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.

his only heartthrob, yet he was only her

never loved him, only used him for revenge. How ironic.

his fist against the wall in frustration. He should have divorced her as soon as he returned

leaving Solstice College, he pushed down his feelings and

to do now was manage the company and find a suitable

choice.

call off the search for Enc?

just finished showering and was loosely wrapped in a towel.

stopped

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

admit he was running away, afraid of witnessing a scene of Eric and Maja being

solution was to stop looking for

bitter wine, which

move on.

need to hold onto a woman who didn’t want him. That’s

grudge against her. Especially the women who have shown interest in you in the past. Once you let go of

scoffed, lighting

was she who didn’t want

protect her. Her safety has nothing to do with me anymore.

good that you’ve come to terms with it. But aren’t you interested in the experiment being

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