Chapter 407

Greg was absentmindedly flicking a lighter, his usually stoic face showing no emotion as he muttered, “I don’t know.”

Edith couldn’t help but laugh. “Even the devil himself gets puzzled, huh?”

“I don’t want to push her into anything.”

“Oh, come off it.”

Edith pierced through his facade, laughing, “Stop playing innocent with me. You knew she’d be at that hotel today, and yet you had to show up in your beat–up old car, just begging to be noticed. You wanted her to come after you, didn’t you?”

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“And when she finally shows up, you’re here acting all coy, avoiding her.”

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“Greg…”

Suddenly standing up, Edith pointed at him, her laugh taking on a knowing tone, “You’re not trying to play hard to get, are you?”

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brushed her hand aside, feigning indifference, “Your imagination’s running wilder than hers

returned to Bryant’s side, it

ties with

it was

told anyone, but he had tried calling back, too.

of night, overcome with thoughts, he couldn’t resist.

Bryant answered again.

to the car, and Christine could tell something was off.

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one was there?”

“There was.”

why do I get

“It wasn’t Greg.”

“He must’ve sold the house. A woman answered the door.”

all, this place had memories of me, the one who left him. It

driving off.

her brows, “Was the woman who answered young, pretty?”

our age,

could be Greg’s girlfriend

her suggestion, a possibility I hadn’t considered.

can change

I shouldn’t have assumed Greg would still be waiting for

for some reason, I shook my

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