Chapter 30

However, soon, she realized she had been mistaken. She quickly discovered her error.

By around five in the afternoon, mosquitoes from the bushes outside the villa started flying in as the sun descended

In less than a minute, her legs were covered in mosquitoes, densely packed, and she couldn’t fend them off no matter how

much she swatted.

Those workers wore long sleeves and pants, causing almost all the mosquitoes to swarm around Grace Sherman, leaving her the sole target for their bites.

She had to stand up and walk around, yet the mosquitoes continued to chase after her.

Finally, it reached six o’clock, but the workers showed no sign of wrapping up for the day.

“Hey, it’s already six o’clock, why aren’t you guys finishing work?”

One of the workers installing wires said, “Young lady, Miss Adkins said this is a new house, and they must move in quick, so we have to work overtime until eight o’clock every day.”

“Eight o’clock” Grace gasped in disbelief.

She thought, Isn’t that practically killing me?

At Francis Group.

Brian Francis looked at the message on his phone; his expression darkened to the extreme.

The phone displayed a picture of Justin Vance and Grace strolling in the small garden outside the hospital. Grace had at radiant smile as she gazed at him affectionately

One of the nurses at their hospital took this photo and shared it with their nursing group.

Brian had a friend in the Cardiology Department at Southside Hospital. After hearing what Louise Adkins said last night, he

inquired whether ce had any romantic involvement with someone

As a result, his friend sent him this photo.

He stared at Grace’s smiling face in the photo, wishing he could pull her out of the screen and viciously tear apart her smile.

afternoon.

Growing increasingly furious, he left the office at five in the after

When he arrived home, Grace wasn’t there. Louise kept pulling him to discuss the plans for starting a studio, and he never had the chance to ask where Grace was

with still no sight of Grace,

her to supervise. Is something the matter? Do

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heart skipped a beat for

no electricity there yet and no air conditioning, why hasn’t

Louise took the initiative to explain, “I was afraid the renovation wouldn’t be finished on time, so I asked the workers to do an extra two hours of overtime. Brian, do you

wanted me to

internally harbored

on his watch, it was already past 6 o’clock.

room and said to Louise, “There’s an urgent matter at the company. I need to go back.”

to offer to accompany him, but before she could, he had already briskly departed.

his car drove away.

clenched her fists silently.

truly went to the company, she

drove to the newly purchased

yet the workers continued their overtime, hustling at the construction site. Grace

soon as he stepped in, he could hear the buzzing sound of

and

you’re here?” Grace paused in surprise.

of hesitation, a mosquito landed

furrowed his brow and walked over, gently pressing on

against Grace’s face, momentarily causing her to

couldn’t help but scold, “Are you foolish? Standing here, letting mosquitoes

formed on her forehead, while her fair and smooth legs were covered in tiny

red marks

can I do? Do I have any other choice?” Grace asked him back while scratching the itchy

around. He grabbed her wrist in frustration and pulled her out, leading

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Chapter 30

seat by him. The air conditioning was on Inside the car,

slumped wearily into the

the trunk, pulled out a bottle of flora water, and handed it to her.

took it and applied the flora water to each red mark on her body. The cooling sensation relieved much of

Itchiness.

she returned the flora water

his hands on the

“Aren’t we leaving?”

Brian asked, not directly answering her question.

“Rumble-”

fittingly, made a sound that humorously mimicked a deceptive tactic, prompting her to chuckle awkwardly.

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