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.

at a bygone era. It was impeccably maintained, as if someone regularly cared for

periodically.

where Marion used

it, though he had hinted at something on

wedding photo caught her eye. A pregnant woman with a gentle face stood beside

en

"This place..."

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

didn't remember much. But he knew how

fake couples in business circles. The affection

Houston family's roots

in the military, dating back to the previous generation of Caleb. Later, as the country stabilized, they gradually withdrew from the power center and moved to Seamar City to start

did Marion suffer overseas Why didn't

as a

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