Amelia endured Charles's disrespect but dared not tell her father or elder brothers. She quickly left the banquet hall alone, tears streaming down her face.

In the midst of leaving through the crowd, a waiter accidentally bumped into her. Amelia felt a brief sting in her arm as if a bee had stung her, but it quickly faded away.

The waiter promptly apologized. "Ah, I'm sorry miss."

"It's... It's okay." Amelia shrugged it off and turned to leave quickly.

As the waiter watched her walk away, a hint of a smirk crossed his face.

...

Amelia was standing on the deserted balcony, feeling the evening breeze in her hair and looking at the moon.

was wiping away her tears, thinking about Steven and how he always protected her. If Steven was here, he would never let her suffer even the slightest grievance or endure the slightest bullying. But she had already

be no Steven in her life... Should she have one final conversation

finally mustered the courage. Her hands were trembling as she turned on her phone. As soon as the signal connected, countless missed calls and messages flooded her screen Steven had never stopped trying to reach

want to be separated from

vision blurred by tears. Her delicate body swayed violently,

muddled, her ears ringing. The next moment, she was fiercely pulled into

to struggle but unable to muster any strength.

his lips lasciviously brushing against her cheek, which

CEO of KS Group, Asher was mingling among the

was following Amelia rushed over and pulled Asher aside. "Mr. Thompson, there's bad news. Ms. Amelia is missing!" Asher's heart tightened, and his handsome face darkened. "How is that possible? Security here

time, sitting there talking

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