Even before Rhianne’s identity was restored, he already had eyes for her. She had long been granted unique privileges in his company.
Jeffrey had known about this, too–I was the only one left in the dark. I was the foolish one, believing in a love that no longer existed.
“El,” Ivor muttered, tears glistening in his eyes. Perhaps he was lost in memories of the past.
I was the rose he had nurtured with his own two hands. Even as I withered, I still bore traces of him.
“Ives, don’t do this.”
Rhianne was visibly flustered. Born a pauper, she had never in a million years imagined someone like him entering her life.
But fate had been kind to her. Ivor was drawn to her, and Jeffrey pitied her. Her rightful identity as the Shaw family’s true daughter propelled her from the bottom to the top. In the process, I was stripped of everything I had.
There was no doubt that she was lucky but also deeply unfortunate.
She soon realized that while her fiancé publicly defended her, he didn’t truly love her.
“Move aside.”
The shards from the broken plaster were sharp, slicing the skin of his palms when he tried to gather them.
Blood dripped steadily from his hands, yet he seemed oblivious to the pain. He was focused solely on piecing the fragments back together.
“What have I done? What have I just done?”
Each broker hard carried a memory, tormenting his heart as he tried to reconstruct what was lost.
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At that moment, he felt a sharp, stabbing pain in his chest. He realized he never wanted to lose me–not in the slightest.
“Ivor Rhett, have you gone mad?”
Still somewhat rational, Jeffrey couldn’t stand watching his little sister get bullied.
Rhianne shook her head to oppose, but the two men before her had already started wrestling each other.
“Jeff, Ives, what are you doing?”
The situation spiraled out of control in no time. She extended her arms to stop them, desperate to prevent the fight.
After the incident of the real and fake daughters blew up, the media had been watching the Shaw family like hawks. With my whereabouts unknown, another clash would likely result in more rumors. Rhianne feared she might not handle the fallout.
ne would listen in the heat of anger. Jeffrey went berserk, landing punch after punch on Ivor’s face. His ld a crazed expression.
“What do you think you’ve done? Don’t you realize this is the consequence of your own actions? What right do you have to blame it on Rhianne now? Listen up, Ivor. You may be her fiancé, but I am her brother. If I ever catch you treating her poorly, I will beat you to death.”
From a young age, Jeffrey had been taught to look after his sister. He took those lessons to heart, spoiling me
rotten.
It wasn’t until he grew up that he learned the truth about his biological sister. He found out that she had been switched at birth, that Rhianne was his real sister.
He was angry–angry at the injustice of it all. Even though He knew that it wasn’t my fault, he couldn’t help but take it out on me.
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