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

to the Roberts family estate by

she came of age, Logan ordered his grandson Nathaniel to

her wedding night with Nathaniel that Lucinda regained

the time, she had chosen Nathaniel over her own father and made a deal to return home after three years if she failed to make her husband fall

years of her life for a man who

“Mr.

Simmons misses you terribly.

come back

continue to infuriate your

He…”

face becoming even colder as he brought

has that woman by

no need for

pressing matters to handle here in

the past three years, she had been investigating in secret, trying to uncover who had caused her memory loss and how she had ended up

effort, she had deduced that the person likely worked for

she was still unsure who specifically was

a precarious situation, with the enemy lurking

to return to the Simmons family at

of going back to

let out a

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