As soon as she took the phone, her heart slowly sank. No matter how warm and bright the winter sun was, it couldn't stop that ice-cold numb feeling from slowly rising from her feet.
She didn't need to guess to know who was calling.
She didn't go back. She didn't dare imagine the consequences, but they were surely frightening, so frightening that she wanted to escape right then.
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Imperial Garden
Joshua Hughes sat in the hall, and after the mysterious older woman served a cup of black coffee, she disappeared again.
She sighed deeply in her heart, yet her face remained as indifferent and expressionless as usual.
Nanny Collins understood; being a child of the Hughes Family, what did it mean?
It meant that throughout the long yet short journey of growing up, every ordinary thought had to be adorned with noble attire because the Hughes Family had the most noble lineage.
