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Travis gently ruffled Sheena’s hair with a doting smile. “Alright, alright, in my eyes, there will always only be you. That Jasmin or whatever her name is, she’s not even worth one of your fingers!”
Finally, Sheena smiled. She thought, at least someone would always choose her without hesitation.
But all of that vanished after she returned to the Brooks family.
Travis met Jasmin.
Within half a year, Jasmin once again succeeded in taking away the person Sheena cherished most.
Travis even brought up postponing their engagement on his own. “Jasmin depends. on me a lot. If I proceed with our
engagement now, I’m afraid she won’t be able to handle it.”
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Her memories were abruptly interrupted
by Amanda’s desperate cries, “Jasmin, come dow
down! Let’s talk this out. What are you doing on the windowsill? Do you want to scare your mother to death?”
Jasmin was sitting on the edge of the second–floor window. Her feet hadn’t even stepped over the railing, but her eyes. were swollen like walnuts.
“Mom, didn’t you hear what the Wilson family said? They said they‘ d push me down the stairs just like Megan!”
“If I go to the Wilson family, I’ll be tortured to death! Instead of that, I’d rather die at home–it‘ d hurt less.”
Stephen, furious, slapped Sheena across the face. “This is all your fault! If you had just agreed to go to the Wilson family and take Jasmin’s punishment, would she even have thoughts of ending her life?”
“Jasmin is your sister! How could you be so cruel? Do you want to see her die?” he
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continued, seething in rage.
That slap was merciless, leaving a red handprint on Sheena s face. Yet Amanda only stared at her with resentment and disappointment in her eyes. “If something happens to Jasmin, I won‘ t live, either. Sheena, if you still refuse to take Jasmin s punishment at the Wilson family, then don’t call yourself a Brooks anymore. Don’t consider me your mother!”
If Stephen’s words were angry accusations, Amanda‘ s were blatant threats.
Anger, fear, despair, sorrow–all these emotions swirled inside Sheena. She trembled uncontrollably, feeling as if her heart was being crushed.
At that moment, Travis stepped forward.
He gently touched the red mark on her face, and the tenderness in his eyes almost made Sheena believe things had returned to how they once were.
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But his next words shattered her last shred
of hope.
“Sheena, I’m begging you.”
“If you‘ re willing to take Jasmin‘ st punishment, I’ll marry you immediately.”
In that instant, Sheena realized that in the depths of extreme pain, one could no longer even shed tears.
Looking at the room full of her so–called family and lover, not a single one of them stood by her side.
Suddenly, Sheena laughed softly. “Alright. I agree to go to the Wilson family and take Jasmin‘ s punishment in five days.”
Perhaps her smile was too heartbreaking, because Travis frowned and instinctively
reached for her hand.
But before he could touch her, Sheena brushed his hand away.
The gesture was light, yet it felt as if a searing flame had burned his skin, causing
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