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.

thought he would bring her to where he used to live. She hadn't expected to see

place was quite

nor wooden floorboards on the ground, just bare concrete

couch was covered with

cats in the house. They weren't any famous

on the windowsill exuded a faint fragrance, and there was also a pot of sunflowers blooming

was very tidy. Even the ancient television was covered with a

clear that the owner of the house had very

in shambles, there were always

normal housing unit into such a cozy

scanned the home. The owner of the house should be quite old. "I thought you were

were some old photos on the side. They were of a middle-aged woman and a

boy had Wayne's eyes. He had a defiant

soon as she spoke, someone entered the house. A woman

her figure and

was holding a basket of vegetables as she

"Wayne, you're back!"

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