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Thaddeus eventually snapped back to reality. His vacant gaze focused on Vivienne’s beautiful face before he suddenly burst into tears, trying to throw himself into her arms.

“Grandma, Michael, and Joseph are bad people! They scared me and locked me up! I never want to see them again!”

“Alright.” Vivienne took Thaddeus into her arms. “I promise you. You won’t ever see them again.”

She held the crying Thaddeus and walked shoulder to shoulder with Percival towards the

exit

When they reached the door, they found Iris still standing motionless.

Vivienne locked back at her. “Aren’t you coming with us?”

“No.” Iris wiped away her tears and gave a bitter smile. ‘I don’t know how to face Dorian and Cordella.

After all, if she hadn’t softened at the last moment, Thaddeus wouldn’t have suffered this

ordeal, and Vivienne and Percival wouldn’t have been so ruthlessly pressured by Arabella, almost ruining their reputations.

She paused and then added. “Vivienne, I’ve decided to go back to Ozoria today and never come back. As for the Hawthorn family affairs, you can handle them as you see fit. I won’t

blame you for anything.”

Vivienne lowered her head in silence for a moment and then looked at Iris as she nodded gently. Take care.”

Iris covered her mouth to muffle her sobs and nodded back at Vivienne.

seeing Vivienne and Percival walk away did she squat down and bawl

Hawthorn

broken home

see Beatrice. Instead, she went straight back to her hotel and booked a flight to Ozoria that same

off her phone, refusing to take any more calls from Beatrice

support in

in the Hawthorn family affairs and

anymore.

flight was scheduled for

boarding, she heard someone calling

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around, she saw Dorian

watched Dorian run out of breath while trying to reach her, grab her hand, and say, “At least say goodbye to us before leaving, right? And you even turned off

mad at me?” Her eyes began to well

Of course I’m mad.” Dorian said, a bit annoyed. “But you’re still my

took Iris’s hand. “Let the past be the past. We’ll all be

expected that, after putting Thaddeus through so much distress, Dorian and Cordelia would

holding Thaddeus and standing with Percival in the

she covered

night, at the

was there to treat Faye. It was her last treatment, and Faye’s condition had improved significantly. She was no longer as weak

Vivienne asked as she

she walked in, Faye seemed to be in good spirits. Her lips. curled upward into a subtle

Faye looked at Vivienne with surprise. “Aren’t you happy? She framed you and hired thugs to create a ruckus at

even worse when Arabella had the gall to slander Vivienne online. The mere mention of Arabella made the Bakers grind their

the

hospital that afternoon had been widely circulated online by the journalists hired by Arabella and Beatrice. They had hoped to

Havenwood knew what kind of person Arabella

the one with

hard that she was shaking. “Look, look, these guys

Vivienne didn’t really care. She had

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