Chapter 228 A Familiar Place

When I returned to my office, I sought Grayson and gave him a task. Coincidentally, he also handed me a report of his investigation. I was surprised to receive it so quickly. I couldn’t help but admire his efficiency

and praise him.

However, Grayson was serious when he said, “Don’t get too excited, Ms. Chloe. This is just surface–level Information, and there seem to be no issues at all. Still, my gut feeling tells me something’s off.”

The investigation report was about Stella, detailing her birth, parents‘ passing, adoption, and school

history.

“It’s right here.” Grayson pointed something out. “It says she attended primary school here, one of the most famous schools in Nocturnia. However, I couldn’t find any pictures of her from that period..

“Also, I only found one picture of her during high school, yet she lists Phy as one of her hobbies.

Why would a girl with such a hobby have no pictures or videos of herself?” Grayson looked at me with a questioning expression as he spoke.

“Ms. Chloe, don’t you think something’s amiss? That detail makes me uneasy. Please give me more time

to investigate further.

at Grayson’s attentiveness

records are usually secured and difficult to

graduation photos from every previous year at this school. I also have year–end photos. for each academic

I

looked at them and felt a tug in my mind. The scenery in those photos seemed oddly familiar. I

“Yes!” he nodded.

“Why does this

in some documents before.” He smiled.

so it was a

photos, I nodded and said,

Also, check on

‘I’ll get

too busy lately. I rubbed my temples and sighed before picking up the pictures again. I closed

after. I quickly opened my eyes and refused to think more about it. Soon after, I saw the beautifully wrapped box on my desk. It was the New Year’s gift Stella gave

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freshener inside, I sniffed it, and it had a pleasant scent. Although I rarely used such things, I thought giving it away would be disrespectful, so I placed it back on

was time to get off work. I remembered Stella telling me it would smell nice

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