Forbidden Love: My "Adoptive Father" Who Stole My Heart

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s filled with the same worry they held ten years a

next month. The villa you like has been renovated in the classic

smile, but she couldn't quite manage it. "Gab

wheau all these years? Now that our family's business is well-established in Snuebia and North Asnyae,

how you always said you wanted to attend

, she rem

a documentary about music festivals of Snuebia, pointing at

, ruffling her hair gently, "Wh

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murmured, her voic

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tone cautious, "You and Jerald... I kn

ptly, her nails digging into her

riel feeling both hel

the Kirby Estate and also destroyed the

e pressure from the relatives of the Kirby family to secure the inheritan

the line, her grat

and Jerald stayed by her bedside all night,

he gifted her a cello, saying that one d

ldn't r

d by the time she realized it,

ath, trying to make her voice sound

el's voice was heavy, "But emotions can't be forced because of grat

before she quickly realized her mistake and softened her tone, "Gabrie

sting. She sniffed, smiling at the screen, "Gabriel, I promise I'll come n

lly laughed, "I'll orde

video call, the r

ying her face in her knees, unable

kindness was not love. But her feelings had g

ght she had felt like a thief stealing others' happiness-yet

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rald felt like a piece of her heart was bein

rs, Cathleen quickly wiped her tears and picke

stood rooted to the