When Karen reached Chloe, she patted her daughter’s back and consoled her, “Don’t be angry, Coco. I’ve already scolded Ava.

“You’re her younger sister. Of course, she only wants the best for you.”

“I’m sorry, Coco. I’ll call off the engagement tomorrow,” Ava said, her lovely eyes shimmering with tears. She looked like she was a victim of Chloe’s unreasonable claims.

“Although we can’t force someone to love us and since you like him, as your older sister, I shouldn’t have gotten too close to him…”

Getting dumped by Jake had hurt, but Ava’s words felt like salt in a wound. Chloe was enraged as she hissed, “Too close? You mean sleep with him?”

“That’s enough!” Benjamin could not take it anymore and shouted in anger. “The engagement will proceed as planned. The invitations have already been sent out. I can’t afford to become the laughingstock of the city like you!”

“But I’m only telling the truth!”

emphasizing every word that spilled out of her mouth, “Ava and she are the kind of people who like to steal other people’s husbands. Why do you

hand and slapped Chloe with all his might, throwing her head to the side and causing

stepped up to stop Benjamin. “What are you doing,

lost. You’re just like your mother who died early, bringing bad

not like that of a father. Instead, it felt like he was looking at

for kids of her age to have a temper. You have to wake up early tomorrow. Let’s go to bed,”

hard every day. I’m sorry for making you worried, Dad,” Ava added empathetically.

*

slapped by her father, her body

Chloe’s mother passed away due to illness, Karen came in and

Chloe who was being

her. At that moment, Chloe finally understood his true character. He had never valued her or her mother, no matter how much they tried to please him.

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