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Many companies terminated their partnerships with Gordon Group and the fallout was swift and brutal.
All of a sudden, the Gordon Group was in deep water. The company’s financial stability collapsed, many of its employees began to resign together and partners demanded compensation for breach of contract.
Eric rushed to the company to hold a press conference, while trying to suppress his grief. In the press conference, he insisted that
Wanda’s death was an accident.
Before the dust could settle, Christina did not just sit and do nothing. She immediately took
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advantage of the situation and started to do
live streaming. While sobbing, she accused Eric of having a violent tendency and causing her miscarriage.
Her revelations caused Gordon Group‘ s recently listed stock to plummet even further.
Meanwhile, in kindergarten, Ben became the target of ostracized and ridicule from his peers. They mocked him for being an ungrateful person. “Traitor!” they jeered. “You abandoned your mom to be with some gold- digging mistress!”
Children’s words often were the most cutting
and blunt.
Ben did not understand why all his friends hated him just because he enjoyed playing
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with his pretty sister. Yet, when he tried to complain to his father, he only met with a cold emotionless face.
Gradually, Ben did not dare to tell others about the bullying he suffered in kindergarten. He even began to feel that his mother’s leaving was his fault.
With no parents to guide him, Ben soon refused to go to school, throwing tantrums to stay home.
Although Jane pitied him, she was just a servant. She did not have any authority to control him so she let him stay home and recuperate at home.
Without Wanda, his biological mother, the Gordon mansion which was once a warm
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place became a cold unwelcoming place. No one was willing to take the initiative to speak to Ben nor care for his wellbeing.
After all, the staff, who were paid to do their jobs, were unwilling to get involved in family matters. What’s more, in their heart, they sympathized with the innocent woman who had met such a tragic end.
Loneliness became Ben’s constant companion and though he hated it, he had n choice but to adapt. Over time, he grew quieter and began to avoid the sunlight.
Ben found solace in painting. His favorite subject to draw was a family portrait of thre
He remembered that his teacher once said
that if he drew a thousand and one of them
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the fairy godmother would fulfill one of his wishes. He only had one wish, which was for his mother to come back.
So, day after day, he locked himself in the studio day and night.
By the time Eric noticed something was wrong, it was already too late.
In Star City, the lives of Eric and Ben continued but they had nothing to do with
Wanda anymore. To them, she had already died.
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Although her parents died unexpectedly bac then, her parents had prepared for a rainy day and set up a trust fund for Wanda. Whe she was eighteen years old, she inherited a
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substantial family property and funds to her
name.
So, even after she left the Gordon Family and left the title of Mrs. Gordon, she had enough money to do everything she wanted to do.
She immediately booked a round–the–world travel package. Her first stop was in Norway.
The sky was draped in a soft blue aurora. It was resembling silk, rippling across the heavens. It was the most brilliant glow befor the dawn broke.
As she traveled, Wanda’s heart began to heal Winter turned to spring and finally, the hot summer arrived.
Her last stop was in France. Standing in a quaint Parisian alley, she asked a passerby
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take a photo of her with the Eiffel Tower in the background.
Then, she directly posted the photo on her Instagram. Within an hour, the post garnered thousands of likes.
Through her travels, Wanda discovered a newfound passion for sharing her journey with others. She realized that while she had the freedom to explore the world post- divorce, many people were stuck in place due to life‘ s circumstances. Yet, through the internet, she could bring the world to them.
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