BuzzNovelChapter 218
Dawson, the butler, stood silently outside the bedroom door and closed it gently, shutting out every sound from
inside.
“What's wrong, Dawson?” York asked.
Dawson raised a finger to his lips in a hush gesture, glancing at the tightly locked door. York took one last look,
then led Rex away.
Inside, the air was thick with tension.
Scott's voice was cold and sharp. “I can’t believe I, of all people, could make such a mistake-bringing you back,
when you turned out to be so utterly useless!”
If he hadn't worried that a messy public reunion would tank the company’s stock, and if Ileana hadn't always
seemed more pliable and easy to manage than Alessia, with a temperament better suited for a marriage
alliance-he never would have thrown away a real diamond in exchange for a cheap imitation.
“Tomorrow-no, tonight! Tonight you'll pack your things and get on the first plane out of the country. | don’t want
to see you again until you're old enough for the marriage we arranged. That's all you're good for-your greatest
contribution to the Tate family. If you care about keeping any of this luxury, you'll do exactly as you're told.
Alessia isn’t even a Tate anymore and she’s still thriving. If you think you can do better, go ahead and try.”
Follow on NovᴇlEnglish.nᴇtIlleana wanted to protest-she didn’t want to be sent abroad. She barely spoke a word of any other language, and
with her swollen, aching cheek, she couldn't even argue back. Not that she dared to.
Today had made one thing painfully clear: if she ever lost the Tate name, her life would fall apart.
If that was the case, maybe going overseas wasn’t so bad. At least there, she could still hold her head high as
Miss Tate, without anyone controlling her.
Having made up her mind, Ileana didn’t resist Scott's orders. That very night, she left for a foreign country.
Unlike the grand estate where Max and York lived, her new hwas just a modest house in a suburban
neighborhood-nothing close to the Tate family’s mansion.
still, Sp
Scott hadn't been entirely heartless; he’d arranged for a butler and two maids.
She arrived with a mask and hat, covering her face as best she could, terrified someone might see what she'd
been through. The front door was locked tight. She
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rang the bell over and over, but no one answered, Even her calls to the house’s butler went unanswered.
Frustrated and exhausted, all she could do was keep pressing the buzzer.
She was too tired to even curse under her breath. Dawn was breaking, and all she wanted was a bed.
After half an hour, the door finally opened. A white-haired, blue-eyed butler in a crisp tailcoat stood in the
doorway.
He didn’t apologize or even reach for her luggage. Annoyed, Illeana shoved her suitcase in his direction, making
her expectations clear.
The butler simply stepped back, hands clasped behind his back, his point equally obvious.
“What's the meaning of this?” Illeana snapped, but the pain in her jaw forced her to shut her mouth, and she
could only glare in frustration.
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She had just reached the front steps when something crashed down from the second floor.
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A heavy thumping sound caught her attention. Ileana looked up, eyes widening in shock.
A basketball was rolling slowly into the corner.
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