Chapter 17
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To be just say that marry him? ti ha nying to cup the wedding!
| My God, the Storfan heir just woke nij, and now this drama at his wedding.
The murmur.
Hominin here? Why?
the watched him appenach step by step. His cult was
ased as if bed sirpt in it, dark cartes bene
““Don’t marry hand” he repeated his voice barely recognizable||
Ariana’s fingers trembled slightly, but she forced herself to remain composed “Dominic, what are you doing here?
uld hear the ice in her own your “rent you afraid your precious Mis will be jealous?“}]
Domlade flinched as if she if struck him, his eyes filled with intense pain
“I got it wrong,” his voire was ruigh with emotion. “Ari, dure years ago, the person 1 fell in love with was you, not Ma. All t loving the wrong penum“]
Do you remember rescuing that bird’s nest at the charity gala three years ago? That day, I fell for you at first sight, but mistook you for Mia
Ariana’s papila dilated:
Of course she remembered that day wearing a white dress, climbing a tree to save a precanously balanced nest. When she climbed down, thed glimpsed a mas thing in the distance, but assumed he was just a passerby and hurried away
That had been him?)
Seeing her stunned silence, Dominic pressed on urgently. “The discovered everything–how Mia has been manipulating me all along. You were the one suffering in the Kerves household, not her. She drugged your mother, causing her and your unborn sibling’s deaths. Shri tormented you since childhood, fatnested i reports to steal your study abroad opportunity. I’m so sorry–I didn’t investigate property. I failed you……”||
Each word bespoke sent another sharp pain through Ariana’s heart,||
All the past injustires and suffering, so casually laid hare, as if a simple “T gat it wrong” could erase
race of heartache (
the laughed suddenly, though her eyes remained cold: “So that’s it? You say you got it wrong, and that’s supposed to make everything bener? To erase all the pill I’ve endured?
Duminica Adam’s apple bolted as he struggled to speak. “Arl, I’m sorry…I’ll spend my entire life making it up to you.”
mited her laps sardonically. “Dominic, do you remender how you treated me for Mia’s sake!
He went completely
the countrated each wound precisely, her words like knives carving into his heart ||
“At the auction, you had someone had limitlessly for het, ensuring I couldn’t win a single item.“||
Tou naked your ute climbing Crescent Cliff to pick a flower for her.||
You tattooed ber same above your heart, scused solely on protecting her when that mastiff attacked, then had someone whip me ninety–nine umesi
© retaliation for her receiving a single lash
With each accusation, Dominic’s face grew paler.]]
By the end, he could barely stand, clinging to his composure only by digging his nails deep into his palms |
“Terry” his voice was shedded, eyes reddened. “Ari, pärast… give me sae chance.”
He spoke rapidly, as if afraid of being interrupted: “Ive already punished every whoever hurt you. Mia and your father–I’ve dealt with them both. Mai
now married to my sixty year old great undle, and I personally ran your father over, breaking ! both his legs.
Ariana’s expression turned to shock, but before she could respond, Christopher coldly stepped in front of her. “Though! Mr. Reed, show some respect.
Dominic’s pained expression instantly transformed into something far more dangerous
He forced himself to regain control. Turning to Christopher: “Mr. Sinclair, you’ve only just awakened. How much affection could you possibly have developed for Ari in such a short tune-
you’ll step aside, I’m prepared to offer thirty percent of all North Shore Sinclair collaborative projects‘ profits.“]
TUI translate this missing passage to complete the English adaptation:|
