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 Inside Admiralty House. This was Nola’s first time stepping into his private territory. Before she could look around, Calder shut the door and kissed her with overwhelming force. When the kiss left her nearly breathless, he drew back slightly and asked, “You started the fire in the portrait gallery, didn’t you?” Nola’s scalp prickled. Oh no. How did he know? “Mr. Rook, I...”&

 Nola understood at once.The Rogers family must have called the police.“Hey, wait. You cannot take her away.”Xian tried to stop them, but he could not.He watched helplessly as the police took Nola away, then immediately started calling for help.First, he called Joren, but the call would not go through.Then he called Calder. Same result.They were probably both in a meeting.With

 “I have not even seen Mr. Rook yet. How could I have complained to him?”Nola stood, refusing to back down.“You have plenty of ways. With that vixen face of yours, who knows how you tried to seduce my father.”Gwenyth was so furious that she had lost all control of her words.Nola could not bear an insult like that.She picked up the Boston cream pie in front of her and threw it straight at Gwenyth.Splat.The entire pie landed on

“Please give the Rogers family a way out.”Kieran clutched Nola’s arm, tears streaming down his old face.“Miss Avery, the Rogers family was wrong. We should never have treated you that way. We truly know we were wrong. Please forgive us.”Mrs. Rogers grabbed her other arm and begged through tears.Where had their earlier arrogance gone?Now they had suddenly come to beg for her forgiveness. Was this Calder’s order?“What did you do wrong? Were you not perfectly justified when you called the police on me? Oh, so now the snot is in your mouth and you finally know to spit it out. The car has already hit the tree, and now you remember to turn. The child is dead, and now the milk comes. When I was sitting in that holding room, where were all of you?”Nola shook off both of their hands and gave them a look that clearly said, do not touch me.“It was our fault. We should not have called the police on you. I was wrong. Please forgive me.”This time, Kieran bent at the waist and apologized to

 Nola did not have dinner at the Rook residence. After meeting up with Meryl, the two of them headed to their former home together.“Orlan really is a piece of trash. After getting kicked out, he actually betrayed ARF. He is rotten to the core.”Nola cursed the whole way.“Since he refuses to show even the slightest bit of decency, he cannot blame me for being ruthless.”This time, Meryl also intended to strike hard and deal with Orlan properly.The two arrived at the Avery residence. Their car stopped outside the villa garden gate.