The villa stood before them, an unassuming façade tucked away in an affluent neighborhood where each residence was worth a small fortune.

Despite its prime location, the house bore an air of neglect, as if it were rarely inhabited.

Debra raised an eyebrow. "I wouldn't have pegged this as your style."

Andrew coughed a little, his face pale. He pulled out a key and unlocked the door.

"This isn't my house."

"If it's not yours, why do you have the key?"

"A friend entrusted it to me."

There were very few people in Seamar City whom Andrew considered friends. Debra immediately thought of Marion.

stark contrast to the exterior, elegantly appointed with a taste that hinted at a bygone era. It was impeccably maintained, as if

clean periodically. It

this where Marion used to

never mentioned it, though he had hinted

for her to sit on the sofa. Above the mantel, a wedding photo caught her eye. A pregnant woman with a gentle face stood beside Dwayne,

en

"This place..."

was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Houston," Andrew explained, a touch of nostalgia in his

back then, so he didn't remember much. But he knew how

couples in business circles. The affection in Dwayne Houston's gaze was too intense to be

Houston family's

the previous generation of Caleb. Later, as the country stabilized, they gradually withdrew from the power center

overseas Why didn't they bring

as a

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