Chapter 133
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Athena walked into the house as if she had seen a ghost. Her eyes were already swollen from crying so hard in the cab. She opened the front door and went into the living room.

Her mother was sitting, leg crossed, on the table, but when she saw Athena walk in with her shoulders drooping, she sprang up to her feet. In her mind, Sabastian had done something bad to her daughter. She rushed forward and held her by the arm.

"Athena, what is wrong? Why do you walk like you saw a ghost? She asked, but Athena didn't answer.

She held her close to her and gave her a warm hug. Athena rested her head on her mother's shoulders and began to cry uncontrollably.

“I don't know what it is that's making you this sad, but I am sorry, Athena; everything will be fine." She rubbed her back and spoke like a good mother should.

She hugged her tight and squeezed her into her body while Athena kept weeping like a child.

“He lied to me, mother?” Athena finally spoke the words as she sniffed and sulked.

“Whom d
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    “I shall tell you everything you need to know, and none of it shall I withhold." Maxwell told her calmly, his eyes not straying away from her at all. She had learned to hold his gaze for a little more time before doing anything else. Now that he began to speak, she placed both hands on her lap, barely even checking out the food prepared for them by the five-star chef. Athena looked cool and calm, but deep down in her heart, she had loads of unanswered questions.“I'm waiting, and I plan to listen to all you have to say to me tonight." Athena responded with a calm tone.“I am an orphan. I lost my dad to some killers from the opposition. And my mom was killed a few months after my birth. So my grandpa, Ricjard Wilmore, took me to a woman and asked her to take care of me. He even gave her some money to take care of me. The lady looked away because my life was threatened, so she ran away with the baby, and that's how I grew up in a poor home. I never knew I had a rich father until my fina

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