"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.

instructed his driver, "Take me to the

"Right away, Mr. Sherwood."

eyes closed, feeling the rush of the wind through the window, until the darkening sky and the oppressive air reminded him

the sudden screech of brakes jerked Murray forward, his seatbelt the only thing stopping him from hitting the seat in

he snapped, his

just ran out in front of us.

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

simple white dress, makeup-free,

to her skin, resembling a fragile flower struggling in the storm, poised between

however, withdrew his gaze coldly, unaffected. "When did our security become so lax? Letting just anyone in. Notify security, have her removed." The driver snapped

to go. Abandoned by her mother and

vel

through the windshield at the man in the backseat, his profile cold

"Murray, it's me... I'm back... please, don't ignore

wrong, I swear I'll do whatever

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