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Chapter 179 The Magnificence of Heaven

Inside her second–floor room, Milly frowned at the sight of her once pristine evening gown, now a shadow of its former self.

The once immaculate gown, sparkling like stars, was now marred with dust and grime, stripped of its original shine, and torn in several places due to the bomb blast.

It now looked more like a rag than a gownL

Milly felt a pang of distress; this was the dress Leon had secured for her through his contacts, and it had been destroyed after just one wear. What would she tell him if he asked about it?

She sighed heavily.

Ding Dong!

Suddenly, her phone on the table lit up.

Milly’s heart skipped a beat at the sudden interruption. It was late; who could be messaging now?

Her hands shook slightly as she saw the name on the screen. Leon’s timing could not have been more. poignant.

Leon asked. ‘Milly, where are you?”

Oh no. How should she respond?

Saying she was at the Burnetts‘ might lead Leon right there, unravelling her cover.

On the other hand, claiming she was at the Tates‘ seemed like an even bigger risk, implying she had been out all night.

Overwhelmed and still tired from the day’s events, Milly started to tear up, the stress of the situation. weighing heavily on her. Just as she was about to drift off, Leon’s message snapped her back to a harsh reality.

Sighing, she realised that even though she was a transmigrator whp generally did not shy away from challenges, dealing with Leon always made her nervous.

felt like a timid mouse staring down a

because of her feelings for him that

phone, trying to come up with a believable excuse. Drawing on

with friends tonight, and it got late, so I

the text, Milly bit

what type of event she attended, why it lasted until late, or why; if she was

179 The Magnificence of

as she pondered

phone and buried her face in

further, she would pretend she had not

lit

“Okay, get some

was not as detail–oriented as Jonathan, who would have

drifted into a peaceful sleep while

at the slowly dimming phone screen, his eyes unreadable. Seeing no further messages, he tossed the phone onto

sequence of events at

likely arrived at the banquet under the escort of the CEO, George, and the dress she wore was probably a gift from him. This would explain why she

by the explosion, Milly found refuge in George’s arms, which was likely why Leon failed to recognise her

time he noticed, King had already thrown the mini bomb, and despite Leon’s immediate call to abort the

Yet…

composed, indicating she probably was not seriously

scenario left Leon

specifically choose Milly to participate in the auction

more focused on him and King rather than the test

to escape the Shadow Palace’s ambush, without

who ended up with the test for the subject, and what were their

issues, though seemingly disconnected, might actually link together on closer

initial reasoning

where exactly did