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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

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

Caroline outwardly accepted this explanation, a

expression seem unnatural whenever I

had grown up in one

child, relatives raised him while his parents worked

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York.

seven, his

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remarried and used his savings and

attending elementary

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

personal history multiple times and found almost

as if Liam

his freshman year, Robert passed away, leaving Alistair completely

modest savings and financial aid from

his teachers' high expectations,

knew he had left school because of a teenage

noticed something

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Alistair attended the regular honors program while Rebecca was in

program.

and international programs occupied different buildings, so students from each program rarely

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scholarship student, ended up in a relationship with a wealthy

Rebecca?

even had a son

mean they were a conventional married couple, Caroline still felt bothered.

phone call. "I need you to investigate someone else for me-Rebecca Whitfield. She's Alistair's ex-wife. Get me everything

wasn't her

the records, Alistair had lived in his hometown. until he was

as Alistair, had lost her

there possibly be a connection

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seemed absurd to force a link

such a

thoughts grew wild in her mind like weeds given ample

and water.

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convinced herself she believed it,

harbored

year.

Chicago... Alistair's hometown...

she would make time to visit someday, if only to

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more quickly, the preschool allowed new students to leave

middle class, this was her first day

waited for her at

small hand held by

a neat fishtail braid, with sparkly hair

perfectly in place.

midday, and while boys' hair didn't matter much afterward, the

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