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On the other end of the line, Diana's voice remained cool and devoid of feeling. A life had been lost, yet she spoke as though it carried no weight at all.Leon's frustration surged at once, a sharp throb building at his temples. Even so, he kept his voice controlled. "Diana, you weren't like this before. No matter the circumstances, you shouldn't have laid hands on her."The disappointment in his tone was unmistakable. In his memory, Diana had always been cold and precise, but never cruel. She wasn't someone who would treat a human life as though it meant nothing.He hadn't even paused to explain how the miscarriage had really happened.Diana had no interest in continuing the argument.Then his last remark settled heavily between them.Not far away, Hugo let his gaze drift, seemingly careless, across the straight line of Diana's back. He caught the brief stillness that passed through her. It was enough for him to understand that she had once felt something for Leon.That didn't
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Joseph understood what Albus was implying. The Kingstons needed a new heir. Anything less would likely leave Albus dissatisfied, no matter what else was offered.For years, the Kingstons had moved through Brimcrest without trouble, thanks in no small part to their close ties with the Huttons.That relationship could not be allowed to fracture. If necessary, the heir could be replaced.Joseph glanced at his younger son, who stood casually beside Diana, and let out a quiet breath.If the timing had been different, he might have considered putting Hugo forward for an arranged marriage.But an eight-year age gap was too much. Hugo wasn't the kind of man anyone could push into something against his will. And the Jillsons, with only one grandson to continue the bloodline, would never agree to him marrying a divorced woman, even if she was the Huttons' eldest daughter.All of it passed through Joseph's mind in an instant. When he finally spoke, his tone remained smooth and steady. "Of c
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The words sounded clear enough on the surface.In practice, they told Diana very little. Only what already belonged to him. The portion of the Kingston assets that would eventually pass to him by right was his. But if he chose to fight for more, the entire Kingston family could become his.With the Jillsons backing him, his chances were far from slim.Leon had inherited his position in the first place only because of the engagement, and because Hugo had still been at university at the time. Their father's health had already been failing. The family had needed an heir, and circumstance had placed Leon in the role. It had been timing, not merit.Hugo caught the flicker of uncertainty in Diana's eyes and made no attempt to hide what he wanted."Is that all right?" he asked plainly."Of course it is." Diana smiled faintly. "It's your right as a Kingston."She had no place interfering. And despite Hugo's stubborn streak, his abilities were no less impressive than his brother's.The
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The palm covering Hugo's eyes carried the same faint chill as everything else about Diana.Hugo blinked. As the coolness faded and his vision returned, he touched his earlobe with a faintly self-conscious gesture. "I'll... I'll go right now."'Still such a boy, really,' Diana thought.Hugo strode out, and Diana turned back to Helen.Helen lay on the floor, her plan in ruins, her face drained of color from the pain. Diana couldn't find any satisfaction in the sight. The blood running down Helen's legs was too stark for that.Sweat dampened Helen's face, fine beads gathering across her brow, but the pain had not robbed her of her voice. "Did you do something again? Where's Leon? Why did Hugo come instead of—""Diana!" Before she could finish, Hugo returned. His long, clean fingers closed lightly around Diana's wrist and drew her back a step. "The doctor's here."The attending physician already knew Helen's case, so they took her straight to the operating room.Diana watched the d
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Nina moved to follow Diana inside when they reached the hospital.Diana glanced back. "Stay here. Get word to Julian."She didn't believe Helen would follow through on the threat. A card only held value as leverage when both sides stood on equal ground. The moment Helen played it, she would be signing her own death warrant.Even so, this involved Sydney. Even if the odds were one in ten thousand, Diana would not take the risk.It was better to have Julian alerted, just in case.Nina nodded and stayed behind while Diana went in alone."You came." Helen lay propped up in the hospital bed. At first glance, she genuinely looked pale. "I thought someone like you wouldn't have any soft spots.""She's my sister," Diana said. "Not a soft spot."To Diana, family was more like armor. It made her sharper, more cautious. It kept her from making mistakes.She dragged a chair over and sat without ceremony, crossing her long legs at the ankle with an air of calm patience. She looked less lik
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Diana nodded to the organizers and stepped outside to take the call."Haven't you already gotten what you came for?" Her voice was cool and unhurried.Kneeling at the Hutton residence's gate had been a performance for Leon's benefit, nothing more. And Leon had believed every second of it."Diana," Helen began, her tone carefully measured. "I didn't have any ulterior motive. I just can't afford to lose my position at the Kingston Group. I know you're not a petty person. If you said a word to Leon's grandfather on my behalf, I could keep my job..."The voice was pitched perfectly to sound wronged and reasonable, which made it easy to overlook how unreasonable the request actually was. It was Helen's usual tactic, and it never failed with Leon.Unfortunately, Diana wasn't Leon."Is it the job you can't afford to lose, or is it Leon?" she asked, cutting straight through the act, "Helen, if you had even a shred of sense, you would have stopped coming to me after the first time."She
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Agatha shot Julian a sidelong glance. "Don't you already have a girlfriend? Why are you poking around about this?"No matter how he tried to coax her, she refused to tell him the truth.The first three months of pregnancy were always the most fragile. If anything happened to the child, the loss wo
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Maybe it was because the subject felt too personal to share with Caleb, but Sydney instinctively stepped back half a pace, creating space between them.She composed herself and answered evenly, "No…""Syd." Caleb caught the slip anyway. His gaze flicked to her still-flat stomach, his fingers curli
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Florence chuckled. "Silly child, since when does the guest escort the host?""It's fine. Please, lie back and don't move." Sydney smiled calmly. "I'll be right back to remove your needles."A black sedan waited in the courtyard, and Diana's luggage was already arranged neatly inside.As Sydney wa
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Penelope knew Bruce hated her most among Caleb's friends, and she knew why she had come. She forced down her anger and found a waiter to help.In the car, she glanced at Caleb. He slept soundly in the back seat. She drove straight to a nearby five-star hotel.…At noon the next day, Caleb woke wi
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