Ethan was standing a few yards behind her, watching everything unfold.

Apollo raised his head and saw Alice, and his eyes shone. Just when he was about to dart to his mother, his face fell. At the same time that he saw his mother, he saw the man standing behind her. He had never seen the man before, but one look was enough to tell him this was no ordinary person.

He whipped his phone out and texted his mother in a flash. ‘You’re followed.’

Alice was holding her phone, and the notification prompted her to take a look. She then saw the message.

Another text came in. ‘Left side. Forty-five degrees.’

Alice was shocked. I’m followed? By whom? The Yeagers? Elijah’s men? Her first instinct was not to turn around. Instead, she turned on selfie mode and pointed her phone in the direction her son spoke of, and she checked out who the stalker was.

over the last seven years, so she picked up some tricks to defend against them. This was one of the basic ones. Once

was, she froze. Ethan? Why is he here? Oh, so he’s the one following

married her because of Caroline, and he made her sign a contract that would prompt them into divorce six months down the line. They were, at best, housemates at the moment. I thought we should stay out of each other’s business, so

only taking care of Caroline these last few days. There shouldn’t have been anything that could provoke suspicion. Moreover, she never felt anyone keeping an eye on her. He probably doesn’t know

sudden, she was reminded of something. Two days ago, when she woke up, she noticed a text from him. He said he was on a business trip and would only come back after

most probable explanation. So, everything’s a coincidence. He saw me by chance and followed me. However, she was here to pick Apollo up. She kept his existence a secret so no one would find out. She didn’t want

she was worried. At first, she wanted to disguise Caroline as well, but when she took her in, Caroline was anxious and nervous. Aside from her, she would cry whenever anyone else approached her. Left with no choice, she had to

even be able to find out

last long, but Alice was never on guard around Ethan. She didn’t keep a lot of secrets from him. For example, she wouldn’t pretend to be stupid around him. In fact, she was almost lackadaisical about it. If he asked about anything, including things about the Wolands and their company, she would answer

were off when it came to Apollo. She would not let any harm come to him, not even if there was a non-zero chance. Even if Ethan was her real husband, she would consider it greatly before she would tell him about the boy, let alone that they were just in a fake marriage. She would not expose the boy under these circumstances, especially when she had no idea why

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