What Axel did left the assistant stunned. His aloof and indifferent attitude made her truly believe that he was just an ordinary customer coming to pick up his clothes.

"Wendy, what are you staring at? Your eyes are glued to him." Regina forcefully pulled Wendy aside.

"Mom! Look at that man... He's so handsome! I've never seen anyone with such a magnificent face!" Wendy exclaimed with innocent excitement.

"Alright, alright. You're the daughter of a wealthy family. Don't act like you've never seen men. Even the most handsome man has only two legs," Regina scolded softly, but she couldn't help glancing at Axel out of the corner of her eye.

He seemed vaguely familiar to her. Besides, she felt his gaze on them was cold and intense, sending a shiver down her spine.

Just as the assistant fretted over how to get rid of these two nuisances, a crisp and sharp sound of high heels echoed from the stairs.

"Are you two done causing trouble?!"

Axel turned toward the voice and saw Roza standing not far away, her complexion pale.

"Mom, that wretched girl is here!" Wendy's eyes brimmed with disgust and hatred upon seeing her stepsister, Roza.

presence of this illegitimate daughter

accomplished. From a young age, she excelled in both character and academics. When she grew up, she became one of

a troublesome mother, who was a murderer, perhaps

married into the Sully family

toward them, it felt as if her feet were laden with

downstairs, she saw Axel sitting there-handsome, tall, and with strikingly attractive features. No matter how many times she saw him, he always made her heart flutter. But

clock striking midnight, cruelly reminding her that Cinderella's

he could be matched with a better girl-someone whose background, family, and past weren't as

Walker, I'm currently working. If there's something, we can talk about it after I finish," Roza

nearby, she couldn't afford to openly quarrel with

family's scandal would become public, and she wouldn't be able to hold her head up in front of him or her mentor. She had struggled with all

noticed Roza's dim and lifeless eyes but remained

now that she finally saw the person she had been looking for, she erupted like an

You're no longer the little girl who used to cling to the

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