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With a forceful kick, Floyd sent Tracie crashing to the ground, causing her to spit up blood immediately.
“You’re shameless, twisting the truth!”
Tracie’s ears rang with the sharp echo of his words. The smell of blood filled her
nostrils and her vision blurred. The only thing she knew for sure was that Floyd would never let her off the hook now.
Suddenly, she began to laugh hysterically, her voice raw and strained, her face twisted in a grotesque expression.
“Floyd, are you angry now?”
“Yeah, it was me who pretended to fall on Mount Gravenwood. But I wasn‘ t the one who gave the order and left Lumina to die
alone!”
“It’s you who couldn’t decide, holding on to both your new lover and your past.
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You pushed Lumina to the brink of suicide. Now she’s almost dead and you still have
no regret–just throwing the blame onto others.”
“If anyone here is shameless and twisting the truth, it’s you!”
Floyd wanted nothing more than to silence her, but the words stuck in his throat. Because, deep down, he knew Tracie was right.
The one who left Lumina alone in Mount Gravenwood was him. The one who used the wedding delay as leverage was him. The one who saw Lumina writhing in pain and still thought she was faking was him. The one who made Grandma Alice fall ill and stubbornly insisted on sending Lumina abroad for a lesson was also him.
That’s why Lumina had jumped without hesitation and why, in her final moments, she refused to even look at him.
Because he was the one to blame.
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A searing pain in his chest nearly made Floyd choke on his own breath.
Before losing consciousness, he still heard himself shouting, “I’m sorry, Moony, I’m so sorry!”
When Lumina opened her eyes, the first person she saw was Grant Saunders.
It was a strange feeling–she couldn’t remember her own name, or who she was, but the moment she opened her
opened her eyes, she knew to call out his name.
“Grant.”
The warmth of his palm gently cradled the back of her head, as if he were afraid she might hurt herself from the slightest
movement.
Grant’s hands trembled slightly as he supported her, but his face betrayed no excitement, afraid that any sudden reaction might scare her.
As the first sip of water touched her lips, a
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flood of memories surged into her mind.
She remembered her name. She was
Rebecca Woods.
She also remembered that she had a fiancé,
Grant, who had been by her side for three
years.
It felt like two conflicting memories were wrestling in her mind, but gradually, the victorious memories gained dominance. The tears in Grant’s eyes finally fell onto Lumina’s hand.
She heard his voice, thick with emotion, “Beckie, you’re finally awake. I knew you would wake up. I just knew it.”
Rebecca was an orphan adopted by the Saunders Family.
Having lost both of her parents and with no one to rely on, the Saunders Family had taken her in, but it was mostly to improve their reputation.
So, from the moment she entered the
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Saunders household, Rebecca had always.
been cautious.
She ate without making a sound, walked without unnecessary movements and even avoided making eye contact with anyone in the hallways.
Her heart was constantly trembling with fear, terrified that any small misstep would lead to her being thrown out of the Saunders Family.
That was, until Grant returned from
abroad. The moment Rebecca first laid eyes on Grant, she felt a spark.
There was probably no woman in the world who could be immune to a man as handsome and gentle as Grant. At least, that’s what Rebecca thought.
But even then, she didn’t dare lift her head, nor did she dare to make any unnecessary
contact with him.
