Chapter 61:

Connor saved the photo he had just taken on his phone and said flatly, “Grandma wants to see this.”

Marissa’s lips twitched. He was using his grandmother to manipulate her again. Typical! Annoyed by his excuse but unable to challenge him directly, she glared silently. The two of them fell into silence; Marissa stared out the window while Connor fiddled with his phone. With her back to him, she didn’t see him placing two photos side by side and scrutinizing them intently. One photo was of Riss, taken during Caylee’s emergency surgery in the operating room. The other was of Marissa, which Connor had just captured

Ever since he met Riss yesterday, Connor had felt that she seemed familiar. Reflecting on it later, he noticed that Riss’s profile resembled Marissa’s. Yesterday, Riss had been wearing a white cap and mask, with her eyes as the only visible feature. The photo he had taken of Marissa was a profile shot, showing her looking downward. Still, he couldn’t shake the resemblance between Riss and Marissa. Both appeared young and quiet, seemingly innocent yet subtly defiant. To confirm his suspicion, he had come to see Marissa today and secretly captured her profile

The two photographs were placed side by side. After comparing them carefully, Connor deduced that Riss and Marissa’s eyes bore a striking resemblance. However, he knew he couldn’t definitively say Riss was Marissa just from their eyes. To be certain, he would need front-facing photographs of their eyes, which he didn’t have of Riss. He then glanced at the girl next to him

that she could be born with special talent and

had it she was one of the best, having reconciled thousands of couples. Unfortunately, today she met Marissa and found herself quite frustrated. Despite the mediator’s efforts to counsel them, whenever Marissa was asked if she still wanted a divorce, her response was consistently, “I want

realized that Marissa was

seems to be a fine man. He’s young, attractive, and wealthy. Why would you want

her a sharp look, his eyes narrowing. He couldn’t believe she had actually said that. Although

be suddenly enlightened. She began to criticize Connor from various aspects, including legal, moral, societal, and ethical grounds. Connor was forced to endure the lecture, likely feeling more downcast than he had ever felt in his

patience was wearing thin, the mediator continued, “Young man, whether your wife proceeds with the divorce or not,

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