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    Christina turned to the driver, her voice calm and steady. “Take us back to the Miller estate.”


    Meanwhile, back at the Miller estate, Lorraine’s parents were waiting, convinced their daughter would bring back good news.


    Christina had already decided—she’d walk in with Lorraine at her side and drop a “surprise” they’d never forget.


    “Yes, ma’am,” the driver answered.


    He spun the wheel without a second thought, pulling a sharp U-turn straight toward the Miller estate.


    At the Miller estate, Jerald and Andrina sat holed up in one of the guest rooms.


    Neither had slept for a minute. They sat wide awake, faces stiff with worry.


    “Why hasn’t Lorraine called? Did she pull it off or not?” Andrina muttered, her chest tightening with dread that only grew heavier.


    “These things take time,” Jerald grumbled. “She has to be careful—one slip and the Millers will know everything.”


    “I just hope Lorraine marries into the Millers soon,” Andrina sighed. “Once she does, we won’t have to sneak around just to see our son.”


    Their son had thrown himself into gambling so hard it was like he was sprinting toward ruin, and he amassed debts that reached the sky.


    The Millers had covered the debts at the beginning only because of Lorraine. But when he continued gambling uncontrobly, the Millers snapped and cut him off without hesitation.


    The Millers then issued a brutal warning. If the Reynolds family didn’t dump their son for good, the Millers would dere publicly that the two families were done.


    Lorraine was given a harsh condition, too. If she wanted to remain in the Miller family, she had to cut ties with her parents like they never existed.


    And if Lorraine dared talk to her parents behind the Millers’ backs, the Millers would kick her out on the spot. No more “life-saving favor,” no mercy, nothing.


    After lengthy arguments, the Reynolds family finally pushed their son out and pretended, loudly and dramatically, that they had cut him off for real.


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    But behind closed doors, they stayed in contact like desperate addicts sneaking a fix.


    He was their only son, their precious heir, the “future of the family.” There was no universe where they actually abandoned him.


    From then on, getting Lorraine into the Miller family wasn’t enough anymore. The Reynolds family wanted the whole damn Miller fortune, everyst coin.


    They believed that once they seized the Millers’ wealth, they could finally livevishly, no longer waiting like beggars at another man’s table.


    The Millers clearly treated Christina like treasure because they nned to marry her off to Robin.


    There was no chance the Reynolds family would let her crash their grand n. In their minds, Christina had to die. Simple, cruel, and final.


    Jerald released a deep, tired sigh. His brows tightened, his face twisting into a mask of paternal anguish. “We’ll have to let him suffer for now.”


    Then his whole expression flipped; his smile turned sharp, poisonous, the kind that made the room feel colder.


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