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Vivi Lange was purely telling blatant lies with her eyes wide open.
Zoe Bell didn’t interrupt her; she continued, “Your dad has recently encountered some troubles in his business, and you know his temper, I can’t stop him.”
Stop?
Did she stop him?
“Your parents know that you must be very angry about your leg injury, but we had no choice at the time, and it’s all because we care about you.”
“Care about me?”
Zoe Bell couldn’t understand.
She was curious to hear how Vivi Lange would try to justify herself.
“I know you don’t really like dancing. Seeing you practice day and night, competing everywhere and winning many awards, we are both proud and
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heartbroken.”
Vivi Lange spoke with deep emotion.
“Having surgery would definitely leave scars, and there’s also risk involved, so we didn’t dare to let you.
take that risk.”
“Although conservative treatment might mean you can’t compete professionally, at least you can still dance. Surgery always has risks, and if something unexpected happened, your father and I couldn’t bear
it…”
As she spoke, she took a deep sigh.
“So, this is all for my own good?”
Zoe Bell gripped her phone so tightly that her knuckles turned pale.
She really knew how to twist the truth.
Suddenly, she remembered how, when her leg was
injured, Vivi Lange came to the hospital and had even shed tears upon seeing her.
Full of apparent concern.
Back then, Zoe Bell felt that her adoptive mother did
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care about her in her heart.
Many people didn’t know she was adopted, and the hospital staff would say what a good mother she had.
Vivi Lange continued, “We will certainly arrange a good marriage for you, there’s no need for you to work so hard.”
“As for dancing, just take it as a hobby. Did you really plan to make a living from it? After you get married, taking care of your husband and children, where will you find the time to practice? A woman, after all, should stay at home and look after her family.”
“Don’t worry, even if Mina comes back, you’re still my good daughter.”
“Mom will always love you.”
Zoe Bell held back her anger, “I understand.”
Love?
She really could say it!
“I know you’re upset, your father was too harsh last time, I also think it was too much.”
“You can go out, clear your head, but in a few days,
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you must come back for the reception we’re throwing for your sister.”
“We’re a family, after all, we should be complete and
united.”
“Come back, and rest assured, we will definitely not force you to marry Brandon Stone again.”
After hanging up the phone, Zoe Bell tried to control her emotions.
She was truly disgustingly hypocritical!
What’s this about a complete and united family? They’re just worried that if she didn’t show up, people would talk about them abandoning their adopted daughter now that they’ve found their biological one.
The Bell Family wanted both substance and
appearances.
But she couldn’t understand why the Bell Family would give up on marrying her off to Brandon Stone.
Could it be that Brandon Stone had said something?
That’s impossible.
If the Bell Family knew she and William Hale were in
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touch, Kevin Bell would have called personally, or he would have shown up in person long before.
Or perhaps, after some knocks here, Brandon Stone finally gave up?
As she was pondering…
“Ma’am!” Accompanied by the door opening, Kyle Lowe’s voice rang out. Zoe Bell looked over to find him dragging a delivery cart into the house, filled with many cardboard boxes. “The master asked me to bring
these over.”
“What’s this?” Zoe Bell inquired.
“I’m not sure; he said you’ll know once you open them!
When Zoe Bell opened the first cardboard box, inside was a small incense extruder used to make incense sticks, which are typically formed by compressing mixed ingredients. She instantly understood what all this stuff was.
She had wanted to make incense to pass the time, but she hadn’t expected him to buy all the tools for her.
Her phone rang, it was William Hale’s call, “Did you
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receive the items?”
“I did, thank you.”
“Like?”
“I really like it.”
“When your incense sticks are made, I wonder if I’ll have the honor to be the first person to help you test them.” His voice was very pleasant, and at that
moment, his tone was even more tender and doting.
“Of course, it’s just that my craftsmanship is not that good.”
“I believe in you and look forward to it very much.”
At that moment, Zoe Bell felt respected and cherished.
William Hale…
He really is a good person!
What kind of luck had she come across to have met
him?
He even cleared out a room especially for her to make incense. She ground the sun–dried lychee skins into powder, prepared the incense mixture, started sifting the powder, added a certain proportion of water to
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mix, and then kneaded the incense clay.
“Madam, how do you know how to do this?” Kyle Lowe watched by her side.
“I’ve learned some.”
The Bell family was keen on having her learn cooking, tea ceremony, and the like, thinking it would be useful when she married into a wealthy family; this included making incense, burning incense, and carving incense
seals.
She liked it and would make incense from anything she had on hand when she was free.
She used orange peels and grapefruit peels, so Kevin Bell called her a trash picker.
Zoe Bell kneaded the prepared incense clay, repeatedl squeezing and pounding it, before finally placing it int
a basin.
“Is that it?” Kyle asked.
“Let it rest for a while. I’m going to see if there’s anything else around the house that can be used for
making incense.” Now that she had the tools, Zoe grev interested.
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While she was scrounging for raw materials that could be used for making incense at home, the doorbell rang. Could it be that Nanny Parker had returned?
Sometimes when she went out and had a lot of things with her, she would ask Zoe to help open the door.
So, without thinking too much of it, Zoe simply opened the door, and the person outside…
She didn’t recognize him!
He looked to be around eighteen or nineteen, wearing a suit on such a hot day, with a neatly styled short
haircut.
Tall nose, thin lips.
Carrying an air of arrogance, his gaze was dust–free.
With one hand carrying a bag and a small carry–on suitcase at his feet, it was obvious he had just gotten off a plane.
He stared at Zoe Bell, sizing her up; his gaze was haughty but seemed to carry a hint of suspicion, and yet it wasn’t as restrained and profound as William’s, having a sense of immature freshness.
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He scrutinized her from head to toe.
Zoe was stunned for a couple of seconds before she could speak, but he actually pushed past her, carrying his luggage and bag into the house.
He looked around and then sat down on the sofa.
As if he were the owner of the house.
Zoe was taken aback.
What… was happening?
But on a closer look, his features seemed somewhat
similar to William’s. Zoe hadn’t even reacted when she heard the little lord start to give orders.
“I’m thirsty.”
His manner was like that of a lord!
As if she were a maid at his beck and call.
Zoe found it amusing, but considering he was young and bore a resemblance to William, she didn’t say much. She closed the door and came into the house, “Do you want a soda, or something like yogurt?”
In the middle of speaking, he actually pulled a thermo: cup out of his bag, “Warm.”
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Zoe chuckled to herself; he even brought his own cup.
She did as he asked and gave the young master some
hot water.
The young master casually pointed to a single sofa not far away, “You sit.”
After Zoe sat down, he, like an old cadre, blew on the steam rising from the thermos, lifted his leg, took a sip of water, and then slowly asked:
“Are you the wife William Hale found for himself?”
William Hale?
Given he directly called him by his name, it must truly be someone familiar.
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