Chapter 1104

He returned all the files to their original places, carefully arranged just as if they had never been touched.

How long had she known Eric, he wondered. And why had she come to him? Why had she lied about the other man being named Patric?

lan had many questions, but he wasn’t sure he would like the answers.

It all came down to one unpleasant truth: he was just a stand–in, a replacement for his brother.

A chill settled in his eyes. When people had compared him unfavorably to Eric in the past, he had never bothered to argue. He simply chose to join the army instead.

He never wanted to compete with Eric. In fact, he thought his brother was pretty cool.

But human nature was selfish. Always being overlooked led to resentment.

However, he had learned to let go of that resentment and had even taken over the Raymond family after his brother’s death. All because he had loved his grandfather.

lan put all the documents away. Remembering how Maja had agreed to marry into the Raymond family, he realized it wasn’t just to help the Pennyfeather family. She had wanted to marry into the Raymond family, but she had wanted to marry Eric.

But Eric was dead, so she had settled for lan as a backup.

yet he was only

loved him, only used him for revenge. How ironic.

her as soon as he returned home rather than

leaving Solstice College, he pushed down his

manage the company and find a suitable fiancée when

choice.

time, sounding puzzled. “Why did you call off the search for Enc? Have you

had just finished showering and was loosely wrapped in a towel.

I’ve stopped looking.”

the higher–ups to worry about. He didn’t need to meet

scene of Eric and Maja being intimate. That

looking for them and focus on his own life.

had fermented into bitter wine, which he drank by himself.

move on.

to hold onto a woman

silent momentarily before asking, “So you really don’t care about Maja’s well–being anymore? You need to know that many people in Greenfield have a grudge against her.

lighting

she who

to do with me anymore. Wouldn’t that make me a fool if I

to terms with it. But aren’t you interested in the experiment being investigated

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