irene started pulling along Linda and Rory. "Come on, let's take a stroll in the gardens."Linda turned to Henry. "Are you coming with us?""No, I have things to do," he replied and headed upstairs.-Meanwhile, Tina soon found herself
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Tina had undoubtedly been cold to Henry for a while, and the sudden return of her enthusiasm was too tempting to resist.As he kissed her even more fiercely, the kitchen seemed to heat up…Meanwhile, unable to find Henry, Linda saw the kitchen servant who was supposed to be working outside and remembered that Whitney had sent them away on purpose.And Tina was alone in the kitchen…Her gaze turning sinister right then, she started toward it, her heels clicking in her wake.Seeing that, Irene quickly said, "He's not in the kitchen, Linda."Linda did not respond and continued onward.Henry heard them, and his rationality returned.However, he did not release Tina and kept kissing her, relishing the taste until the footsteps closed in.As he released Tina and took a step back, her knees buckled. She almost fell and had to lean against the worktop.She stared at Henry, who was barely a pace away, looking sharply dressed and refined, unlike her miserable state.As if it was someo
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The instant Tina tapped on the notification, she found Henry kneeling outside her door, motionless.She swiped through her phone and saw that most notifications were from Henry, with the first of many being sent at three in the morning.That meant Henry had driven straight to her place after leaving Rose Garden and knelt outside her door for almost four hours.But Tina remained unaffected.Remembering the video John had sent earlier, she had a hunch that Henry was outside after he became aware of Rory's true nature.She soon tapped out of the notifications and kept chatting with John since she found herself in a good mood first thing in the morning.When John said he had yet to have breakfast, Tina could read between the lines and did not play dumb, telling him that she would cook extra portions for him when he came over.John replied: [Already on my way.]Tina could not resist a smile. [Drive safe. See you soon.]After putting down her phone, she went about her daily routine—
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It was an especially long night, and every passing second was especially gruelling as Henry stayed on his knees outside Tina's door, like his heart was being stabbed.-When Tina woke up, she noticed that John had just texted her a minute ago.[Are you up?]Tina smiled ever so faintly as she replied: [Mornin'.][There's a video you should watch.][Okay.]While waiting for the video to be sent to her phone, she noticed many notifications from her alarm system.It was the first time this had happened since she moved in, and she was about to tap on it when John's file was downloaded.Tina tapped on the video first and immediately recognized that it was taken outside Rsoe Garden when she tapped on it.A familiar car was outside Linda's villa—it was Henry's.Tina's gaze cooled as she looked on.Yesterday was Sophie's death anniversary and also Rory's birthday.And given how much Henry doted on Rory, it was not hard to see that he went to the Rose Garden after visiting Sophie's
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As Henry's car soon disappeared in the night, Rory was left behind and too exhausted to give chase.She lay sprawled on the ground, watching as Henry left her, and her body's warmth slowly faded.Her gaze was endlessly horrified and helpless.Was he really going to leave her?-After leaving Rose Garden, Henry drove straight to Tina's apartment, having paid a hefty sum to buy the adjacent units to hers after finding out that she had moved there.He drove into the car park but stayed downstairs.The apartment complex was very quiet as it was three in the morning, but his heart could not quiet down at all.After all, he had been horrified since the moment he exposed Rory's two-faced nature.It was so obvious, but he just did not see it!He really was too overjoyed from the reunion when Linda showed up, passing herself off as Orange.The delight of the lost and found was just too much, and he cared even more for Linda when she told him that Mama Orange was dead, and how much su
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It was such a horrible sight that Henry eased his foot off the gas pedal before he knew it, and his car clearly slowed.To Rory, it was a ray of hope—just as she thought, he loved her and could not really bear to leave her.He must be heartbroken to see how much she loved him and chased him until she got hurt.With that thought, her utterly discouraged spirit was once again soaring.So what if Sophie was his real daughter?! She was dead! And all a dead person could do was lay six feet under, unable to do a thing!But Rory was different—even if she was not connected to Henry by blood, she was alive.That meant she could sweet-talk him, whispering nice words to cajole him.And what could dead Sophie do about that?Hence, Rory found renewed strength despite being exhausted and started crawling toward Henry's car, bawling as she did.She had a clear objective and did not care that her hands and knees were scraped through."Daddy… Look at me… It hurts so much… Daddy…"As Rory g
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Henry paused as he turned and suddenly turned toward Rory.Despite her leveling a miserable look at Henry with her eyes swollen from tears, he was still not relenting.In fact, he was endlessly cold as he glared at her with a cool look that cut to the bone."I'm telling you one last time—don't call me Daddy, you hear?"Rory had only seen him give Tina and Sophie that look before and had never expected him to look at her the same way now.She was left trembling endlessly, her lips parting as she really wanted to call out to him and sweet-talk him like she always did.But that icy glare left her speechless, and she could only watch as Henry turned and strode off, his footsteps soon fading into the distance.Did he really hate her now? Was he leaving her?Even as the thought struck her, she shook her head repeatedly!No! Henry could not leave her! She could not lose him! "Daddy!" She finally called out again as she leapt out of bed and started running without putting on her sho
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However, was Rory really innocent?Henry might have believed Linda if he had not seen what Rory did with his own eyes—how malicious she looked when she cursed Sophie, and how vile the words she breathed were!Just remembering the sight left him shuddering.Not even a normal adult should have been capable of such vile words, and Rory was only seven!But what frightened Henry the most was how she was once again the good girl Rory as soon as she turned and saw him.She could switch between her personalities as if it was second nature, just like what Linda always did behind his back.The phrase 'the apple doesn't fall far from the tree' really came to mind!Why could he not just see that from the start?!Rory had grown up by Linda's side, and Linda was a mother who was so immaculate with her pretensions.With such influence, would Rory have been all that different?"Adopt Rory, you say?" Henry breathed so quietly that no one could tell what he was really feeling just then.But s
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Linda already had some choice words in mind for Rory after Henry never showed up today.So, her eyes were flaring in annoyance when she opened them, as Rory made such a loud ruckus past midnight, waking her up.She was ready to give Rory a beating as she moved from her bed to her wheelchair and headed to the next room.That was when she heard Henry's voice.She did not rush inside, however, and eavesdropped outside, cursing Rory's incompetence when she realized what just happened! Rory could not even do one thing right and had to let Henry catch her cursing that brat!At this point, Linda was well aware that any chances she had of getting back together with Henry depended entirely on Rory, so she must not let Henry become disappointed in Rory.Rory was her trump card. And if she lost her trump card, she had no shot of getting Henry back.And how could she accept something like that?!She had stayed by his side, putting up an act for years! How could she just allow herself to
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It had never crossed Henry's mind that Rory was lying.He was prejudiced and had absolutely fought with Sophie, insisting endlessly that Rory would never lie.But was Sophie lying just because Rory did not?At this very moment, Henry did not even dare to think about how many lies Rory had told him over the years.And because he had absolute faith in Rory, how many times he had glazed over the facts and blamed Sophie!"Daddy…" Rory was truly terrified now, clutching her cheek where Henry slapped her in disbelief while her tears welled up in her eyes.In truth, Henry did not hit her that hard—he was holding back, compared to the times her mother had slapped her.But her heart hurt.Her daddy… The daddy she loved so much, the daddy who spoiled her so much and never raised his voice at her, slapped her because of Sophie!He did not just forget her birthday because of Sophie—he even struck her now!But she did not blame him.It was all Sophie's fault—and she hated Sophie even m
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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
