When ra walked out of the Merivia Bay, she was stupefied.


    She finally broke off all rtions with them…


    From now on, she owed nothing to Glenn nor the Middleton family. What the Middletons had done to her was no longer important. From this day on, her mom was the only family she got left.


    Well, no.


    She also had Horace.


    Thinking of this, ra felt uplifted and motivated.


    Then Horace and ra got in the car. Horace asked Isaac to drive them home.


    ra was either lost in her thought or stared into the space. Her eyes were always red.


    Horace thought he should let her vent out her feelings.


    She had been too exhausted from facing the painful past. One without strong willpower would be overwhelmed by it.


    The Middletons bombarded her with unbearable words. ra was too fragile to handle it. She must have been heartbroken.


    Horace held her in his arms and said in a deep voice, “It’s OK to cry if you want to.”


    In Horace’s warm and strong arms, ra was cozy and warm as if she was by the hearth. She no longer feared the frostiness and cruelty.


    She wept in his arms, unleashing all her grievance umted since childhood. She didn’t need to overstrain herself or put on a brave face. She could just cry when she needed to.


    ra could finally make a clear break with them after so many years of entanglement. She was bullied, abused and tortured when she was young. When she grew up, they constantly put her down. She thought she never belonged to that family.


    Luckily, she was able to get rid of the Middletons now!


    She felt so relieved. It turned out that she had carried so much burden in the past years.


    Horace quietly cuddled her.


    After ra had cried enough, Horace looked down at her. “Are you feeling better now?”


    ra nodded.


    “Would you like to talk about your past now? I will listen to you. It can also help you vent your feelings.”


    Horace kissed her gently on the cheek.


    She wiped her tears and start to talk about her childhood.


    ra said, “When I was a child, the Middletons once said that they would take me to the seaside for a trip. I was so thrilled. I had never been to the seaside. I only knew from the book that the sea was blue. The coastline extended to the other end of the earth. It was so beautiful.”


    Horace sat closer, put ra’s head on hisp and let her lie down. It would make her more rxed.


    “Horace, I liked the sea very much. It gave me a sense of security. We went to Mauritius, which was a romantic ce. I had been longing for that trip for a long time. My mother had no time to apany me, so she also approved of the trip. We had a good time at the seaside. The sea was really beautiful, and all my problems seemed to be blew away by the breeze. But suddenly Ashlee’s Barbie doll fell into a crack in the stone. She started to cry and wanted to take it out”


    ra heaved a heavy sigh.


    What happened next was not as pleasant.


    “I don’t know whether Ashlee identally dropped the Barbie doll or she deliberately wanted to screw with me? I saw herughing when the doll dropped. At that time, Valerie was anxious seeing Ashlee cry, so she asked me to reach out into the crack of the stone. She said that I was thin and small, so I could take it out.”


    ra closed her eyes. She still felt sad when she recalled it.


    “At that time, I was very afraid. It was my first time at the sea. There were so many stones, on which there were full of shells and seaweeds. They were sharp and slippery. But, I still reached out my hand into it. I finally found the Barbie doll, but I was scratched by the stones and shells. It left scars on my hands, arms and legs. The scars are still there.”


    In fact, Horace noticed those scars before.


    He thought ra got those scars, for she used to be a bratty kid. He didn’t know it turned out to be like this.


    ra said sadly, “At that time, my wound was soaked in sea water, which was very painful. But Valerie and Ashlee didn’t care about me. They took the car back to the hotel and said that my father was waiting for them to have dinner. I had to walk back in the wind.”


    She remembered that she had walked a long way. She was hungry and tired, and her wound also hurt.


    By that time, they had finished their meal. They left nothing to her. She was starving that night.


    She missed her mother very much.


    However, after the trip, when her mother asked if she had a good time, she said she did. Because ra didn’t want to upset her.


    Horace looked at ra, his eyes glinting with emotions.


    He wanted to say something tofort her, but he couldn’te up with any sweet word. What he could do was holding her quietly.


    ra sighed and whispered, “Horace, do you regret letting off the Middletons?”


    “Do you want to hear the truth?” Horace said in anger, “I really regret it. If I knew what they had done to you, I would let them die miserably.”


    ra was worried that Horace would target at them again because of what she said. She hurriedly said, “You made the promise. Don’t go back on your words.”


    He looked deeply at her and finally nodded. “Don’t worry, I will not break my word.”


    ra breathed a sigh of relief. Horace suddenly pulled her in his arms.


    “No one will hurt you, ra. I’m here.” ra leaned against Horace’s strong arms and heard his deep voice from above.


    “I’llpensate for everything you missed in your childhood.”


    ra smiled, “I don’t need yourpensation. I’m already very happy.”


    Horace stroked her hair and said nothing.


    After returning to the vi, ra had dinner, took a bath, and then went to bed.


    After breaking off rtions with the Middleton family, ra felt as if she was reborn. She slept tight.


    ra went to bed early, while Horace was still busy.


    Isaac had done his job and was about to leave. Horace suddenly asked, “By the way, how are the preparations for the press conference?”Belonging ? N?velDram/a.Org.


    “It’s all set.”


    Horace nodded. “Make sure that everything goes well tomorrow.”


    Isaac nodded and left the vi.