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    “Huh!” Darren mocked. “The engagement is off. From now on, there are no ties between your Reed family and me. Deal with your problems yourselves.”


    With those words, he turned and stormed off.


    A wave of panic crashed over Sylvia, leaving her frozen in fear.


    The engagement couldn’t just end like this!


    But just as she opened her mouth to plead, Darren was already out of sight.


    Benjamin, puzzled and furious, stared at Cecily. “The Griffiths family is now calling off the engagement, and you still won’t tell me the truth? What have you been hiding from me?!”


    Confronted by the gravity of the moment, Cecily could no longer keep the secret. “Darling, please, don’t be upset. The truth is, Elena is the Harper family’s daughter from the.”


    “What!” Benjamin gasped as disbelief shed across his face, swiftly giving way to seething anger. “How could you keep something this important from me? Reckless and absurd!”


    Had he known sooner, he would have reached out to the Harper family long ago!


    Benjamin’s eyes sparkled with greed, a glint of desire shining through. He had raised Elena for years—surely the Harper family must owe him something for that.


    The issues with hispany now appeared minor and irrelevant. He made up his mind that the was his next destination.


    As Gerald’s birthday celebration came to an end, the Harpers made their way back to the sprawling elegance of Hillside Manor.


    Elena was just about to head to her room when Jeffry’s voice stopped her. “Elena.”


    Her gaze met Jeffry’s, who had approached her with a solemn expression. In a tender gesture, he reached out and gently patted her head.


    The action, filled with unspoken care, left Elena momentarily puzzled. Why this sudden disy of affection?


    Jeffry’s heart had been heavy with a burdening sense of guilt ever since he discovered the grim details of Elena’s childhood—how she often went to bed hungry, scavenging for leftovers just to get by.


    While the Harper family was no stranger to the harsh treatment Elena endured at the hands of the Reed family, they had never fully grasped the depths of her suffering.


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    Seeing her there, a baffled look painting her delicate features, Jeffry couldn’t contain his protective instincts any longer.


    He pulled out his phone, his voice soft but resolute. “I had no idea you endured so much, Elena. I want you to never have to worry about food again. Buy whatever your heart desires.”


    No sooner had he spoken than Elena’s phone vibrated with the arrival of a startling notification.


    “Bank ount credited with $10,000,000.”


    Elena stood frozen, her thoughts whirling in silence.


    If there was one thing Jeffry loved, it was filling her ount with money.


    From their very first encounter, when he impulsively sent a million dors, to today’s jaw-dropping ten million, his generosity knew no bounds.


    Thest time he had done this, Elena had invested the sum in gold futures, reaping a massive profit that multiplied the initial amount manifold within mere weeks.


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