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“I admit, Roberto was excellent, and the boy was handsome too. But Claudy, back then he was just a poor kid with no parents. How could I let him ruin your future! 

“So, right before your SATS, I found that boy and offered to sponsor him to study abroad, on the condition that he cut off contact with you.” 

This was the first time Claudine had heard any of this. 

No wonder Roberto suddenly went abroad back then-it turned out it was because of her mother. 

Hearing all this now, Claudine didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. What a mess. 

When had she ever had that kind of relationship with Roberto? 

“Mom, you’ve misunderstood!” 

Claudine explained. 

“I’ve never liked Roberto. We’ve always just been ordinary classmates.” 

Bridgette didn’t believe it at all. 

“How is that possible!” 

“All your classmates said so back then!” 

Claudine said, “That was just nonsense from the classmates! 

“At that time, they all liked to bully Roberto. I couldn’t stand it and helped him out a few times, so those people delib- erately said that. 

Mom, how could you believe that! 

And you even went to Roberto and forced him to go abroad!” 

Bridgette hadn’t expected such a huge misunderstanding. 

“But what about what you wrote in your diary…” 

Bridgette realized she had said too much and covered her mouth. 

But it was already too late. 

Claudine frowned. 

“Mom, you read my diary?” 

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Bridgette looked a bit embarrassed. 

“I didn’t mean to! Back then, I wanted to send you abroad, but you refused no matter what, insisting on applying to a school in Bronzevale. Everyone at school was saying you and Roberto… I thought you two had agreed to go to Bronzevale together… I was just worried, so…” 

At this point, Bridgette looked at her daughter. 

“If you didn’t like Roberto, then who was the person you wrote about in your diary?” 

Claudine sighed. 

“It was Damian!” 

Outside the door, when Damian heard his own name, his eyes tightened. 

Bridgette was even more surprised. 

“How could it be Dami? You already felt that way about Dami back then?” 

She seemed to recall something even more important. 

“So, the newlywed dolls in the attic weren’t you and Roberto, but you and Dami?” 

Claudine softly replied, “Mm.” 

Then she added. 

“It’s already broken now.” 

Bridgette’s tone sounded full of regret. 

“I used to think you couldn’t let go of Roberto, so after agreeing to marry Damian, you made that ceramic doll to make up for your regret. 

“At the time, I even felt sorry for you…” 

Seeing her mother’s guilty expression, Claudine smiled and said, “It was just a doll, something I made for fun. Be- sides, it’s already broken now.” 

Claudine’s voice sounded calm, but to Damian, it stirred up a storm in his heart. 

He recalled the scene from earlier. 

His feeling had been right-Claudine had indeed smashed the doll on purpose. 

Damian furrowed his brows and quietly left. 

A shadow flickered outside the door, and Claudine saw it. 

Her mother was still lost in the stories Claudine had just told. 

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“I used to regret that there was nothing romantic between you and Dami, unlike me and your father. But now, after hearing what you said, I feel relieved.” 

Claudine looked at her mother in front of her. 

Over forty, she didn’t look much different from Claudine herself. 

As for Dad… he hid things very well. 

She wondered if her mother would be able to accept it after learning the truth. 

But now, she had already decided to help her brother regain control of the Hogan Group. 

One day, they and their father would have to face off. 

If her mother heard it from someone else then, it would only hurt more. 

Claudine looked at her mother, who was carefully applying skincare at the dressing table. 

Her mother was still humming opera. 

Suddenly, Claudine thought of a good idea. 

“Mom, it’s been so long since I saw you perform opera on stage.” 

Bridgette was momentarily stunned, then looked at her reflection in the mirror. 

She raised her hand to touch the fine wrinkles at the corner of her eyes and smiled as she spoke. 

“Mom is old now. How could I still go on stage?” 

Claudine could see the regret in her mother’s eyes. 

She thought, if her mother could return to the stage and find another passion, no longer focusing all her energy on the family, then maybe when the truth came out, it wouldn’t be so hard to bear. 

She got up, walked behind her mother, and hugged her around the neck. 

In the mirror, two similar faces were pressed together. 

Claudine said, “Who says you’re old? If we go out together, people might even think I’m the older sister!” 

Claudine’s words made Bridgette laugh. 

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