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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.

her passwords were that

lan feel sick as if he

clinging to his back. Occasionally. she would swing her legs like a child and wipe the sweat

the road could go on

If she had been acting all this time, then her acting skills

Maja never felt anything for him?

between them were far too few. Initially, their relationship was purely transactional, and even after they confirmed their love, it was

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

of the living room, lan could barely distinguish himself from the surrounding

early, leaving him

grandfather’s belongings, he heard the

anyone, he ignored it

“Tan, open up

find Tyler holding a few bottles of

him stood Fitch, both of them letting themselves in and closing the door behind them.

bottles on

these for years, have a drink Phelps will join us too,

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

unusually dark, with only a few lights on and the brightest one

to turn it on, and perhaps the dim setting was more suited to masking one’s feelings

of his wine before reminding lan

the snake venom nearly took her life. If it weren’t for the incident in the Raymond family, Dylan would probably have

life for

staring quietly at the wine in his

even hinting to

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