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Claudine booked the earliest flight to Bronzevale for the next day and began packing her luggage.
At this moment, she felt a bit relieved that she had told her mother about the Opera Arts Center today, and that her mother was slowly coming to accept it.
From now on, she would leave the preparations for the arts center to her mother alone.
She believed her mother would do a great job.
Once her mother gradually focused on her career, when the day came that she discovered her father’s secret, perhaps it wouldn’t be so hard for her to accept.
Claudine didn’t sleep all night. She thought through all the possible problems that might arise in the early stages of preparing the arts center and came up with corresponding solutions.
After all, her mother hadn’t worked in a long time. Now, having to handle so many things alone would certainly be difficult.
She still needed to help her mother as much as possible.
Unknowingly, dawn had already broken outside the window.
Claudine looked up and happened to see the eastern sky tinged with red.
She got up and went to the balcony, watching as the pink in the sky deepened into red and gradually turned to gold.
A round sufi slowly peeked over the horizon, a ray of golden light spilling across the sky, banishing the night com- pletely.
Even though it was still the twelfth lunar month, seeing that ray of light made Claudine feel warm all over.
Bridgette hadn’t expected her daughter to leave so soon.
She felt reluctant to part.
After learning that her daughter’s marriage was unhappy, she felt sorry for her and wanted to keep her close.
But she knew that Claudine had grown up and was even more outstanding than herself.
All she could do was let go and allow her daughter to soar higher.
At the airport.
Claudine said goodbye to her mother, reminding her to take care of her health and to prepare well for the Opera Arts Center.
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Darlene did not return to Bronzevale.
Damian kept their daughter in Reedport.
The little one was delighted, saying she wanted to learn opera from her grandmother.
After saying their goodbyes, Claudine and Damian boarded the plane through the VIP channel.
At twenty thousand meters above ground, the two remained silent the entire way.
At this moment, Claudine still didn’t know that Damian had prepared a ‘grand gift’ for her in Bronzevale.
The plane landed at Bronzevale Airport in the afternoon.
At some point, snow had started falling again in Bronzevale. By the time they left the airport, the roads were already blanketed in white.
Claudine and Damian walked out of the airport together, and the driver stepped forward to take their luggage.
Claudine frowned.
“No need, I’m going home by myself.”
With that, she pulled her suitcase over and turned to walk in the other direction.
But Damian pressed down on her suitcase.
A man’s strength always surpasses a woman’s.
With a slight effort, Damian took the suitcase from her.
With his other hand, he wrapped his arm around Claudine’s waist, pulling her gently into his embrace.
He whispered in her ear, his voice so low that only the two of them could hear.
“I promised you, and I kept my word!
Now, it’s your turn to fulfill your promise.
It was only then that Claudine noticed the driver who had come to pick up Damian was not Johnson from Belmont Estates.
It seemed the car was sent by the Barrette Group.
By now, Damian had already opened the car door.
To outsiders, it looked like he was being a considerate and gentlemanly husband.
Claudine glanced around the garage and, sure enough, spotted a surveillance camera in the corner.
She shot a sidelong glance at the man beside her and said mockingly, “Damian, with acting skills like yours, it’s a shame you never went into show business.”
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Damian showed no sign of anger at her words.
He followed Claudine into the car.
He closed the car door casually.
The car slowly pulled away from the airport. Damian took several calls during the ride.
After he hung up, the car finally fell silent.
Claudine gazed out the window, acting as if the man beside her didn’t exist.
But Damian had no intention of keeping quiet.
“This month is our fifth wedding anniversary. The company’s PR department wants to use the occasion to launch the Barrette Group’s Delftware Jewelry Collection. They’ll need your cooperation for the promotion.”
Claudine replied, “Got it.”
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The car fell silent once again.
Damian glanced at the woman beside him.
Although the car was spacious, it felt as if an entire ocean separated the two of them.
Her every move radiated her aversion to him.
Damian frowned at the distance between them.
