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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 same

thinking about it made lan feel sick as if he had been

that day of their hike, the forest air had been so fresh, and she had whispered stories of her childhood to him while clinging to his back.

go on forever, stretching out into the

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

never felt anything for him?

The sweet moments between them were far too few. Initially, their relationship was purely transactional, and even after they confirmed

the start of their love story, not expecting it to be

living room, lan could barely

Greenfield Gardens had left early, leaving him alone in the mansion.

belongings, he heard the doorbell

really wanting to see anyone, he ignored it until he heard Tyler’s

“Tan, open up

to find Tyler holding a few bottles of

letting themselves in and closing the

placed the wine bottles

join us too, and he should be here in about ten minutes”

one most affected by his grandfather’s passing, so

unusually dark, with only a few lights on and the

on, and perhaps the dim setting was

his wine

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

that Judith had risked her life for lan, and

staring quietly at the wine

was unusually quiet even hinting to

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