“I won’t go back, and I won’t go see them tomorrow either! Do you know that they almost assaulted me


    tonight?” Roza’s voice choked several times.


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    There was a heavy silence on the other end.


    After a while, Cole changed his tone, but his words cut deeper. “Roza,


    I know you’re in a difficult situation. But now the Walker family is in trouble, and as a daughter of the


    Walker family, it’s only natural for you to make some sacrifices for the family, right? Your sister is about


    to marry the second son of Chairman Sully from North City. She has made plenty of sacrifices for our


    family too!”


    Roza’s eyes welled up with tears, and she asked each word carefully,” Did you know all along that


    those two men had bad intentions toward me?”


    Cole remained silent.


    Roza cried out in anger and despair. “You knew everything, but you made me go see them… Is this


    how you push your own daughter into the lion’s den?”


    Standing outside the door, Axel could not hear much, but he heard this sentence clearly.


    Piecing together the fragments of information he had gathered earlier, Axel felt a sharp pain in his heart


    and was filled with intense anger. His fists tightened, and his knuckles turned white.


    He thought, ‘What kind of evil family was this? What parents would subject their daughter to such


    cruelty?’


    After a while, the room fell silent.


    Axel took a deep breath, growing increasingly concerned. He knocked on the door gently, but Roza


    didn’t respond to him at all. He couldn’t help but worry, so he pushed open the door.


    “Roza?” Axel called out. As he entered, he froze in shock. Roza was lying motionless on the ground,


    unconscious.


    Axel quickly rushed forward to check on her condition and realized she was experiencing a sudden


    cardiac arrest. Panic surged through him.


    “Hold on! Roza!”


    He performed chestpressions on her, but Roza remained unresponsive.


    “Roza… Roza…”


    Axel looked at Roza’s lips, which were gradually turning gray, like withered rose petals. He then leaned


    down quickly to lock lips with her and blew his breath into her mouth.


    Axel’s breath mingled in her mouth as he desperately tried to revive her. His heart pounded loudly in


    his chest throughout the ordeal.


    After a while, Roza slowly opened her eyes. Subconsciously, she reached out her slender arms and


    hooked them around Axel’s neck.


    Caught off guard, Axel lost his bnce and fell on top of her.


    “Um…”


    Roza’s eyes shimmered with tears. Her expression was both pitiful and affectionate. Unintentionally,


    she tugged at Axel’s heartstrings.


    As her lips regained their color, they parted slightly. Then she kissed Axel’s lips tenderly. At that


    moment, any resistance Axel had crumbled away.


    Axel grabbed the back of her head with one hand, and his breath became heavier. Her sweet breath,


    apanied by a faint smell of alcohol, enveloped him and stirred something deep within his soul.


    He didn’t know how everything had turned out like this tonight. But one thing was certain-he didn’t want


    to break the kiss. He didn’t want it to end.