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.

her on more than one occasion over the last seven years, so she picked up some tricks to defend against them. This was one of the basic ones. Once she set the phone at

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

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,

shouldn’t have been anything that could provoke suspicion. Moreover, she never felt anyone keeping an eye on her. He probably doesn’t know I am

was on a business trip and would only come back after two days. Which makes

However, she was here to pick Apollo up. She kept his existence a secret so no one would find out. She didn’t want the rumors to affect

assumed her role of Alice, she never showed up in the same room as Apollo. The only reason she got sloppy today and skipped out on the disguise was that she was worried. At first, she wanted to disguise Caroline as well, but when she took her in, Caroline was anxious and nervous.

be able to find out about Caroline’s case, but Ethan

secrets from him. For example, she wouldn’t pretend to be stupid around him.

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

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