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Chapter 124

Anna’s POV:

yself to stay calm as I faced Caroline outside the operating room,

“How can you say such cruel things to me? We’ve been family for four years..

Before I could finish, Caroline cut me off sharply. “I was only nice to because I wanted you to be good to Claire, to take care of her. But since you can’t even be nice to her, you might as well not my daughter in law at all!”

I let out a small laugh. “Who do you want to replace me? Scarlett?

The contempt in Caroline’s eyes was unmistakable. “Her? She’s not worthy. She’s just a pathetic tool the Wright family is using. Nothing but a suirogate!”

I felt a wave of irony wash over me. Yesterday she was a friend’s daughter,” today she’s a “pathetic tool I wanted to mock her, but then realized I had no right to laugh at anyone else. I remembered when I used to be Caroline’s “precious daughter–in–law.” Now 1 was just an outsider nobody cared about.

“Did you tell her? That you’re using her?” I asked.

Caroline dismissed my question with indifference. “She owes the Wright family too much. What’s wrong with providing us with one reproductive service?”

Her tone softened slightly. “Don’t blame me. You couldn’t give the Wright family a child, and you couldn’t just be a good wealthy wife. You had to chase after some career, and in the end, all you did was cause trouble.”

“If that’s how it is,” I replied firmly, “then we have nothing more to say to each other. Whether Blake and I stay together or separate. we’ll figure it out ourselves. It’s not your concern.”

Caroline let out a cold laugh. “Do you think Blake will ever see you again?”

She waved her hand, and security guards immediately surrounded I realized Caroline had somehow become the only person in charge of the Wright family now.

The guards were no longer polite. They practically threw me out

on the street, Freedom came so unexpectedly.

I stared at my reflection in a puddle by the road, feeling like someone who’d been abandoned. I decided to call Emily to “pick me

Emily arrived with her typical flair, standing beside her black car as she opened the door for me with a mock–gentlemanly bow. “Shall I take you in?”

Her gesture reminded me of the man lying in the operating room. The memory merged with Emily’s current actions – one made my heart flutter, the other reopened my wounds, causing pain.

“Where did you learn these fancy moves?” I asked, tears blurring my vision. Before, I would have added “your posture is nothing compared to Blake’s, but now I didn’t even have the courage to mention his name.

I hated the ambiguous relationship I had with Blake, but now his family was against it too. Finally, I didn’t have to be the bad guy anymore. Someone was desperately hoping we’d split up,

Once inside the car, I quickly wiped away my tears while Emily walked around to the driver’s seat.

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After starting the engine, Emilly didn’t Immediately drive off.

She rested her hands on the sibering wheel, turned to look at me, and sighed. “Now that BlueWires money has come through, and the project report is successfully completed… you’re a winnert Whal nost? Whatever you say, Ell help you!”

1 tett last inside, Blake hadn’t just disrupted my plans, he’d turned

upside down. The fature seemed completely unelen.

“Now that you’re the boss of EcoMarine Group, I’m not quitting.” I replied. “I’m happy to work for yout just pick suitable projects for tue. I need to make money! I touched my cheek and forced a laugh, pretending not to care, which made Emily grind her teeth.

“Anma,” Emily said sincerely, TeoMarine Group already takes up my tire life, but whenever you need me, I’ll do everything I can to help you! Make those twas bastands payl“

I smiled through my pain. “Just make sure it’s within legal boundari. I don’t want you getting into trouble because of me

I thought to myself that it wasn’t just those two bastards anymore, but a trio. Emily would have to deal with three people now Blake, Claire, and Scarlett.

“Can’t you be a self–centered person like me?” Emily asked as we drove. “I’ve never seen a woman so single–minded about a man!”

“Setting everything else aside,” I replied, “when you meet a man you truly love, you’ll understand. The one who falls in love first always loses, don’t they?”

“Setting everything else aside,” Emily countered, making money makes me happier. That day will never come for me.

When we reached my Back Bay apartment, we hugged tightly before saying goodbye,

As soon as I closed the door, I collapsed. I needed rest and sleep. My emotions were a wreck,

I forced myself to the bathroom to wash up. I messed up the water temperature, and scalding water poured down on me, forcing me to jump out of the shower.

The burning sensation on my skin stimulated me. I felt like I couldn’t hold on, like I was melting away, I wondered if melting myself away would make all my troubles disappear.

I switched erratically between extremely hot and cold water before finally settling on a cold shower.

I thought I’d have insomnia, but surprisingly, I slept extraordinarily well, not waking until the following afternoon.

My head was spinning when I finally woke up, alternating between hot and cold. I realized I might be sick. I wanted to go back to sleep.

My phone kept ringing, making my headache worse. The caller ID showed Emily, Seth, and Frank Hamilton, whom Thadn’t contacted in ages. I noticed people had been calling since noon.

I called Emily back.

“Anna, what the hell! How did your nude photo end up online? Is that really you in the bathroom?”

I had just woken up and was still groggy. “What nude photo?”

Then it hit me–Claire had mentioned something about a private photo.

After hanging up, I quickly went online to check. There it was: the photo Blake had accidentally taken of me in the bathroom–my cheeks flushed, my gaze unfocused, with my private areas blurred out.

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I remembered Blake swearing he hadn’t kept any photos of me. I felt wave of betrayal and humiliation with mer

Had Blake shared

shared that photo with Claire? Or had he been bragging about me to her like he did with Scarlett?