Undefeated Boundaries

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w could she possibly stay, given the depth of her hatred for him? The idea of w

ll the lingering traces of humiliation. He wasn't trying to keep her; he was trying to humiliate her. She might have been naive, but over the past three years, she had been so focused on his every

ntrollably. Her phone rang, and her hands tremb

xpenses have been cut off for some reason, and his condition is critical. The

cut off?" Charlotte Scott froz

e. Chloe Juan is still so young. We

embling as she set down the phone. She turned to gaze at the villa s

bout to slam shut, Charlotte Scott t

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red the pain. Her desperate eyes locked onto the middle-aged maid visible thro

iscomfort. "Chloe, you should

verstepped. I'll make it right," Charlotte Sco

er is in no mood to see anyone," the maid

t pounding. She could wait, but Chloe Juan couldn't

looked at the maid with pleading eyes. "Please

then sighed. "Alrigh

e, her heart racing, as the maid turned and ascended the stairs. The sound of knoc

into an eternity. Charlotte Scott stoo

he watched as Brown descended the stairs. He opened the door fully, his cold gaze sweeping over her disheve

like lead. On the coffee table lay a stack of documents. One by one, she flipped through them, her

n Juan medical expenses right now

nnected quickly, and after a brief conversation, he hung u

te Scott replied, re

come back in the evening, and we'll have dinner together," B

Juan's condition. The nurse's cheerful voice on the other end assured he

down, she noticed that her knuckles, which had been pressed against the door crack