Chapter 47

“That’s right.”

Eliza nodded as she reached for more food. “Is anything the matter?”

“I’ll be heading there too.” “I’ll give you a lift there tomorrow.” The cold, aloof man picked up a morsel of food from her plate and sent it straight into his mouth. “I’ll take this for the fare.” Eliza was dumbfounded. “Goodness me! So what you are saying is that I will be going to Ertonphia in the same car as the legendary Mr. Valentine tomorrow?” Graciana went bananas after Eliza told her the news after dinner. “I had planned on traveling light, but I guess I’ll have to put on my most extravagant outfits now!” Eliza sat by a large window and sneaked a glance at Beau, who was a distance away, out of the corner of her eyes. At that moment, he was leaning against the headboards, reading a book. The bed lamp lit up one side of his face, highlighting his sharp profile and further accentuating his charming features.

best friend. “And this is my first time meeting Mr. Valentine. I need to leave a good impression on him! “Otherwise, he might be under the impression that you only have nasty people like Madeleine and Jay around you!” At the mention of Jay and Madeleine, Eliza’s mood inexplicably became downcast. The conversation ended after a few half-hearted responses from Eliza. Then,

lights in the room. “Yes, I feel very unhappy.” A single bedside lamp remained lit in the room, which was very dim. Eliza stared up at the ceiling.

asked in a low voice, without a streak of emotion.  “I do not wish to

are right. They behave so unscrupulously toward me because I gave them the impression that I was weak and easily bullied.” “I want to become stronger. I want them to pay for what they have done…” She heaved a long sigh. “But Madeleine is pregnant now.” She had lost a child herself, five years ago. She knew very well the pain of losing a child. And she knew even better how cruel it was to lose an unborn child. The child was innocent! Because she had been through the pain of it, Eliza could not find it in her to hurt an innocent life that had not even seen the

and the sense of helplessness that she felt when she learned that she had lost her child. Eliza had a dream that night. In the dream, a little girl who looked exactly like her stood in front of her and cried. “Why didn’t you protect me, Mommy? “Mommy, I miss you so much. Why didn’t you come to me? “How I wish to live with you, Mommy…” Her heart almost broke at the sight of the little girl’s tear-stained face.  And chase as she may, it seemed like she could never get

the little girl still in her arms. Demarion and Braint stared back at her with eyes full of misery. Tears fell as they looked at her. “Will you abandon us?” Eliza was stunned. She held her daughter with one hand and reached out to wipe Braint’s tears away with the other. “Don’t cry. I will

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