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"Don't play dumb! Don't you realize that you showing up now is making Clara sad?" Diana said again angrily, seeing Arya's innocent expression. "Me? What exactly did I do?" Instead of understanding, Arya only grew more confused by the anger Diana was showing. What did she mean, him showing up here was making Clara sad? Arya couldn't help but glance toward Clara, who now looked gloomy, her head bowed, whether out of sadness or embarrassment, a few creases forming on her forehead. "Damn it!" Seeing that Arya still didn't understand what he'd done wrong, Diana started shouting even louder, "Do you seriously not know that Clara still has feelings for you, and was hoping to be with you?! But what did you do? You rejected her from the very start, and then vanished without a word for five years! Never once giving an explanation or any word at all, and then suddenly showing up out of nowhere flaunting another woman! A
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Thalya truly never imagined that, even in her wildest thoughts, things would spiral into something this absurd! Not only had her mission to acquire Arya's belongings failed, but she had failed so badly that she herself was now being "bought" by someone else! This was something Thalya had never once dared to imagine happening, not even in her wildest dreams. But what could she possibly do? Judging by Arya's reaction toward the dragon bones, it was certain that her main objective had completely failed. And this failure would surely have a serious impact on her standing within the family. On top of that, with Arya now making her serve as the go-between for the Wijaya Family, everything had turned into a complete mess. With these three problems piling up, even though Thalya was clever and had connections and resources across several c
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Thalya's face instantly turned pale, fear and panic beginning to take hold of her heart. Every word and sentence Arya spoke felt like a bolt of lightning scrambling her thoughts. And this Grandmaster's anger seemed to be something she simply couldn't withstand at all, leaving her frightened and breaking into a cold sweat. Recalling all the help and assistance Arya had given her over time, Thalya finally realized that she had gone too far in how she'd handled this whole matter. Not only had she never once thanked him, but she had also constantly been trying to squeeze benefits out of him. Perhaps because in all the time they'd known each other, Thalya had never once seen Arya truly angry with her, she'd come to think this man was probably the type who cared more about beauty than anything else. But it seemed she'd been wrong—terribly wrong. This man clearly didn't care at all whether you were beautiful or handsome—if you made him angry, you would always face the consequences. Just
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"Umh..." Both Thalya and Arya fell silent at once upon hearing the little girl's words. Thalya, in particular, immediately lowered her head, not daring to look up or offer any explanation. The woman, looking embarrassed and guilty, quietly bowed her head and ate the breakfast in front of her. Naturally, Arya, watching all of this, began glaring at her with anger and disgust. What a careless woman! Blurting out filthy words without any restraint in front of a child—didn't she realize that every action and word of hers would be imitated by children? It had to be understood that a child's every action and word always reflected their parents' influence. If children heard inappropriate things from a young age, it wouldn't be strange for them to do the same once they grew up. It wasn't even impossible for them to start imitating such behavior while still young. Arya, who was now trying to raise his daughter properly and carefully, would never do such a thing himself. But this woman
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"AAHH!!!" Early in the morning, Thalya jolted awake on an unfamiliar sofa and screamed at the ceiling. "Where am I?" She looked around the room with wide, bewildered eyes, turning slowly until something clicked in her memory — and then she immediately looked down at herself. "This—" Still fully clothed. Nothing missing. Nothing wrong. Which only made her more confused. "What actually happened? I went to find Raka Wijaya's help, and then I blacked out, and then that man was just — sitting there. And there was also that feeling—" Thalya stopped abruptly, a faint color rising in her cheeks. It lasted only a second before she exhaled with relief, confirming that she was still wearing exactly what she had been wearing the night before. "This place... Is this where that insufferable man is staying?" She scanned the hotel suite again — and stopped. A small girl in a fluffy bear costume was standing a short distance away, hugging an orange cat, looking at her with an expression of
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"No, you said?" Arya was mildly surprised. Something didn't quite line up with what he had assumed. "Then tell me what actually happened." With Arya's tone settling into something slightly less charged, the pressure bearing down on Raka eased enough for him to draw a proper breath. "After that..." Raka didn't dare touch on the subject of Arya's parents directly, and moved past it. "Lana, when she learned what had happened, finally lowered her resistance somewhat. She agreed to leave her daughter after the birth — on one condition. That the family would stop targeting anyone else. At the same time, she asked for five years before she would fully comply with everything Father had decided." "Five years..." Arya murmured, the weight of what Lana had done settling over him slowly. She hadn't been able to stop the tragedy that had taken his parents. But she had been willing to surrender her own fate — and even her daughter — as the price of keeping the family from going after Aruna.
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