Chapter 334


    Upon hearing those words, ra spun around, her gaze steady and fearless. Her voice was a chill


    breeze as she said, “Well, Mr. Paolo, that remains to be seen if you’ve got what it takes.” After


    saying that, she pivoted on her heel and ascended the staircase.


    Paolo gritted his teeth in frustration, about to retort when Ian’s low chuckle filled the space. “Sorry,


    Paolo, my dear ra has been utterly spoiled by me. It’s my fault she’s so informal with you. But I


    have to say, she’s spot on — you really don’t have what it takes.”


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    Ian leaned casually against the doorframe, with his hands buried in his overcoat pockets. The


    shadow of a smirk yed on his lips. His eyes shed a clear warning: “Touch her and you’ll see.”


    Paolo clenched his fists, too angry to utter another word of disrespect. Instead, he turned to Ian.


    “Didn’t she dump you? And yet here you are, defending her. Don’t forget, because of her, your


    mother endured a hundredshes.”


    Ian’s gaze was icy as he replied, “Which is exactly why you should know better, Paolo. Anyone who


    has harmed ra is on my cklist, even if it’s my own mother.”


    “Ian, you’re bewitched by that bitch. You don’t even care about your mom! What’s so great about


    her? She’s from a lowly background, with such a scandalous mother. Aren’t you afraid of being the


    family’sughingstock if you bring her home?”


    Casey, who’d been quietly sipping tea on the couch, could take no more. He grabbed the nearest


    broom and swung it at Paolo. “Who are you calling a bitch? You blind-hearted scumbag. You and


    your venomous daughter are a match made in hell. Get out! You’re not wee here!”


    For the first time, the usuallyposed Casey was visibly furious, even resorting to violence. He


    wished he could knock some sense into Paolo with that broom. If ra ever found out this man was


    her biological father, it would break her heart.


    Paolo was chased out of the Bell family’s grand entrance. His expensive cashmere coat was soiled


    by the broom. He brushed off the dirt with disgust, ring at the door as he bit down hard on his lip.


    Pulling out his cell phone, he made a call to Leonora. “Looks like your son’s cozying up to ra


    again. You took your punishment for nothing.”


    Leonora, still nursing her injuries, winced with pain. “Don’t worry. I won’t let ra win,” she hissed


    through clenched teeth. “How’s Heidi? She can’t stay in jail for long.”


    Paolo’s voice seethed with barely suppressed fury. “At this point, I can only hire awyer to get


    Heidi out.”


    After hanging up, he drove away.


    Casey, still seething, tossed the broom aside and fixed Ian with a serious look. “I hoped to one day


    reveal the truth to ra, but with a deadbeat dad like Paolo, I’ll be damned if I let her suffer his


    disgrace. She’ll always be the apple of my eye.”


    The more he spoke, the more emotional he became. His eyes reddened. His daughter was so


    beautiful and kind; why did her past have to be so fraught?


    In the Bell family, she had endured insult due to her mother’s reputation.


    He had thought that as the daughter of the Campbell family, May’s daughter, once ra returned to


    the Campbell family, they would dote on her as he did.


    He never expected Paolo, after knowing full well Heidi wasn’t May’s child, would still show her such


    favoritism. If ra was to acknowledge her lineage, Paolo’s favoritism would surely be her undoing.


    Ian patted Casey’s arm reassuringly. “ra has only ever known you as her father. She’s in the


    early stages of pregnancy and can’t handle the stress. Let’s keep her lineage a secret for now.”


    Casey nodded in agreement. “I understand. I’ll protect ra and her unborn child, no matter what.”


    Dayster, Heidi’s trialmenced.