Old Mr. Drexler’s sudden outburst changed Autumn Duval’s expression, her face full of shock as she looked at him.

"You can’t even protect a face; what’s the use of keeping you around!" Old Mr. Drexler angrily looked at Autumn Duval’s injured face!

He had originally adopted her as his daughter, grooming her to become the future mistress of The Drexler Family because of Autumn Duval’s face... which bore a striking resemblance to the woman he loved most.

But now, without that face, what use did he have for her!

"Uncle... I was wronged, it was that servant who harmed me..." Autumn Duval panicked, hurriedly explaining.

It was that ugly woman who was jealous of her beauty, so she deliberately injured her face!

"You were wronged? Don’t think I don’t know about you bullying the servants in the garden!"

Old Mr. Drexler snapped, furious upon discovering that she, with that face, was bullying the servants in the garden.

Because Amber would never do such things!

The woman before him, besides resembling Amber in appearance, had a personality and temperament that he found increasingly unbearable!

But in the past, because of her face, he chose not to argue too much.

Yet now... he didn’t know why, but looking at Autumn Duval, the more he looked, the more uncomfortable he felt, the more it angered him...

After Old Mr. Drexler finished speaking, Autumn Duval’s face turned pale, showing panic as she looked at him, pleadingly.

"Uncle, please listen to my explanation..."

"No need to explain, just hurry up and heal that face of yours. Without it, there’s no need for me to keep you around!" Old Mr. Drexler tapped his cane, scoffing coldly.

With that, he left the room abruptly, leaving Autumn Duval with a look of shock and reluctance!

...

The next day.

Before dawn.

In Noah Drexler’s bedroom.

Summer Shawcross changed into a clean maid uniform, glancing down at the marks on her arm.

The medicine from the doctor yesterday worked well; after a night, Summer’s injuries hurt much less.

Besides, the wounds from the flower thorns were superficial, not affecting her daily activities.

After changing clothes, she turned and left the bathroom.

The man was standing by the window, with his back to her.

Summer looked at his tall, slender figure, her heart felt a tug, an overwhelming sense of reluctance suddenly surged up...

"Noah Drexler..." She halted at the doorway, looking at his back, opening her mouth, finally unable to resist softly calling his name.

These days, she always called him Young Master; this was the first time since coming to The Drexler Family that she called his name.

"..." Yet, when she spoke, the man remained quietly standing there, with no reaction at all.

Seeing this, Summer felt a bit caught off guard.

Did he not hear her voice? Or was he deep in thought?

Wondering, she felt puzzled; he was usually so vigilant and sharp-eared, rarely so lost in thought.

Amid her confusion, she suddenly took steps forward, approaching him.

It wasn’t until her footsteps reached beside him that the man finally noticed her, turned his head, looked at her, and frowned, asking.

"Have you changed?"

Summer nodded gently, then directly came up to him. 𝐟𝕣𝕖𝐞𝐰𝕖𝚋𝐧𝗼𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝗰𝐨𝐦

He lowered his gaze to her; she lowered her head, reluctantly leaning her entire body into his chest...