All Chapters of While You Chose Her, I Claimed Everything: Chapter 211 - Chapter 220

Liora ran as fast as she could, her pigtails bouncing from side to side with every tiny step. A wide smile lit up her innocent face, as though the whole world had become a better place simply because Tara had finally come home.By instinct, Tara immediately crouched down.The little girl threw herself into her without the slightest hesitation, wrapping her arms tightly around Tara's neck, nearly making her lose her balance.Tara returned the embrace with both arms, closing her eyes for a moment. The familiar scent of Liora's favorite strawberry shampoo filled her senses, while Liora's warm cheek rested against her shoulder.For some reason... all the burdens that had weighed on her chest since morning gradually felt a little lighter."I missed you," Liora murmured softly.Tara smiled, then kissed the top of the little girl's head over and over. "I missed you too."Liora pulled back slightly, then studied Tara's face intently. Her little brows slowly knitted together. "You look tired,

Victor waited."The entire European media has been talking about the Ashbourne family." Vivian's voice remained calm, but there was a subtle change in her eyes. "I've long been used to seeing your name on the business pages."She looked directly at Victor, her gaze fixed on no one else but her older brother. Then she continued, "But this time, that wasn't what they were talking about."Victor did not deny it."I wanted to make sure you were all right." She spoke the words flatly, almost without emotion.But Victor understood what she truly meant. His sister had taken a nearly twelve-hour flight just to make sure he was all right. "I'm fine."Vivian studied her brother's face for a few moments. The traces of exhaustion at the corners of Victor's eyes did not escape her notice. He still stood as straight as ever, but there was something in his gaze that felt far heavier than the last time they had met."You look tired."Victor responded with a faint smile. "The past few weeks have deman

The hotel room door closed softly behind Kara.The corners of her lips, which she had been holding back all this time, finally lifted into a relieved smile. She placed her designer handbag, now beginning to lose its luster, on the small table by the door, then slipped off her high heels with a long exhale.For the first time since Adrian had been taken into custody, the weight that had been suffocating her over the past few days felt slightly lighter.The hotel room was far from luxurious. It was nothing more than a simple room they had rented by the week ever since their lives had been turned upside down. Two large suitcases still lay in the corner of the room. Several cardboard boxes filled with their belongings were still scattered around as well. Some of their clothes had not even been unpacked because both Kara and Helena knew the place was only a temporary stop.By the window, Helena sat hunched over a small table. Stack upon stack of cash, several bank cards, and an expense led

The confidence on Kara's face began to waver. Even so, she still tried to defend herself. "But... she didn't say anything while I was telling her what happened."The corners of Adrian's lips moved slightly, forming a faint smile that held no trace of joy. "Did she say she believed everything you told her?"Kara could only stare at Adrian without blinking. For the first time since entering the visitation room, her confidence began to crumble. The meeting she had considered a turning point the night before was slowly becoming something she was no longer even sure could be called good fortune.The room fell silent once more.Adrian met Kara's gaze directly. His eyes were no longer filled with anger, but with a far more troubling unease. He seemed to be piecing together fragments of information in his mind, trying to understand how much Vivian had already learned."Do you know why she became one of the most respected painters in Europe?"Kara did not answer."Because she's spent her entir

Adrian's relationship with Tara developed far more quickly than he had expected.At first, Adrian only wanted to maintain a good relationship with her for the sake of the Ashbourne project. He invited Tara to lunch after meetings, occasionally drove her home when they had to work late into the night, and gradually made her the first person he turned to whenever he faced a problem at the company.The more time they spent together, the more Adrian realized one thing. Tara wasn't just intelligent. She was able to see things that never even occurred to Ashbourne's senior directors.Several projects that had previously stalled began moving forward after Tara offered her input. Even Victor began praising Adrian's work in front of the board of directors on several occasions, never realizing that most of those ideas had come from Tara.For the first time, Adrian felt that his position within Ashbourne was truly beginning to change. He was no longer seen merely as a member of the Ashbourne fam