Her voice faded, swallowed by the hallway outside the hospital room.


    Cecilia stood expressionless, watching as if they were strangers.


    Wesley pushed himself up on his elbows, wincing. “Yesterday, when Larissa learned Corrine had returned to the Johnson family, she fought with Johan and ran off.”


    He sounded weary, his exnationbored.


    “She was devastated. That’s why she called me.”


    “She’s my sister. I couldn’t abandon her.”


    Cecilia walked to the bedside, looking at Wesley’s pale face. Several scrapes marked his skin, leaving him in rough shape.


    But what did these wounds have to do with her?


    “Wesley, she’s your sister. Risking your life to save her is your business. But you shouldn’t drag me into caring for her when she gets hurt, should you?”


    Her voice remained detached.


    Not even a ripple of emotion.


    “Ci, I’m sorry.”


    Wesley’s heart still raced with lingering fear.


    When the car skidded, Cecilia’s image flooded his mind. If he died today, what would happen to her?


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    What would be of their child?


    Thankfully, fate intervened–his car merely overturned.


    Now he basked in the joy of surviving.


    His gaze softened as he watched her quietly.


    “Wesley.”


    Cecilia let out a bitterugh, arms crossed as she stared at the man. “You’re not wrong. She’s your sister, your priority. Ci and the child? Just your diversion.”


    Something to amuse you before being cast aside.


    Wesley reached to intertwine his fingers with hers. “I truly know I messed up, Ci. I swear I’ll be more careful.”


    Cecilia pulled her hand away. “This has nothing to do with me, Wesley. You know I’ve long stopped expecting anything from you.”


    She nced at her phone. “Got work at the studio. I’m heading out.”


    She left without a backward nce.


    Wesley’s raised hand dropped limply, his chest aching with a dull throb.


    He truly knew he was wrong now.


    Cecilia stood in the corridor, forcing back the sting in her eyes.


    Even if Wesley died for Larissa, it was his own choice. He deserved it.


    Yet, deep down, the ache remained.


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    child first. But for Larissa? He drove out in a downpour.


    Larissa was always his priority.


    Apologies? Pathetic.


    She turned toward the elevator just as its doors slid open, unleashing a torrent of curses and pleas.


    Amelia, gripping Larissa’s hair, dragged her bodily from the elevator. “You little tramp! Married and still stirring trouble? You got Wesley in a car crash, and you dare show your face? I’ll teach you a lesson you won’t forget!”


    Old grudges resurfaced, fueling Amelia’s rage.


    She’d spent years guarding against Brendon’s illegitimate children, never imagining such a significant one had slipped through.


    Before she could even vent her fury, Larissa had found shelter with Wesley’s married sister, Luna.


    Until this very moment, she hadn’t had the chance to confront Larissa.


    Now that Larissa had fallen into her hands, Amelia wouldn’t show any


    mercy.


    “Auntie, auntie, I know I was wrong.”


    Larissa shielded her scalp, stumbling as she was dragged, begging nonstop.


    “Wrong?


    You probably don’t even know how to spell ‘wrong‘, Larissa.”


    Amelia yanked Larissa and shoved her hard against the wall.


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    p! p! Two crisp strikesnded.


    The blows left Larissa temporarily deafened.


    Cecilia watched with keen interest, abandoning any thought of leaving.


    Someone had chased out from the elevator.


    “Sister–inw, stop this!”


    Yue tried to intervene, only to be pushed aside by Amelia, staggering and nearly falling.


    Fuming, she spat, “Amelia, look at yourself! Where’s the dignity of Mrs. Johnson? You’re nothing but a shrew!”


    “A shrew!”


    She hurled the insult again, venom dripping from each syble.


    Amelia fixed her with an icy gaze. “When your brother married me, didn’t he know exactly what I was like?”


    “You… That was a family arrangement! It wasn’t like he chose you!”


    “Then tell Brendon to divorce me.”


    Amelia was truly furious today, showing no mercy to Yue. “You’re a married–off woman meddling in Parental Home affairs, and now you’re butting into your brother’s marriage? Yue, you’re the biggest joke here.”


    Yue was livid. “You’re only putting on airs because you gave birth to Ali! Without him, you’d have been thrown out long ago!”


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