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Just as Theresa was urging Richard to speed up the process of squeezing money

out of Rebecca, her phone rang.

“Hello? Oh, Mrs. Paige Reed, of course, of course… Yes, I’ll be right there.”

She hung up and left in a rush.

Richard stood there, unsure what he was feeling as he gazed toward the Vireon

Technologies booth.

Interest in the newly launched domestic robot was skyrocketing. Many attendees

had already placed orders on the spot.

Though originally designed to care for elderly people living alone, the robot clearly

had potential for broader use in normal households too.

Vireon Technologies had surged to prominence like a dark horse, solidifying an

unshakable position in America’s tech industry.

The Morgan family had always been in foreign trade. If they could just lock in a

partnership with one of these international exhibitors, they might finally earn a

seat at the table of American innovation.

He spotted Henry, the same man who’d hit it off with Theresa.

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“Mr. Bourne.” Richard said, stepping up with a smile, “I was wondering if you

might be free for dinner after the expo?”

Henry shook his head. “I’ve already got plans tonight.”

Richard kept smiling, “How about tomorrow, then?”

Another shake of the head.

A cold sense of dread crept up Richard’s spine. “Perhaps another day? I’d love to

finalize the ideas you and my mother discussed…”

Henry cut him off with a polite smile. “I’m actually more interested in Ms.

Ashbourne’s proposal now.”

Richard’s face went pale. He stammered, “B-but… I thought you really connected

with my mother earlier…”

Henry gave a half shrug and a smirk, like he was humoring a child. “I just feel like

I connect better with Ms. Ashbourne now.”

Richard froze. His mouth opened and then shut again.

From across the hall, Alistair happened to glance in Richard’s direction and saw

him storming off toward a quieter area, his face drained of all color.

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murmured. “He looks like someone

got terminal cancer.”

sounding completely indifferent, replied, “Probably because I

their deal.”

in disbelief and then laughed. “When did that happen?

done.”

crinkled with soft amusement, filled with a quiet warmth

heart skip.

you, darling,” she said

Alistair blinked.

woman is going

“Did Leo talk to you

they weren’t exactly glued together 24/7. Even with how inseparable

were, there were still short windows when things

somehow, in that short time, Caroline had

couldn’t help but be

seen Leo again and didn’t know

said. “I told him

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go.”

She paused after that.

her. “You’re

“She’s been spending a lot of nights at

get to see her almost every day. If she

a whole month.”

a stranger,” Alistair said, half-joking. “And Grandma will

run off with

eyes flashed. “If he tries, I’ll break his

decided to leave the expo

a shadowed corner, Richard watched them climb into a sleek

completely at

so hard

away, Theresa wasn’t

panicked, desperate,

with Alistair. Even in school, they

back then, Richard never imagined that one day Alistair would

roadblock in his life.

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Alistair enjoy his fleeting moment

it wouldn’t last.

noise and no substance, strutting like he

it came, it would

as nothing more than a setback. He had no

nobody who

received a message from someone long

had used and discarded like a

beautiful woman earlier

asking if it meant Paige

once thought

to get revenge. But Alistair stopped him and

to make her pay.

end, Derek couldn’t let go of his family.

to Alistair’s plan.

had studied Paige

calculating, and

one

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A living, breathing time bomb

eat at her. That constant sense of

unbearable. Sooner

caution. She would act. And

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