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.

her memory, and ended up at the orphanage here

to the Roberts family estate

she came of age, Logan ordered

wedding night with

father and made a deal to return home after three years if she failed

three years of her life for a man who didn’t have

“Mr.

Simmons misses you terribly.

back

continue to

He…”

becoming even colder as he brought up the

has that woman by his

family have no

to handle here in Forden, so I won’t be returning with

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

that the person likely

unsure who specifically

a precarious situation, with

for her to return to the Simmons family

of going back to live with

let out

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