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    This was truly outrageous.


    Ableson, with a firm tone, interjected, “Enough of this act. Get on your feet.”


    He then gestured to Audrey.


    Audrey moved closer to pull Rosie up.


    “I will remain kneeling until Brenna offers her forgiveness,” Rosie stubbornly dered.


    Unable to contain her frustration, Brennashed out at Rosie with a kick. “I will never forgive you! You nned an attack on me with the thugs, yet here I am, unharmed, while Jay and his group, including you, the one who started it, were captured. Without Ernst’s intervention through the Harper Group, you wouldn’t even be out on bail. Listen closely, if you pull such tricks on me again, I won’t bring the police into this. Instead, I’ll have someone do the same to you. If you can handle it, keep targeting me.”


    Ernst was livid. He shot to his feet, ignoring everyone around him, and barked at Brenna, “What nonsense are you talking about? If youy a hand on Rosie, don’t me me for getting ruthless!”


    Brenna’s frustration boiled over. “When I was up against those thugs, did you worry about me? Thiago and I fought off dozens of people together. Did you once care if I made it out alive? Rosie plotted against me, and you let it slide. But now that I’m fighting back, suddenly you’re concerned about the matter? That’s not fair!”


    For a moment, Ernst felt some guilt, but it vanished just as quickly. He said, “Rosie is not like you. She doesn’t know how to fight and can’t defend herself. You’re different. You can take down a group of men without getting hurt. She can’t.”


    “Ernst, you make me sick.” Shepard pointed toward the door and eximed in anger, “Get out! I can’t believe you’re my son.”


    Giselle looked at Ernst, her face filled with disappointment. “Brenna is your sister. How can you say something like that?”


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    Rosie slowly picked herself up from the floor and walked over to Ernst. “Ernst, don’t turn against your family because of me. I’m not worth it. I don’t deserve to be loved…”


    The whole family stared at Rosie with strange expressions. How had they never seen this side of her before? She had made a serious mistake, yet somehow, she acted like she was the victim here.


    Audrey didn’t bother even looking at Rosie. Standing by Brenna’s side, she said to her, “Don’t let her get to you. Someone like her isn’t worth it.”


    Rosie turned to Audrey with wounded eyes. “Audrey, Brenna stole your fiancé. Doesn’t that bother you at all?”


    Audrey’s gaze stayed cold. “I have a boyfriend. I never had feelings for Ethan, and I never nned on marrying him.”


    Rosie was skeptical. She couldn’t believe Audrey had no interest in someone as exceptional as Ethan. Maybe it was just bad timing. Sooner orter, Rosie believed Audrey woulde to see that no man couldpare to Ethan and fall for him.


    “Leaving!” Ernst snapped. He was done with his family. In his eyes, no one cared that Rosie had lost her parents and that she had no one left to stand up for her now. One mistake, and she was cast aside and stripped of everything.


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