"Payment?" Millie's eyes moved stiffly, a hint of disbelief in her tone. "Didn't it always just come out of my account automatically?"

"Sorry, your account's been frozen."

"Frozen? Why?!"

"The account holder requested it."

Requested it...

"Ha! Murray, you're just merciless!" she laughed through her bitterness.

After spending over a month in the hospital, Millie was finally discharged. As she walked outside, the bright sky and fluffy clouds seemed alien to her, as if from another life.

...

Murray left the office early today.

he instructed his driver, "Take me

"Right away, Mr. Sherwood."

through the window, until the darkening sky and the oppressive air reminded him of the approaching storm season, a time he loathed for its damp,

they smoothly entered the gated community, the sudden screech of brakes jerked Murray forward, his seatbelt the only thing

snapped,

Mr. Sherwood," the driver hurriedly explained, "A woman just

a woman standing in the rain, drenched, her hair clinging to

a simple white dress,

in the storm,

unaffected. "When did our security become so lax? Letting just anyone in. Notify security, have her removed." The

mother and brother, unable to return to her. dorm Murray's mansion was her only thought

vel

backseat, his profile cold and indifferent. He wouldn't even

it, "Murray, it's me...

I have left. I know I was wrong, I swear I'll do whatever

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