Chapter 95 Useful Pawn

Alistair put the pillow back in its proper place. After a moment's deliberation, he inched his own pillow closer to Caroline's until they were practically touching. Lost in a reverie, he could picture himself lying beside her in bed, their noses almost brushing as they stared into each other's eyes with adoration. Damn it! He felt the corners of his mouth curving up into a smil

e again, and he couldn't seem to rein it in.

Two minutes later, Alistair emerged from the bedroom with a poker face. He grabbed his keys and made for the door.

I can't just soak in the bliss of finally having a home. It's been two days already. I need to keep my cool. Business always comes first.

In the garage, apart from the car used for picking up and dropping off Eloise, there were seven or eight sleek luxury cars.

Caroline had told him that he could pick any car he liked and have the driver take him wherever he needed to go.

Nevertheless, Alistair decided against taking a luxury car. Instead, he got into an unassuming ride-hailing car.

Showing up in a flashy car would be way too showy and might throw a wrench in his plans.

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According to his initial schedule, Alistair was supposed to head back to his hometown today.

He'd planned to set off in the morning and be back before it was time to pick up Eloise. There was no way he'd miss that, no matter

what.

Two hours later, Alistair found himself standing in front of his old family home.

The mulberry tree that once yielded white mulberries was nowhere to be seen, replaced by a charming garden.

A pang of sadness hit him, but he had to admit that the yard looked far nicer than he'd recalled.

This was his first return since the house was sold.

The elderly couple who'd purchased the house used to live in the city center. After retiring, they'd decided to relocate to this suburban cottage to enjoy their

retirement. They were incredibly kind. Before Alistair's last departure, they'd even told him that if he ever yearned for home, he was welcome to come back and stay for a few days as there were spare rooms.

Alistair's arrival delighted the old folks.

On his way over, he'd stopped to pick up some fruits and gifts. It

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have been proper to show up

but then promptly washed the fruits and fetched some

settled comfortably in the yard, engaging in

subtly shifted the topic to

house in front.

were still folks living in that house. You could see the lights on both the upper and lower floors at night. But after some time, it was always

response caught

after I left, the people in the front house moved out too.

Caroline

reacted that day... It's hard not to be

turned down the

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got to his feet to

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handed the driver two thousand dollars and told

the old couple to head back inside,

house.

him.

go in and take a

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about the place where that child had been kept

was put up for sale, Alistair had been inside it. However, since the family inside was small and they mainly occupied the first floor, rarely venturing to the second, he'd never set

the house was currently empty, a rusty padlock hung on

there hadn't been a lock, it wouldn't have been appropriate for him to simply barge

Suddenly, Alistair's eyes sharpened.

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that was on the bolt last

his surprise, there was no lock on the

to look at the second-floor

it were the same people

But he couldn't explain this nagging curiosity that

know who was in there

now.

a hand landed on Alistair's

was a neighbor from his hometown

Back in the day, he'd had a stellar

the neighbors had adored

good impression he'd left on the neighbors had probably faded into the annals

was

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