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SYDNEY'S POV

I slammed my laptop shut and some of the attendees raised a brow. I smiled back at the person and turned back to the speaker for the day.

The day had been hectic since l'arrived in the morning. It was one work after another, one meeting after another.

We had just finished the first session of the seminar on jewelry design that was hosted in our company. Thankfully there was a short break before the second session again.

I traipsed to my office, dumped my laptop on my desk and walked out of the building complex, exhausted.

I just wanted to be alone while getting some fresh air after being stuck in that conference room for hours!

I walked to the cafe next to the office building for a cup of coffee. The cafe was a perfect place I could hide and none of the other employees would spot me and start trying to engage me in a conversation I wasn't interested in.

walls. At first, I found myself musing about the seminar that just ended. I almost called one of the waiters to get me a pen and a notepad but I stopped and reprimanded myself, "You came here because you are exhausted, Sydney. You came here to relax a bit so stop that," I said audibly, "And stop thinking about work again!" And I did stop. It's just that it's hard because Jewelry design doesn't even feel like work most

for me.

immersed in the world outside the cafet and I got entranced by it. People bustled by, the traffic hummed and the towering buildings lined the streets. Among the crowd, a little girl caught my eye- or rather, the little girl's necklace caught my eye. She wore a large necklace around her neck, one of her hands traced its intricate design while her other hand clung tightly to a woman's hand, she skipped after the

When they were

sight, I began to drag my gaze away when it fell on a familiar figure. I squinted at the person and raised my eyebrows at who she was. What was she doing around here? She was the last person I expected to see here. On the corridor next to the building was

looked around the area; I looked in the store opposite the street, my eyes looked up and down the street but Mark was nowhere to be seen. Where was he when there's

woman.

grew alert and I felt my muscles bunch as I watched the man press her closer into the wall. But I forced myself to drag my gaze

and returned my focus to my coffee. This has nothing to

was clenched and there was a heavy frown on his face. Even though Mark is my ex-husband - one that I was never crazy about and Bella is my sister and

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to sit back. Even if I was able to keep my gaze away from them, the knowledge that at defenseless pregnant woman was being

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