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    “When you shoved me aside for her sake, I thought I was the main culprit.”


    The memory flooded back, chilling her to the bone. Had Luciano not been there, her unborn child would have been lost again.


    Wesley stiffened. When had he shoved her?


    “You…”


    Cecilia was sick of these daily arguments.


    Exhausted and disgusted.


    “If you me me for not saving her, let me be clear: I’m pregnant. Given another chance, I still wouldn’t save her.”


    Her lips curled bitterly. “Wesley, if you truly can’t figure out how to be a decent father, maybe you shouldn’t have this child.”


    He didn’t deserve to be one.


    Next time Larissa faced trouble, would he me the child?


    Wesley couldn’t get a word out.


    He hadn’t meant to push her. It happened without thought.


    “L…”


    “If you care about the child, let go. I’m exhausted and need to go home.”


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    Cecilia looked at Wesley with detached calmness, her eyes reflecting utter resignation.


    Wesley kept his grip, turning to Luciano. “Thanks for tonight. I’ll take her home.”


    Luciano frowned, noticing Cecilia’s reluctance. Before he could speak, Cecilia intervened, “I’ve taken enough of your time. Please head back first.”


    Let Wesley take her if he insisted. All she wanted was home.


    When the car arrived, Cecilia pulled the door open herself. She leaned against the window, closing her eyes wearily. Wesley’s presence? She hadn’t the energy to care.


    Back at Chaston Vi, she jolted awake abruptly. Wesley was attempting to carry her inside.


    Cecilia walked past him wordlessly, heading straight indoors.


    Midnight approached.


    After washing up, Cecilia burrowed beneath the nkets and slept.


    When Wesley entered their bedroomter, she was already deep in slumber. He watched her silently before stepping onto the balcony. He called Elijah Wilson, demanding security footage.


    Not to trace how Cecilia met Luciano–but to review the private room’s recording. To witness how he’d shoved her.


    The moment the footage yed, his heart clenched violently.


    There it was. Him.


    He’d nearly harmed her. And their child.


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    A heart hollowed by emptiness now filled with guilt, Wesley was consumed by lingering fear.


    Thankfully, Luciano was by her side.


    He tiptoed back to the room, lying down gently beside her, his arm encircling her with tenderness.


    “I’m sorry.”


    He murmured an apology.


    Cecilia and Wesley had long agreed: if Wesley wanted this child, he should stay out of Cecilia’s sight as much as possible.


    Thus, Wesley rose early.


    When Cecilia awoke, freshened up, and descended the stairs, he was already seated at the dining table having breakfast.


    Spotting her, he offered a terse greeting.


    “Morning.”


    Cecilia ignored him.


    She ate her breakfast in silence.


    It was Wesley who broke the stillness first. “I lost my temper yesterday. I hurt you. I apologize.”


    He extended this olive branch.


    Cecilia mmed her fork onto the table.


    “Must you disgust me first thing in the morning?”


    The faint softness vanished from Wesley’s expression.


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    Setting down his cup, his voice turned icy. “Cecilia, do I truly repulse you this much?”


    “What else? Did you think you were charming?”


    Tension crackled in the air.


    The maid stood nearby, not daring to breathe.


    Wesley’s eyes darkened, frost gathering in their depths. “Yesterday was my fault. But you, Cecilia–were you meless?”


    “Me?”


    Cecilia let out a bitterugh.


    The breakfast was clearly ruined today.


    “Did I ask to go cat?


    Did I invite those two drunks?”


    She almost got hurt too.


    But Wesley said she was also at fault.


    She stared straight at Wesley, desperate to know where she’d gone wrong.


    Before Wesley could speak, his phone rang.


    He answered, his face instantly paling.


    He stood to leave but suddenly stopped, yanking Cecilia up from her


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    “You want to know what you did wrong?”


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    “You’ll find out when we get there.”


    Cecilia was taken to the hospital by Wesley.


    Larissa had slit her wrists and was now in the emergency room.


    Mrs. Bradshaw saw Cecilia and lunged at her, “Cecilia, this is all your fault!”


    “If anything happens to Larissa, I’ll never forgive you!”


    Wesley held her back.


    “I’ve already arranged for doctors to save her.”


    Mrs. Bradshaw clutched Wesley’s arm, sobbing uncontrobly, “She ruined her!”


    “Wesley, you must get justice for Larissa!”


    Cecilia stood by the wall, expressionless. “What does that have to do with me?”


    Mrs. Bradshaw exploded with rage, nearly jumping out of her skin.


    She stretched her finger pointing straight at Cecilia, “If it weren’t for you humiliating her when Sir took apprentices, if it weren’t for you refusing to help yesterday, why would the Johnson family break off the engagement? Why would she consider ending her life?”


    Every fault was Cecilia’s fault.


    Cecilia refused to take the me, “She’s mediocre yet insists on scheming. me me?


    “You!”


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