Chapter 5

The car door opened, and an old man with gray hair stepped out of the car and walked in her direction.

He was accompanied by four burly bodyguards.

When Lucinda recognized who it was, she straightened her back and exuded an air of nobility.

“My father always seems to be well-informed.

I just got divorced, and he already sent you here,” she muttered to herself.

The old man-Gilbert Duncan- smiled sweetly, bowed before her and said, “Miss, today marks the last day of your three-year agreement with your father.

He took a moment to stare at the document Lucinda held in her hand.

Putting on a regretful facade, he said, “Looks like you couldn’t win him over.

If that’s the case, you should return to Stastle and inherit the family business, as promised.

Lucinda scrunched up her face, remaining silent for what seemed Like an eternity.

Something terrible happened to Lucinda when she was just fifteen.

and ended up at the orphanage here in

family

she came of age, Logan ordered his

night with

was just that at the time, she had chosen Nathaniel over her own father and made a deal

her life for a

“Mr.

Simmons misses you terribly.

come back

to infuriate your

He…”

face becoming even colder as

that woman by his

family have no need

in Forden, so I

years, she had been investigating in secret, trying to uncover who had caused her memory loss

that the person likely worked for the

she was still unsure who specifically was

with the

was too risky for her to return to the

back to live with

out

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