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After ending the call, Caroline stared blankly at her phone, lost in her thoughts in the spacious office.

She hadn't even noticed when her assistant, Kelly Johnson,

entered. "Ms. Ashbourne, these documents need your

signature."

Caroline snapped back to reality and gave a cool nod. Kelly turned to leave.

As Kelly closed the door thoughtfully behind her, she couldn't help but quickly glance at Caroline's elegant figure.

Even as another woman, Kelly had to admit Caroline was drop-dead gorgeous. The only problem was how cold and distant she seemed, making her difficult to approach.

It was hard to imagine what kind of man could be worthy of her.

After giving it serious thought, Kelly concluded that probably no

one!

If Kelly had known that Caroline was not only married but had actually initiated

the marriage herself, she would have thought she was hallucinating.

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Caroline opened the folder, but her pen hovered in midair.

She hadn't asked, so Alistair hadn't volunteered any information.

He could have handled the situation and had already resolved the trouble. Still, she wanted to help Alistair and be involved.

Caroline, who usually minded her own business, found herself inexplicably concerned about every aspect of Alistair's life despite him being a stranger.

But Alistair hadn't given her the chance.

After signing the documents, Caroline pushed them aside and picked up her phone again. She began researching Alistair's personal information.

Caroline began investigating Alistair's background.

When they first met, she felt an inexplicable urge to approach and get to know him better.

This feeling came without any apparent reason. While Caroline didn't mind spontaneity, she disliked confusion without cause.

It couldn't simply be that Alistair matched her type perfectly, and she'd fallen for him at first sight, could it?

Caroline believed such superficial reactions wouldn't apply to someone as naturally methodical as herself.

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Unable to find answers, she looked for them in Alistair's past.

She hoped to uncover clues in his history that might explain her attraction. Caroline focused on Alistair because she had a year-long gap in her memories. She remembered nothing from when she was twelve-an entire year completely erased.

She had asked about it before, and everyone told her the same story. She had been gravely ill that year, nearly dying. She had spent the entire time bedridden at the Ashbourne Manor. They assured her it was normal not to remember anything from such a difficult period.

Was that true?

so, Caroline reasoned, even if she hadn't forgotten, those

and

while Caroline outwardly accepted this explanation, a slight

unnatural

up in

relatives raised him while his parents worked

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York.

Alistair was seven, his

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and his late wife's insurance to buy a

attending elementary school

for middle school. Alistair transferred to a middle school in New York. He later earned admission

found almost no trace of Liam's involvement

was as if Liam

freshman year,

on Robert's modest savings and financial aid from

SAT, despite his teachers' high expectations, Alistair suddenly dropped

school because of

she noticed

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regular

program.

programs occupied different buildings, so students from

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ended up

Rebecca?

had

Alistair knew her, and even though being with him now didn't mean they were a conventional married couple, Caroline still felt

phone call. "I need you to investigate someone else for me-Rebecca Whitfield.

wasn't her

to the records, Alistair had lived in his

as Alistair, had lost her memories when she

there possibly be a connection

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to force a link between herself and

such

grew wild in her mind like

and water.

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convinced herself she believed

long she'd harbored

year.

Chicago... Alistair's hometown...

make time to visit someday, if only to clear her

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more quickly, the preschool allowed new students to leave early on

was in the middle class, this was her first day at preschool, so she, too, got the early dismissal

for her at the preschool

hand held by the

neat fishtail braid, with sparkly hair

perfectly in place.

and while boys' hair didn't matter much afterward, the teachers always took time to

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