Alan didn't say anything as he stared at Ike.

Ike glared at him. "Why are you looking at me like that? Am I wrong?"

"Ike, didn't you enjoy the cookies that Dr. Ophelia made? You shouldn't be so rude to someone who offered you hospitality.

"I feel like Mr. Maxwell is happier than before. There's nothing bad about that."

"You're a fool. Don't you know that a forced relationship never ends well?

"Besides, if Mr. Maxwell falls hopelessly in love, his enemies will tear him to pieces. A man like him can't have any weaknesses."

"Even if it isn't Dr. Ophelia, he might fall for some other woman. You can't just expect Mr. Maxwell to be single forever."

Wayne led Olivia to a dilapidated old building with ease. The house would be easily flattened by a typhoon if it was built near the ocean.

There were no elevators in the building, and there were countless ads posted by the stairwell. There were all sorts of odors in the building.

Wayne stopped before a wooden door. He took out a key from under a potted plant to open the door.

used to live. She hadn't expected to see such a homely place when

place was quite

nor wooden floorboards on the ground,

was covered

were some cats in the house. They weren't any famous breeds, but all of them looked

a faint fragrance, and there was also a pot of

house was very tidy. Even the ancient television was

clear that the owner of the house had

in shambles, there were always people who were willing to patch it

able to turn a normal housing unit

owner of the house should be quite

old photos on the side. They

eyes.

entered the house. A woman wearing a floral shirt paired with a green skirt walked

but her figure and demeanor resembled

holding a basket of vegetables as she

"Wayne, you're back!"

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