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Ste shook her head. “No need.”
That kind of bloodline only brought suffocation by its very existence.
<i>After </i><i>the </i><i>Reed </i><i>family </i>had <i>spent </i>thest <i>two </i><i>years </i>trying to hunt me down, now they wanted to talk about blood ties?
Ethan’s breathing on the other end of the line tightened noticeably.
It was as if he hadn’t understood what Ste had just said. He said in a suppressed voice, “The Reed family has someone now. Her biological brother.”
Abraham chuckled darkly. “Didn’t you hear what Star just said? She doesn’t need this, and besides, do you even have the right to talk about family ties?”
He emphasized the words “family ties with a tone full of mockery and disdain.
Ethan caught that tone too and immediately understood what Abraham meant.
<i>It </i>was <i>a </i>jab at how the Reed <i>family </i>had failed to distinguish <i>who </i>really mattered when it came to Lillian
and Ste.
Ethan’s grip on the phone tightened. “Lillian grew up in the Reed family. Of course there’s an emotional bond.”
Emotional attachment, huh?
<i>It </i>was understandable that <i>they </i>cared about <i>Lillian</i>, but when it came to <i>Ste</i>, all they’d shown was ruthless intent.
And now they expected me to show mercy out <i>of </i><i>respect </i>for their <i>blood </i>connection<i>? </i>
Abraham let out a coldugh. “If the Reed family weren’t her blood rtives, maybe things could have ended cleaner.”
Ste’s eyebrows twitched slightly at these words.
Even Ethan was stunned for a moment.
Without another word, Abraham hung up coldly.
Talking <i>to </i>someone <i>like </i><i>Ethan </i>is a waste <i>of </i><i>breath</i>.
He tossed the phone aside and climbed back into bed, pulling Ste into his arms in one swift
motion.
“Star.
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madness.
After years of holding back, he finally didn’t have to anymore….
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The cold wind was howling outside.
Ethan felt as if the cold had prated to his bones. The beep of the disconnected call echoed in his ears, leaving his mind nk.
<i>If </i>we weren’t her blood rtives, maybe it would have been easier…
<i>Either </i>way, it led to <i>death</i><i>? </i><i>Without </i>blood ties, it would’ve just been faster. So that was what Mr. <i>Abraham </i>
meant?
Jason approached him. “Mr. Keene, Ms. Dawson has already left Rivermount.”
It had taken a lot <i>of </i>effort to get this information from the security team.
<i>It </i>was really difficult. <i>Any </i>news about Ste was <i>almost </i>impossible for us to get now.
We couldn’t contact her; we couldn’t see her.
<i>She </i>used to be someone we could reach at any time, and now it was as if she had disappeared into a bottomless abyss.
Ethan shivered with cold. “When did this happen?”
“Right after the incident,” Jason answered.
Ethan remained silent.
<i>Ste </i>was no longer in <i>Rivermount</i>. That meant I had no way <i>of </i>finding her, <i>let </i>alone saying anything to her face.
His expression became more tense.
Abraham’s words on the phone earlier <i>had </i>made it very clear, <i>the </i>Reed family <i>wasn’t </i>going to get <i>through </i>this easily.
But Lillian <i>couldn’t </i>wait any longer…
I visited <i>her </i><i>yesterday</i><i>. </i><i>The </i><i>moment </i><i>I </i>entered <i>her </i>room<i>, </i><i>I </i>felt an overwhelming sense <i>of </i><i>lifelessness</i>.
She is still alive, but the room <i>feels </i>colder than a tomb.
Jason added, “Maybe she’s gone back to Falvaria.”
Fahuria?
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It reminded Ethan that Ste had grown up with the Scott family.
She had gone back. And with that, the distance between us had grown even more immeasurable.
Finally, Ethan returned to the Reed mansion.
The moment he stepped inside, he heard Susan screaming at Patrick, “Why… why would you do this to me? When did you and this woman start? You even had children with her, twins! Patrick Reed, what do you take me for? I have given everything to this family all these years, and this is how you repay me? Why would you do this?”
Susan was hysterical, falling apart.
Patrick was full of disgust. “What have you ever given to this family? Since the day we got married, you’ve never worked a day, you’ve never suffered. You’ve lived the life of a rich woman for years, and now you can’t even keep peace among the children in this house.”
He thought of the recent losses thepany had suffered, all because of Ste. And it was all Susan’s fault, in his eyes.
“You think I haven’t done enough? You know exactly how Ste is! And now you’re ming it all.
on me?
Susan had gonepletely crazy.
She was shaking with rage at the thought of those twins.
<i>He </i>had been right under my eyes, and yet I hadn’t known a thing, not even when he had been involved with thepany’s finances.
<i>And </i>note he is denying everything she has done all these years.
Patrick gave her a cold <b>look</b>. “Whatever she became, you’re the one who gave birth to her. And you’re the one who pushed her to this point.”
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