Chapter 27 Revenge Served Ice Cold
Even after <b>trying </b>to gather information through connections, she hadn’t been able to find anything. Now, Ste was <b>asking </b>Abraham directly. But the moment the words left her mouth, his eyes turned cold.
Abraham’s grip on her chin tightened. The distance between <b>them </b>closed, his warm breath brushing against her cheek- warm, yetced with danger.
Ste swallowed. “Abraham”
Abraham’s <b>voice </b><b>was </b>low. “Are you concerned about the Tom family, or are you concerned about Derrick?”
At the mention of Derrick, Ste’s heart clenched violently. “I-”
Feeling the sudden stiffness in her body, a sharp glint shed through Abraham’s eyes.
Ste replied, “No.”
The Tom family became history a year ago. Does <b>that </b>answer satisfy you?”
Ste fell silent. History? Hepletely crushed them?
Hearing this, the tension in her body <b>finally </b>eased.
“Then what about the Tom family’s people now?”
“Do you really want to know?” Abraham’s tone became even more dangerous.
Ste shook her head. “No. As long as they can’t threaten you anymore, <b>that’s </b>enough<b>.</b><b>” </b>
At that moment, the weight she had carried in her heart for the past three years finally lifted.
<b>Abraham </b>raised an eyebrow, but before he could speak, Ste suddenly threw her <b>arms </b><b>around </b>his neck, sobbing uncontrobly, as if she <b>had </b>suffered the greatest grievance.
Her instinctive reaction shattered the anger in Abraham’s eyes. His <b>hands</b>, frozen midair, hesitated for a moment. Then, as Ste continued crying hysterically, they finally wrapped around her slender waist.
Ste clung to him tightly. “How’s <b>Mom</b>?”
Abraham held her close. “<b>So </b>now you remember she’s your mother?”
He had thought that after returning to the Reed family, she <b>had </bpletely erased Falvaria from her life. But <b>now</b>, she only held him tighter, crying even harder.
Two hourster, Ste had recounted everything that happened three years ago–haltingly, between sobs.
<b>In </b>all her three years in Rivermount, she had never once cried. Not <b>even </b><b>when </b>the Reed <b>family </b>treated her so horribly. But the moment she spoke about everything <b>that </b><b>had </b>happened in Falvaria, the tears wouldn’t stop.
The Dawson family had always been her greatest <b>support</b>.
And <b>Abraham</b>… had always been her safe harbor.
Losing both <b>overnight </b>had been like falling into hell. For the <b>past </b>three years, she had barely dared to think about it.
<b>Just </b>as people had said, when she left, the Dawson family had been in the midst of a raging storm.
If she had a choice, she would have stayed by Abraham’s side. But the Tom family.. Kelly.. <b>that </b>woman who <b>had </b>always
Chapter 27 Revenge Served Ice Cold
If she refused, they would kill her <b>mother</b>. With no other option, Ste <b>had </b>toply<b>. </b>
She had to leave the Dawson family. Had to <b>cut </b>off all contact <b>with </b>Abraham.
Three years ago, the Tom family had ruled over Falvaria like kings.
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With her father gone so suddenly and Abraham’s foundation still unstable, he hadn’t stood a chance against them. He and Derrick <b>had </b>always been at odds, and Kelly, in her obsession with Abraham, had prevented Derrick from targeting Dawson family projects.
Ste couldn’t afford to drag him into danger.
If her departure could buy the Dawson family even a moment of peace, she was willing to give him <b>that </b>breathing room.
The more Abraham listened, the colder his expression became. They threatened you, and you just gave in<b>?</b>”
“I didn’t have a choice. They used my mother’s life to threaten <b>me</b>.”
Abraham’s gaze darkened. “And that was enough for you to cut all ties with us?
“I was scared!”
The moment she admitted it, the grievance she had buried for years came surging back. Even looking at any news about hims over the years, she had done so cautiously. Especially during <b>that </b>first year after she left the Dawson family–Kelly had constantly.threatened her.
That exined why she returned to the Reed family and even agreed to an engagement with Ethan.
From the outside, Abraham had seemed to rise quickly over the past three years, gaining control over Falvaria’s entire underground world.
But she had still been afraid. Afraid that the Tom family could still pose a threat to <b>him</b><b>. </b>
Now that she had exined everything, Abraham remained as cold and unrelenting as ever, which only made Ste feel event more wronged.
Her <b>eyes </b>reddened as she looked at <b>him</b>.
“What about Kelly?”
That despicable woman–Ste would have killed her herself if she had the chance.
Abraham replied, “Disabled. In prison.”
“<b>Prison</b>? You put her in prison?”
Abraham shot her a cold nce, his expression <b>unchanged</b><b>, </b><b>as </b>if his anger hadn’t dissipated at all.
Ste tugged at <b>his </b>sleeve, silently <b>looking </b>at him with grievance.
<b>Abraham </b>scoffed. “Useless. After <b>everything </b>you’ve been <b>through</b>, you’re still the one feeling sorry for yourself? What did I teach you all those years?”
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