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

dinner, with still no sight of Grace, he

the matter? Do

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heart skipped a beat for a moment.

such a hot day, with no electricity there yet and no air conditioning, why hasn’t she

wouldn’t be finished on time, so I asked the workers to do

to ask her about something.” Brian

out a slow “Oh but internally harbored doubts

glanced at the time on his watch, it was already past 6 o’clock. Just then, his phone rang, and he stepped outside to answer the call.

“There’s an urgent matter at the company.

offer to accompany

car drove

clenched her fists

he truly went to the company,

drove to the newly purchased

site. Grace paced back and forth inside, occasionally gesturing with her hands while walking

he could

footsteps, Grace turned around and saw Brian with

you’re here?” Grace paused in surprise.

moment of hesitation, a

brow and walked over, gently pressing on her cheek.

slightly calloused palm pressed gently against Grace’s face, momentarily causing her

scold, “Are you foolish? Standing

on her forehead, while her fair and smooth legs

to her exceptionally fair skin, those red marks looked particularly

Do I have any other choice?” Grace asked him

flying around. He grabbed her wrist

JMM

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air conditioning was on Inside the car, and a refreshing

wearily into

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

red mark on her

Itchiness.

she returned the flora water to him, saying,

hands on the steering

asked, “Aren’t we leaving?”

Brian asked, not

“Rumble-”

sound that humorously mimicked a deceptive tactic, prompting

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