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Chapter 1092

7 o’clock in the evening

Downtown Greenfield.

lan stared at the documents in his hands, his eyes hardly blinking.

Earlier in the evening, he had visited the old family home one last time, sorting through the few belongings his grandfather had left behind

His grandfather hadn’t left much, no extra inheritance for his descendants, and now the bulk of the shares in Raymond Corporation were firmly in lan’s grasp Regardless of how much others might wrestle for it, they couldn’t stir up any significant trouble

Ian had hoped that spending time sorting through his grandfather’s belongings would distract him from thoughts of Maja.

But the code to unlock the box was like a needle, piercing deep into his heart

He remembered the time he had tried to rescue Maja during an earthquake and the door that wouldn’t open.

In his unconscious state, he saw Maja desperately trying different combinations, and finally, the door opened

He had trusted her so much then that he never for a moment thought it was anything other than a coincidence. How likely could someone guess the correct code after only a few tries?

He had never questioned her motives, his mind filled with the life–and–death experiences they had shared

Now, thinking back, he realized the code was Eric’s birthday, the same as the one for her box.

passwords were that same sequence of

if

to him while clinging to his back. Occasionally. she would swing her legs

had wished then that the road could go on forever, stretching out into

all

Maja never felt anything for

of their time together, even as it felt like self–torture. The sweet moments between them were far too few. Initially, their relationship was purely transactional, and even after they confirmed their love, it was less than two weeks before they

the start of their love story, not expecting it to be a fleeting moment that ended abruptly.

the living room, lan could barely

left early,

grandfather’s belongings,

anyone, he ignored it until he heard Tyler’s voice

“Tan, open up

to find Tyler holding a few

letting themselves in and closing the door behind

the wine bottles

drink Phelps will join us too, and he should be here in about ten

affected by his grandfather’s passing, so his friends had come to keep him

the mansion was unusually dark, with only a few lights on

perhaps the dim setting was more suited to masking one’s feelings

took a sip of his wine

out the snake venom for you that day and fainted afterward She’s still in the hospital She was already weak, and the snake venom nearly took her life. If it weren’t for the incident in

risked her life for lan, and the

quietly at

to Tyler, not to mention

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