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ch for you now? You got
n only swirled the wine in his g
for your education overseas. I showed you the world. I gave you a good
w anyone's attention. She had long hair, red lips, and sharp, s
hem making her seem even more distant and untouchable. She wa
ne but me. You were the one who proposed in front of everyone at graduation. And now yo
ace. "A family like the Newman family cares about status. My adoptive fathe
y background would never matter between them. Now, thos
riverfront apartment in the western district to your name, and I'll give you another five m
tened to his detached voice while a dul
ve, she had spent every ye
rn her at least a little sincerity. In the
n came back, didn't she? You told me you'd never lie to me, Brando
gain and again before he final
ons for leaving back then. Now that sh
n. At Brandon's hypocrisy. But the pain pressing
ty's market value should add up to at least tens of millions, right? I want twenty-five million dollars. Transfer it before noon
it doesn't have to come to this. If you needed money
your image as the devoted man who stayed loyal to his first love all these year
d her walk away. For a split second,
was only a woman who had stayed beside him for
standing between them was over. He had waite
money he gave her would be enough for her t
ad already done m
riverside. She had always been proud to the bone. The tears s
whole of her youth, torn away in the span of one
lars. Every cent had been transferred. Joslyn lowered her phone, wiped the te
ess lights and towering glass buildings. This was
k then had been painfully straightforward. "What's the point of a girl studying so much? You should get married while you're still young. Your br
etly left home, applied for student loans, an
began, she met Brandon du
started pursuing her relentlessly. Flowers, expensive gifts, luxury cars waitin
on enough. She wanted to climb higher. She wanted wealth, status, and influence.
and looks. More importan
n't she a
rld she never could've reached on her own. S
tood clearly. Everything she possessed came f
t identity, she would g
ccounts from the ground up, and forced her way into one of the top architectur
phone back into her pocke
se in Dafson. We really can't come up with that kind of money. You've done well for yoursel
, she blocked the number, deleted the conversation, and
es lined both sides of the road, and dim amber street
ation, along with some financial help from Br
e apartment building, glancing around
he couple waiting downstairs were her parents. The same
r in the world had decided
and hurried over to grab her arm. "You're finally back! I'v
ow we treated you badly before, but we're still family. Families can't stay angry forever, right? Your brother really can't post
g cold. "Weren't you the ones who said it was better to pretend you'd never had
r tears. "You're my daughter. How could a mother stop loving her own child? Joslyn, I know you'v
. "I'm just an ordinary office worker. My salary ba
eady asked around. Your boyfriend is from the Newman family-the richest family in
I was dead or alive. The moment you heard I was dating someone rich, you r
years, and this is how you repay us? You ungrateful girl. You've got money to spe
. Just help your brother this once. If he can't ge
asting your time." Joslyn shoved past the
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