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.

memory, and ended up at the

back to the Roberts family

of age, Logan ordered his grandson Nathaniel to

until her wedding night with Nathaniel

a deal to return home after three years if she failed

away three years of her life

“Mr.

Simmons misses you terribly.

back

to infuriate your

He…”

becoming even colder as

woman by his

have no need

matters to handle here in

past three years, she had been investigating in secret, trying to uncover who had

had deduced that the person likely worked for the

was still unsure who specifically

was in a precarious situation, with the enemy lurking

too risky for her to return to

the thought of going back to live with her stepmother

let out

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