A Marriage Without Touch, A Goodbye Without Tears (Amelia and Ethan) novel Chapter 552

Chapter 552 The Price They Claimed She Owed

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Beatrice glared at Amelia. “Everything you have now should be compensation to me!”

Amelia had no interest in arguing with someone whose thinking had long since twisted beyond reason.

She knew that in Beatrice’s world, she would always be the noble victim, while Amelia would always be the unforgivable thief.

So she only frowned, gave the ruined room one last look, then turned and walked straight past Beatrice without expression and headed downstairs.

Beatrice stood there trembling with rage as she watched her leave, but Amelia’s indifference left her with an even deeper sense of frustration. She stamped her foot hard, then turned and stormed back into her own spacious, luxurious bedroom, slamming the door behind her.

Silence fell over the room. Beatrice walked to her vanity, unlocked a jewelry box hidden at the very bottom, and carefully took out a gold locket.

The locket was warm and lustrous, its surface catching the light like burnished amber, the stag engraved upon it so finely wrought it seemed ready to leap free of the metal. This was the very one Amelia had come back to find.

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Chapter 552 The Price They Claimed She Owed

Porteria. She could make a detour and investigate things there herself.

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And if her guess was right, then she had to seize this secret before Amelia ever got the chance and keep it firmly in her own hands.

With that thought, Beatrice put the gold locket back into the jewelry box and locked it again. A cold smile curved her lips.

By the time Amelia came downstairs, Kennedy and David were already back.

Kennedy gave her a brief, indifferent glance and greeted her in a flat tone. “You’re back?”

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