Chapter 53

Samuel nodded without hesitation.

"Go ahead if you have something to do. But..." Yvonne's voice suddenly trailed off.

"But what?" Samuel asked, curious.

"Nothing." Yvonne quickly returned to her room. She wanted to tell him to not go around seeing other women, but those words made her feel strange.

The two were husband and wife, but they did not live like husband and wife. Yvonne was still not used to delving into Samuel's extremely personal affairs.

She sat on the bed and lifted the pillow. There was a pair of scissors hidden beneath it. She had placed it there three years ago.

During their first year of marriage, Yvonne had clutched onto the scissors every night to sleep. She only gradually let her guard down later. Now, she thought that it was time to keep the scissors.

"I have no idea how you resist a beauty like me," she muttered to herself. She was not aware of her reddening cheeks and kept the scissors in the closet.

She stood in front of the mirror, evaluating her figure, her porcelain-smooth complexion. Did he really not have a spark of desire for her?

What am I thinking?" Yvonne's face was as

a beetroot; she felt so ashamed that she was

Now that Yvonne was a project manager, they were financially better off; Lydia and Godfrey hardly

thing though. It

table and prepared to wash the dishes. Yvonne stopped him. "Go out first if

both sparked in his chest. "No need," he said. "I'll settle

I let you go," she

the cutlery in his hands. "I'll be off first then. I'll come back once I've settled

called

had happened to the owner of the general store, considering that the store had not been opened for quite a few days. Hence, he told Johann to investigate the situation; he had just received a

going on?" Samuel

over the phone,

I'll head straight

The latter quickly said, "The person who you asked me to look up, sir? His

Samuel frowned and asked,

within one night," he said. "No one knew what happened. I suspect that he is the Manfred from five years ago." Shock overtook Samuel's expression. That old man from the general store was actually the Manfred who had

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