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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.

were that same sequence of

sick as if he

while clinging to

that the road could go on forever,

at his own naivety. If she had been acting all

felt

too few. Initially, their relationship was purely transactional, and even after they confirmed their

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

of the living room, lan could barely

Greenfield Gardens had left early, leaving him alone in

his grandfather’s belongings, he heard the doorbell

ignored it until he

“Tan, open up

the door to find Tyler holding a few bottles of wine

letting themselves in and closing

placed the wine bottles on the coffee table.

drink Phelps will join us too, and he should

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

wine and then noticed that the mansion was unusually dark,

the dim setting

sip of his wine before reminding lan

She was already weak, and the snake venom nearly took her life. If it weren’t for the incident in the Raymond family, Dylan would

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

at the

was unusually quiet even hinting to Tyler, not

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