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Henry admitted, “Three years ago, I was sent to the army and they played tricks behind my back.”
They said I was a slave exiled from above and could be bullied and ravaged at will. It would be better if I died in the army.” Henry and the others coveted my beauty and refused to let me die. He just let me suffer day by day.”
After Henry’s sudden death, I plotted how to make Fiona and Celeste suffer even more. Callum stood guard by my side every day, never leaving me alone.
He insisted on riding with me in the carriage and personally tested my food for poison.
On the surface, he claimed not to mind my scars, even vowing to marry me despite objections from Fiona’s parents.
But secretly, he sought out skilled physicians to find ways to remove the marks on my body. Those were all the symbols of shame that he couldn’t bear to see.W
Despite his kindness, I knew it was just a form of self–deception. Removing the scars wouldn’t change what had happened. But I accepted his gestures nonetheless, knowing they would eventually lure out our true enemy.}}
Callum finally announced the termination of the marriage proposal with Fiona to marry me. That made Fiona too anxious about what had transpired. Well, it had nothing to do with it at all!
The following day, Callum returned from the army to find only a handful of ashes remaining. Meanwhile, Hazel handed him the suicide note I had prepared in advance.
“Fiona and Celeste tried to kill me,” I said.
These words enraged Callum, prompting him to apprehend Fiona and Celeste. Callum personally dealt the fatal blow to Fiona and she was punished further.
The whole process forced Celeste to watch with her own eyes. On the other hand, during that time, Celeste already felt crazy.}
A skinless female corpse was carried out from the Holden Mansion. It was Callum who ordered some of his people to throw that body at the mass grave.
Meanwhile, Celeste, her hair and face a mess, ran into the street, yelling repeatedly about people being skinned and turned into lanterns.} The world didn’t know what had transpired, but it seemed they all did know that I was the daughter of the Holden Family.
Speaking of Holden’s family, the mansion had been searched for several days and it was expected that Celeste would just be around, but later, it was dragged to where by someone and there was no trace of her again.”
But Callum.
Both parties had discussed that they would be married in three days.}
