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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.

all her passwords were that

lan feel sick as if he had been slapped across the face several times.

forest air had been so fresh, and she had whispered stories of her childhood to him while clinging to his back. Occasionally. she would swing her legs like a child and wipe the sweat off his brow

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

acting all this time, then her acting skills were simply too

felt

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,

confirming their relationship was the start of their love story, not expecting it to be a fleeting

living room, lan could barely distinguish

left early,

grandfather’s belongings, he heard the doorbell ring.

anyone, he ignored it until

“Tan, open up

opened the door to find Tyler holding a few bottles of

them letting themselves in and closing the

bottles on the coffee table.

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

that lan must be the one most affected by his grandfather’s passing, so his friends had come to

a few glasses of wine and then noticed that the mansion was unusually dark, with only a

on, and perhaps the dim

his wine before reminding lan

already weak, and the snake venom nearly took her life. If it weren’t for

had risked her life for lan, and the Sanders family might propose a marriage alliance

remained silent, staring quietly at the wine in his glass

quiet even hinting to

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