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The suitors looked at each other in disbelief. Comparing that, they realized they weren’t Sophia’s “only ones“-they were just fish in her pond!Â
“Damn it! Sophia played us all!”Â
“I thought everyone else just had crushes on her, and only I truly had her… turns out she slept withÂ
all of us!”Â
“This is infuriating! She even used the exact same lines on all of us!”Â
“That whore! I gave up Rie for her, gave up everything. How could she do this to us?”Â
Enraged, the suitors could no longer contain their fury. They rushed forward and began beatingÂ
Sophia mercilessly.Â
Soon, Sophia was covered in blood from their attack!Â
But the suitors weren’t satisfied. At that moment, even killing Sophia wouldn’t quench their hatred.Â
Finally, Mr. Lockhart, fearing they might actually kill her, ordered his servants to pull them away.Â
‘Dad, don’t stop me! I have to kill this bitch with my own hands!” Zach shouted. “If it weren’t for her,Â
I could have fallen for Rie!”Â
‘Rie is so wonderful–how could I not love her? But before you adopted us, Sophia had alreadyÂ
leceived me!”Â
‘She pretended to be fragile and kind–hearted, then manipulated my feelings, making me believe theÂ
whole world had abandoned me, that only she truly cared and loved me, that only she would neverÂ
eave me!”Â
‘How could I not fall for that? I was abandoned as a child! This world is so vast, with so manyÂ
people–I just wanted one person to love me forever. What’s wrong with that?”Â
Hearing his words, the other suitors‘ faces filled with profound sorrow.Â
Clearly, they felt the same way.Â
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Rianne was wonderful and perfect, but she wasn’t an orphan. She couldn’t understand theseÂ
abandoned children, their broken souls and scarred hearts.Â
They had no family, no friends. Other people had connections to the world, but their connection wasÂ
severed the moment their parents abandoned them.Â
So they desperately needed something to hold onto, to prove to the world they were loved too.Â
And Sophia had exploited precisely this weakness.Â
When the suitors first arrived at the orphanage, she seized the opportunity, grabbing their handsÂ
and promising: Even if the whole world abandons you, it doesn’t matter, because you have me. WeÂ
have each other, and that’s like having the whole world.Â
How could these broken boys not be moved? They just didn’t know that this moment of connectionÂ
would destroy their lives!Â
“Enough! Keep this up, and someone’s going to die,” Mr. Lockhart said sternly. “I understand you’reÂ
all furious about being deceived.”Â
“But today is my daughter’s birthday! My daughter has done nothing wrong to any of you!”Â
“Settle your grudges in private, not at my daughter’s birthday celebration, sullying her eyes!”Â
After a brief pause, Mr. Lockhart swept an imperious gaze across Rianne’s seven suitors andÂ
continued coldly: “I had planned to announce this decision after Rie and Drake’s wedding.”Â
“But your behavior disgusts me!”Â
“Rie was right–the Lockhart family doesn’t support freeloaders, inuch less ungrateful wretches!”Â
“From today on, you have no connection to the Lockhart family! Please leave immediately!”Â
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