Chapter 1645

The assistant had barely picked up the phone when a strange expression crossed his face. "Mr. Lucas, this call seems to be for you."

The receptionist had called to say that someone was specifically asking to see Ben Lucas.

Ben frowned.

This wasn't the kind of person he would waste his time meeting. If he entertained every random person who claimed they wanted to see him, his days would be endless.

But just as he was about to decline, the assistant slowly added, "She says her name is Winnie Lewis."

Ben's sharp eyes narrowed as a glimmer of light flickered across them. "Let her up."

The assistant nodded and made the arrangements. Ben immediately headed to the lounge to wait.

Before long, the door opened, and a woman stepped inside.

Ben's gaze landed on her face, and for a moment, surprise flickered in his eyes. "Your face..."

From her build, she was unmistakably Winnie. Her facial features were strikingly similar too, yet something about her was vastly different.

It was her aura.

she gave off the impression of a sword unsheathed, gleaming with a dangerous edge. Winnie

and she had grown noticeably thinner. Even her demeanor had sharpened, and paired with her black dress, she resembled

you to still remember me," Winnie

admitting that

furrowed brows relaxed slightly, and he exhaled a deep breath. "It really is

because I was severely burned back then. Seventy percent of my skin tissue was

spoke of her tragedy

if it

else entirely.

would

unimaginable to recount such

horrific experience with such

detachment.

think so. Her tone was calm and unshaken, as if she were recounting someone

darkened, his gaze growing

you could still recognize me," Winnie said with

his voice cold and deliberate. "I'm not

carried an unmistakable chill, a clear distance that was hard to

it was sinking into ice. "I thought that after surviving life and death and coming back to see you, even if you

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