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.

legitimate heiress of the Walker family. However, the presence of this illegitimate daughter had somewhat

a young age, she excelled in both

fact that Roza had a troublesome mother, who was a murderer, perhaps her father would not

be married into the Sully family of

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

downstairs, she saw Axel sitting there-handsome, tall, and with strikingly attractive features. No matter how many times

appearance of the Walker family was like the clock striking midnight, cruelly reminding

background, family, and past weren't as disgraceful and messy as hers. Regina's gaze turned more bitter and resentful upon seeing this outstanding, illegitimate

currently working. If there's something, we can talk about it after I finish," Roza said stiffly, her

nearby, she couldn't afford to openly quarrel with

the 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 her might to rise from the bottom to her current position. She

Roza's dim and lifeless eyes but remained

the person she had been looking

You're no longer the little girl who used to cling to the Walker family, always trying to please us,"

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