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Madeline opened her eyes and looked at Thomas, who was standing by the window after finishing a <b>call</b>. “Has Natasha been here?” asked Madeline.
Lately, she had been weak physically, and her spirits were low. She had been recuperating in the hospital.
Every day when she woke up, she would ask the same question.
With each disappointment and seeing Thomas shake his head again, Madeline’s mood had be quite calm.
She was silent for a moment, then asked, “How is Olivia?”
Thomas walked over and poured her a ss of water. “She’s fine. I heard she was discharged yesterday, looking morous.”
His tone was sarcastic.
She was living it up, despite causing so much trouble for the family.
Madeline pursed her lips. “I’ll be discharged today. Call her and Noel home, and we’ll have a good talk.”
Thomas acquiesced to her request.
The stabbing incident involving Madeline had not yet been resolved, so it was good for her to talk with Olivia.
That night, the five members of the rk family finally gathered together.
The scene was no longer filled with the affectionate banter of the past. Instead, the atmosphere was tense.
Andrew and Madeline never expected Olivia, whom they had doted on since childhood, would betray them.
Facing Olivia, who was aggressively demanding money, Andrew couldn’t
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understand. “We raised you, supported your education, and your dancing ss. Your life is countless times better than before. Now the rk family is in trouble. How can you have the audacity to take advantage of our misfortune?”
Oliviapletely disregarded their anger. “That’s because you’re foolish. My stance remains the same: either give money or go to jail.”
Andrew’s eyes bulged, and his chest heaved.
Ever since she was released from prison and heavily publicized by the media, nothing good had happened at home.
Jail! Why didn’t Natasha ensure she served a longer sentence then?
Looking back, the rk family, who went to such lengths to get her sentence reduced and cover things up, were truly foolish.
Since they were bound to be dragged down sooner orter, they should have cut
ties back then.
Madeline was calmerpared to Andrew, who was furious.
From the moment she struck that blow, she knew her mother–daughter bond with
Olivia was over.
Even though she had raised Olivia for so many years, Olivia still resembled Emilia, her mother, more cruel and selfish.
“Olivia<b>,</b>” said Madeline, staring at her overbearing face. “We lived together for seventeen years. Do you think everything you did was well–hidden? Those young girls you bullied during your apprenticeship did they truly deserve it, or did you y dirty tricks? I’m a sinner, but your hands aren’t necessarily clean, are they? Do you think you can withstand an investigation?”
Olivia paused.
Sometimes, the person who knows one best is either one’s enemy or one’s family.
After seventeen years together, Madeline had personally apanied her through every stage of her growth, unlike her busy husband and elder son, or her simple–minded and easily fooled younger son.
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Even if they were once deceived, now that they’vee to their senses, they should realize that what Olivia did before waspletely different from what she described.
Olivia looked back at her, her eyes filled with sarcasm. She thought, ‘How could the rk family have any truly naive and innocent people?‘
“I can withdraw thewsuit, but you can’t leave me nothing,” said Olivia.
Thomas saw his mother had found her weakness, and then said, “300 thousand
dors.”
Olivia’s eyes widened. “Are you ying games with me? You said 3 million dors at the hospital before.”
Three million dors was already vastly different from her initial request. She agreed topromise, and yet Thomas dared to reduce it further.
Thomas showed no shame in going back to his word. “Thepany is already failing. The rk family is currently in a state of negative assets. Soon, even this house we live in will be repossessed. It’s already difficult to scrape together 300 thousand dors.”
Madeline also looked at her calmly. “I’ve lived long enough. If there’s no other way, I can also go to jail to avoid burdening Thomas and Noel.”
Olivia clenched her teeth tightly.
The family has long since nned it out, thought Olivia.
However, she had no choice. She couldn’t afford an investigation.
Thinking of the money she had taken from the rk familypany when she worked there before, she held back her anger. “Fine, 300 thousand dors. I want to see the money tomorrow.”
“Also,” she looked at Thomas. “Get me an invitation letter.”
Olivia stormed off.
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Noel had grown ustomed to seeing his family tear each other apart over the money for an old set of jewelry.
However, even after justing out of the police station, he couldn’t escape the punishment from his parents and Thomas.
Andrew red at him. “All your cars have been sold, and you won’t have any allowance starting this month. You’ve been an adult for several years. Stop causing trouble for Thomas. Think carefully about what you want to do after graduation.”
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His life was originally to be a happy, rich second–generation, indulging in pleasures and entertainment, and that would have been enough.
Before Andrew clearly made that request, his greatest distress was merely a setback in family affection.
Now, his parents asking him to figure out how to make a living on his own was like throwing a baby into the ocean. It filled him with endless panic.
“Aren’t you still here?” Noel blurted out.
Upon seeing Noel rely on them so naturally, Andrew, displeased and frustrated by hisck of initiative, scolded him, “Rely on us? Do you expect your mother and me to support you for your entire life? What if we die one day? Your sister was able to live independently at eighteen!”
Hisst sentence brought a moment of silence to the room.
Everyone suddenly became silent.
Natasha had no idea that the rk family had remembered her again because of an argument.
Even if she knew, she wouldn’t care.
Her daily schedule was packed while diligently working on illustrations, asionally apanying someone to work during the day, and regrly
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Naomi told her a couple of days ago that their new dance drama had officially premiered in Nornytaar, and the performance received a warm reception.
Numerous media outlets and industry insiders praised Naomi’s solo dances <b>as </b>
ssics.
Sophia was preparing to officiallyunch their global tour.
Knowing that an Eastern choreographer created choreography for the production, many people wanted to leverage their dance troupe’s connections to invite her for coboration.
Natasha was not averse to that. If there was a suitable opportunity, she was willing to ept it.
However, work matters could be discussedter. The yacht party they had decided to attend finally arrived as scheduled.
Alexei had made early arrangements for his work and was ready to spend a few extra days with Natasha.
The weather was clear on the day of boarding.
Before heading out, Alexei specifically chose the couple’s matching outfits they had bought while shopping together earlier.
Ramona saw the young couple walking hand–in–hand from afar and pouted at their mushiness.
‘Look at them, acting like they’re afraid no one knows they’re together, thought
Ramona.
Catching a glimpse of Ryan, whose eyes were glued to Natasha, she menacingly threatened him, “Don’t you see who’s standing next to her? Do you not want your
I eyes anymore?”
Ryan jolted and immediately stood up straight.
“Ramona, I was just curious and casually looking. I didn’t mean anything else.
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He was truly just admiring her beauty. It wasn’t like he was tired of living.
Ramona scoffed, “Look at you, so timid.”
Ryan forced a smile, inwardlyining, “Isn’t it all because you’re too scary?”
If she decided to mess with him, a few words to Alexei, and he’d be doomed.
He’d heard Alexei protected his wife fiercely, cherishing her as if afraid to drop her or for her to melt. Even the Turner family was now ruled by Natasha, the soon–to–be granddaughter–inw.
He still remembered how Ramona smilingly ruined Matthew.
Ryan thought, ‘When so much stacks up, who wouldn’t feel flustered?
‘Upon reflection, Natasha, who hung out with Ramona, the witch, doesn’t seem like an angel anymore.”
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