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Chapter 473

Chapter 473

Chapter: 473

Sometimes, she got away with injuries, but she always avoided death, and that was more than enough.

She had practiced her ability to deal with danger throughout her life.

She never considered herself someone's weakness, preferring instead to serve as a shield for others around her.Millie was about to lower her arm, but Marcus grabbed her wrist. His sombre expression had hardened into a scowl.He felt a searing pain in his heart at Millie’s declaration of strength and resilience.

He could not help but wonder just how much suffering she had endured that she could recount her own difficulties sodispassionately as if she were reciting someone else’s story.

Millie glanced at Marcus’ hand that was holding her before looking up at him.

“What are you doing?”

Marcus met her bright eyes.

“What if somebody took you hostage and tried to blackmail me with you? Do you think I'll come to save me?”Marcus suggested a possible scenario, but one he would prefer not to occur.

“If 1 were to be kidnapped, | wouldn’t make things difficult for you. If | couldn’t save myself, I’d just take my own life so that youdon’t have to risk your own,” Millie stated firmly after pondering the question for a while.

She refused to put anyone else in danger to ensure her own survival.

After hearing Millie’s reply, Marcus felt as though his spirit had been jarred from his body. The woman would rather kill herselfthan trouble him, and that did not sit well with him.

Their conversation was interrupted when Freyja approached them, saying, “Mrs. Claudia Barnett wants to see you.”

Marcus was gazing at Millie with an unreadable expression on his face.

However, before she could guess what he was thinking, he slowly let her go and stepped away.Freyja led Marcus and Millie to Claudia’s tearoom.

Leon and Lois were already there when they arrived.

Claudia was talking to them.

“Leon, Lois, you two need to get along more. It takes effort and time to establish a healthy relationship, and if you don’t start now,it'll be too late.”

Smiling, Lois replied, “We will, Grandma.”