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

call Jeff

in

when the company receptionist

come to the office. They’d

thought she

Sheard.

receptionist sounded quite

they

Pennyfeather. Would you like to come down?”

had never done a thorough investigation

her birth parents

headed down to the reception. There, she saw a modestly dressed man

her and called

frowned and gestured toward a nearby sofa. “Let’s talk

woman, Clara, nodded to her partner,

presented her with a DNA

we were only notified a few days ago that our daughter

her

at the DNA results, Maja asked, “What did you use for the

the way from

We had reported our daughter stolen years ago, and the police had kept our files for

guessed the doctor might have been Phelps, who had

another DNA test

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