Janie froze in place.
Her eyes widened as the light in them instantly died, replaced by pure bewilderment.
She stared blankly at Nora, her brain completely unable to process the words she had just heard.
"Nora..."
Janie twitched her bandaged lips, trying to force out an awful smile.
"What are you talking about... Are you joking? Why would Mr. Pierce make a condition like that? I'm the victim here. Giselle came to ruin our event first, and those bodyguards beat me half to death... I didn't do anything wrong, why do I have to leave?"
"Janie, I'm so sorry."
Tears streamed down Nora's face, her voice choked with sobs.
"Julian said that as long as you remain in the city, Gideon's total assault on the studio will never end."
That terrible smile on Janie's face instantly froze.
Looking at Nora's tears, she finally realized this wasn't a joke.
The Pierce family had truly laid down this brutal condition. Their financial salvation required her entire career and future as a blood sacrifice.
Why?
Janie couldn't accept this reality.
She hadn't done anything wrong. Why was she the one being forced out of the industry and exiled from the city?
A full minute passed before Janie found her voice.
"Leave the industry? Leave the city? Never return? But why?!"
"If I'm banished from the city, if I can never design again, and I crawl back home in disgrace, my family is finished! The relatives and neighbors will laugh my parents into an early grave! Nora, I really can't leave. I'm begging you, please don't agree to it..."
Hearing Janie's blood-curdling pleas, Nora's heart was shredded to pieces.
"Janie, please don't cry."
Nora grabbed Janie's arms, trying to steady her swaying body, but she couldn't stop her own tears.
"Nora, please help me!"
As if grasping at a final lifeline, Janie looked up with a tear-streaked face and desperate eyes.
"Nora, aren't you Mr. Hayes' wife? Aren't you the heiress of the Xavier family? You have so much status, you must have a way, right? In this city, as long as you say a word to him, no one would dare touch me!"
Extreme terror flooded Janie's eyes, clinging to Nora like her only salvation.

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The readers' comments on the novel: The Love I Begged For Was Never Real
Storyline is good..but author is wasting time on character's thoughts.why r u streching chapters it's really really boring and annoying.conversation between them childish.she is only saying him get out n what right do u have ..not telling him what he did to her not questioning him..demanding answer. And what happened to him why sudden change of heart care to explain author.....
For the past few chapters either she is sick or he is. It is slightly boring. Author pls let them talk about the issues , she is not at all scolding him.. every scoldings are playing in her mind only. We want some talk between them....
I am also thinking the same....
Has he mistaken Nora as Giselle?...
What happened to him🤔 did he forget everything?...
Hey can u also upload the book " woke up married to my cheating ex"....
Does he know the orphan girl is actually Nora?...
So is he trying to justify everything? At wat rite??? Wer were he wen she needed him the most.......
Haha finally going to see redemption...
I don’t think reborn will happen in this novel. It will be full of her blood only. Actually The title should be changed to only Nora’s suffering instead the love I begged was never real....