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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?

reasoned, even if she hadn't forgotten, those memories would

filled with the smell of antiseptic and the tedium of recovery-hardly worth dwelling

accepted this explanation, a slight doubt occasionally nagged at

everyone's expression seem unnatural whenever

grown up in

raised him while his parents worked in

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York.

seven,

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father remarried and used his savings and his late wife's insurance to buy a house in New

attending elementary

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

times and found almost no trace

if Liam

semester of his freshman year, Robert passed away, leaving Alistair

managed to survive on Robert's modest savings and financial aid from the

before the SAT, despite his teachers' high expectations,

had left school because of

she noticed

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her investigation, Alistair attended the regular honors program

program.

different buildings, so students

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Alistair, a determined, hardworking scholarship student, ended up in a relationship with

Rebecca?

they even had a son

and even though being with him now didn't mean they were a conventional married couple, Caroline still felt bothered. She

to investigate someone else for me-Rebecca Whitfield. She's Alistair's ex-wife. Get me everything you

her only

had lived in

the same age as Alistair,

be a

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force a link between

on such

strange thoughts grew wild in her mind like

and water.

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have convinced herself she believed it, but she only

she'd harbored doubts about her

year.

Chicago... Alistair's hometown...

would make time to visit someday,

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the preschool allowed new students to leave early on their

middle class, this was her first day

her at the

hand

styled in a neat fishtail braid, with

perfectly in place.

preschoolers napped at midday, and while boys' hair didn't matter much afterward, the teachers always took

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