The Love I Begged For Was Never Real novel Chapter 198

On top of that, she had accepted Julian's terms.

Her fingertips trembled slightly at the thought of his name.

She had promised Julian that she would design that necklace for Giselle. It was the bargaining chip she traded for the atelier's survival, the steep price for that massive capital injection.

Now that the money was in, she had a job to do.

But as Nora stared at the pink diamond, a suffocating tightness gripped her chest.

Why did it have to be Giselle?

Out of all the people in the world, why did Julian have to be obsessed with that arrogant, entitled heiress?

Why did everything Nora cherished in this life end up being mercilessly crushed by that woman under one excuse or another?

Whether it was the boy back at the children's home, the budding hope of her career, or the last remaining shreds of her dignity as a wife.

Giselle was like a massive black hole, devouring everything around Nora. Whenever Nora tried to reach for even a sliver of light, Giselle would ruthlessly rip it away.

Why was it that no matter how hard she struggled, no matter how desperately she tried to escape, she always ended up trapped back in Giselle's shadow?

And now, she actually had to personally design a birthday gift symbolizing 'radiance' for the very person who had ruined her life.

How could fate be this absurdly cruel?

Nora closed her eyes and took a deep, steadying breath.

She couldn't fall apart now.

If she crumbled here, she would lose everything. She wouldn't just be losing Gideon's love to Giselle; she'd be forfeiting the most precious dignity of her entire life.

She thought back to the cafe last night—how Janie had choked back tears, the utter devastation in her eyes when she spoke of leaving The Metropolis. She thought about the reputation the atelier had painstakingly built over the last three years.

She couldn't let Lawrence Atelier die such an unjust death.

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