Chapter 225: Family**Christiana’s POV**The music had resumed, the guests had tried their best to return to laughter and cheer, but for me, the evening was over. Bella’s face, her voice, her venomous words lingered long after she walked out of my birthday celebration like a storm that refused to pass.I held Tatiana’s hand firmly as Bryan guided us back inside, away from the eyes and whispers of curious guests. My daughter’s brow was furrowed, her lips parted with the same stubborn curiosity that had been in her since childhood.“Mom,” she said finally, breaking the silence, “who was that woman?”Her eyes were sharp, expectant. She had heard enough to know it wasn’t just some party crasher.I hesitated. My lips parted, then closed again. How could I possibly explain Bella to her? How could I pour two decades of venom, betrayal, blood, and fire into words that wouldn’t scar her?“Just someone you don’t need to know,” I said at last, my voice clipped but steady.Tatiana frowned deeper.
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