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CHAPTER 15

作者: GOLDEN TREE
last update 最終更新日: 2025-05-18 23:30:32

A BETRAYAL REVEALED

But the room was no longer quiet. A voice echoed from the hallway above the cold distinct.

“I see my son still hasn’t learned to let dead things stay buried.” Mrs. Lee said.

Jian turned sharply. “What are you doing here?”

She stepped into the torchlight, flanked by two of her private guards, dressed in deep gray, immaculate and her heels clicked sharply against the stone floor, echoing with arrogance.

“I warned you once,” she said. “Love is the greatest weakness in war. And here you are, bringing your ruin to my doorstep.”

Chaewon stood upl. “Your doorstep? This place belonged to my mother.”

Mrs. Lee’s eyes glinted. “Your mother was a dreamer and a fool. Her mistake was believing she could protect you from what you were always meant to become.”

“And what is that?” Chaewon challenged.

Mrs. Lee smiled like a blade. “A weapon. Just like me.”

Jian’s yelled. “You were feeding Yujin intel.”

“I wasn’t feeding her,” Mrs. Lee said smoothly. “I was controlling her.”

Chaewon
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