Chapter 244

As the sound of the door closing echoed softly, Ellie slowly opened her eyes.

She didn’t move, remaining as still as before, her gaze fixed on the door. Yet, inside her, a storm was raging.

‘What did he mean by that? Could the man I saved back then… could it actually have been him? That’s impossible, she thought.

A wave of unease surged within her, unsettling her thoughts in a way she couldn’t explain. She couldn’t let it be him.

The person she had saved could have been anyone, absolutely anyone, but it couldn’t be him. If it were him, the thought alone would break her heart.

The next morning, Ellie was dragging a suitcase to the staircase landing on the second floor when she ran into Alex again.

The words he had whispered in her room the previous night came rushing back, filling her with an inexplicable sense of dread about what the truth might hold.

Alex reached out to take the suitcase from her, but Ellie turned him down without hesitation. “I can handle it myself.” Alex stood silently at the top of the stairs, watching as Ellie struggled to carry the suitcase down.

She didn’t want to talk to him. She didn’t want to look at him. She didn’t even want his help when she clearly needed it.

Alex closed his eyes, exhaustion pressing down on him like a weight. A suffocating heaviness settled in his chest.

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A week later, Ellie returned from her business trip and found an excuse to convince Nancy to let her move into an apartment for a few days.

was determined. The blonde girl she had spotted near Encounter Bar last week had

she could find that girl, she

would uncover the identity of the person she had

had to know for certain; it couldn’t have been

was about to leave, Alex walked in.

met briefly and Ellie felt stunned for a moment.

always stood out; his every outfit, accessory, and hairstyle more striking than a

black diamond earring in his left ear was gone, and his flamboyant wardrobe had been replaced with

appeared more mature, but Ellie knew that no matter how someone disguised themselves, the essence

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that Ellie’s indifference toward him remained

suitcase in hand, was forced to

he asked, “You just got

“I’ve been working overtime a lot lately. I’m going to

a long moment before stepping forward to pick up her

shook her head.

“Then you’re not

there.”

Their

eyes

a

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