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Zoe didn’t answer the question. For that matter, she couldn’t have if she wanted to. The tranquilizer was working its way through her and her eyes were slowly closing before she drifted into slumber. She was thin, weak, and devoid of her once graceful demeanor.He touched her cheek lightly, only to find her responding with tears. She was already asleep, but she was still subconsciously rejecting his touch.An intense pain filled Mason’s heart at that moment. He looked at her for quite some time before rising slowly and walking away. All of the lights in the ground-floor living room were turned on. There was a newborn in the house and that meant the servants were busy cleaning up the place and making herbal soups. Everyone had their own duty to perform.He treaded slowly when he walked downstairs. Lowering his head, he looked at the new carpet and felt as if he could still smell the blood in the air. His hands trembled out of nowhere. He took out a cigarette, but left it unlit.It
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Mason sat there quietly. His expression was darker than the gloomy cell. After that, he said softly, “Forget about it!”He knew just how stubborn Noah could be. If he had decided to give up his right to appeal to the court, then he wasn’t about to change his mind. It wasn’t so much that he didn’t want the freedom as it was about him not wanting to owe Mason a favor. He was trying to protect his sister.At that moment, Mason finally realized it was too late for him to salvage the relationship.The entire Sanders family wanted nothing to do with him. In the end, he took the overnight flight back to Brookesville. It was seven o’clock by the time he made it back to the manor. The black Rolls-Royce drove past the carved metal gate and pulled into the manor.Luke said softly, “Ms. Mia is here, Mr. Mason.”Mason had been resting his eyes from traveling to so many places in a single night, but he opened the car door the moment he heard what Luke said. He greeted her. “Hi, Mia.”It w
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Zoe woke up around noon. The moment she opened her eyes, Yanni was in her arms. She was wearing a light pink onesie, sleeping soundly. An inexplicable joy rose in Zoe’s chest when she looked at her baby’s features.A moment later, she felt warm tears building up in her eyes.Then, Yanni woke up. At first, she cried a little. Then, she seemingly smelled her mother’s scent and started to wriggle towards her. She was still too young, though. So, she was having a problem doing that.Zoe was still feeling weak, but she leaned over and moved to breastfeed her. It was all new to her, though, so she was a little clumsy when she tried to undo the clasp of her nursing bra.Yanni could wait no longer and burst into tears, her face turning red.Then, a warm hand undid the clasp for her. She could hear Mason’s voice when he spoke affectionately, “You’re still new to this. So, it might hurt a little!”Still refusing to speak with him, she resorted to giving him a cold shoulder. Lowering her
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Mason wanted to hold her, but she wouldn’t let him near her. She said softly, “Don’t come any closer, Mason! Stay where you are!” It sounded like she was at her wit’s end.He didn’t even realize that Zoe succumbed to postpartum depression. Her family was torn apart and she had no loved ones at her side, so she didn’t even have anyone to confide in. To make things worse, he kept her here against her will and insisted that he was making it up to her, not realizing the irony of his actions!It was a mess in the bedroom and it felt suffocating in there.Both of them used to have sweet, endearing moments, but this was where they were now.Mason continued to keep her in the manor against her will. Mia didn’t know what else to do. Ella tried a lot of ways. She had used every method imaginable to try to spring Zoe out, but she couldn't even meet up with her.That was when she finally realized just how powerful Mason actually was!…Zoe was still trapped in the manor and she continue
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Ella tried every method she could think of, but she couldn’t even meet Zoe. Mia cried her eyes out every day.Out of options, she decided she’d look for Leslie’s help. The night before, she smoked cigarettes throughout the entire night on the balcony. She even drank beers.Then, she started chuckling in tears when she was drunk. She murmured Leslie's name over and over again.She hated him to the bone!…Leslie was sitting in his office at the Imperial Hotel. He rested his legs on the desk. He was having the fiercest fight with the Lynches lately. So, he was tense and irritable.Then, his assistant, Lidia, came in, looking troubled, “Ms. Ella is here to see you, Mr. Leslie.”Who the hell is this Ella?Without much thought, he decided he didn’t want to meet the stranger. He said casually, “Send her packing! Issue her a check if she doesn’t leave. Tell her to keep her mouth shut about it.”However, Lidia didn’t leave. She added, “It’s Ms. Ella, Mr. Leslie. It’s Ms Zoe’s friend
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Ella knew they were going to meet up and she prepared a lot of stuff for Zoe and her baby. Onesies and toys for the baby and supplements for Zoe. She stuffed all of them in her car. She thought about what she wanted to say too, but she broke down crying the moment she saw her friend. Zoe looked so miserable and sickly! She was very scrawny. Her chin was still defined, but there was a sickly air about her. Zoe looked nothing like a lady who had just given birth to a child. All her other friends who delivered a baby were brimming with energy and livelihood. It was such a heartbreaking sight. She touched Zoe and asked with a trembling voice, “What is he doing to you? Why are you this thin? Did you go to the doctor?”It had been a long time since Zoe last saw Ella. Her eyes were filled with tears as well, but she chose to speaking lightly to her friend, instead of telling the truth. “I haven't had much of an appetite lately. There’s nothing to worry about here!”Was Ella supposed t
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All Mason succeeded in doing was hurting Zoe.However, she refused to moan out of pain. Instead, she strained her eyes and focused on the chandelier hanging off the ceiling. She recalled that he ordered it from Inverleigh when things were still going well for them.She loved it very much. They’d be having sex back then and she could just raise her head and bask in its resplendence and extravagance while it swung gently. Now, however, it was blinding and chilling to look at.They were hugging each other and he was trying hard to pleasure her. However, all she felt was a cold indifference. There was no joy or any tingling sensation when their flesh touched. All that remained was disdain and revulsion!She started to tremble lightly. Then, she yelled out involuntarily when she couldn't take it anymore. “It hurts… Mason…”Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. Burying his face on her chest, he left his hand dangling on her thin waist. Their clothes were in a mess and both of them wer
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Half an hour later, the black Land Rover pulled into Lockwood Hospital.Zoe never thought she’d bump into someone she knew when she got out of the car. It was Lilith’s parents, but they didn’t come alone. There was a girl who was younger than their daughter. She was pretty and looked pure as well as innocent. Her eyes sparkled too. In all honesty, she was better looking than Lilith was.That lady was staring right at Mason now.Carly must’ve gotten her for Mason, Zoe thought to herself. This explained why they were back in Brooksville. She didn’t mind, though. Lowering her gaze, she smiled faintly and brushed past them, walking straight to the outpatient department with Deborah in tow.Mason outright ignored them the way he would strangers. Closing the car door, he was about to leave when Eira spoke softly, “Is that Ms. Zoe?”She had seen Zoe’s pictures and knew she was delicate and graceful. Having seen Zoe personally had shocked her deeply. Eira used to think that Mason an