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.

end, she lost her memory, and ended up at the orphanage here

was later brought back to the Roberts family estate

age, Logan ordered his grandson Nathaniel to marry

wasn’t until her wedding night with Nathaniel

her own father and made a deal to return home after three years if she failed to make her husband fall in love

that she threw away three years of her

“Mr.

Simmons misses you terribly.

back with

to infuriate your

He…”

her face becoming even colder as he brought

woman by his

family have no need for

here in Forden,

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

she had deduced that the person likely worked for the Simmons

still unsure who

in a precarious situation, with the enemy lurking in

too risky for her to return to the Simmons family at that

thought of going back to live with her stepmother

let out

& Stay Updated

“Mr.

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