Chapter 1038

Maja touched her forehead, realizing the fever had indeed subsided.

“Zoey, are you sure you don’t want to stay home and rest? I’m a businessman, and I really need you to come back to the office with me, but work comes second to your health.”

“Mr. Pennyfeather, I’m fine now.”

Seeing she was insistent, Maja dropped the subject, and they hurried off to the office.

In the following week, Maja barely returned home. The few times she did, she saw lan waiting for her at their shared townhouse, Rosewood Manor

She was too busy, however. She’d grab a few clothes, peck him on the cheek, and leave him to go to sleep alone.

lan went from understanding to silence after being persistently neglected for a week.

The last time she returned to Rosewood Manor, lan wasn’t there.

She was too swamped to look for him, and when she tried calling him, he didn’t pick up.

She considered driving to his office at Raymond Corporation, but her own executives phoned her to hurry back for a meeting. Nowadays, she only had half an hour of free time each day, the bare minimum to grab a bite.

By the time she reflected on her relationship

was about to call Jeff to

they hadn’t been in touch for

when the company receptionist called

biological parents have come to the office. They’d

she

Sheard.

receptionist sounded quite

they have your

Mr. Pennyfeather. Would you

with Phelps about her past. She had never done a thorough investigation because she had accepted

birth parents had shown up.

the call and headed down to the reception. There,

her and called out,

gestured toward a nearby sofa. “Let’s

partner, Drew, and they

them, they presented her with

few days ago that our daughter was in Greenfield.

her voice soft.

results, Maja asked, “What did you use

all the way from Crystalbrook

you were hospitalized. We had reported our daughter stolen years ago, and the police had kept our files for DNA

guessed the doctor might have been Phelps,

you can have another DNA test done if

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